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Scottdale center serves community in need

Audra Wallace, director of development for the Scottdale Child Development and Family Resource Center, said only 70 percent of residents in the center’s service area have a high school diploma. Scottdale is an unicorporated area located between the...

Former deputy convicted of murder in court for new trial hearing

Derrick Yancey, a former DeKalb County Sheriff’s deputy, was in court April 24 to petition Judge Linda Hunter for a new trial. Photo by Daniel Beauregard
Convicted murderer and former DeKalb County Sherriff’s deputy Derrick Yancey was in court April 24 as his attorney petitioned a judge to allow a new trial. Yancey, 52, filed a motion for a new trial, accusing his defense attorneys of failing him by...

DCSD cuts jobs, eliminates programs due to over staffing

The DeKalb County School Board voted April 27 to cut 133 jobs, a move school officials say will save the district $9.3 million. Additionally, the district has implemented cost-saving measures by reducing teachers’ salaries by 6.25 percent. District...

DCSD moves forward with district wide reorganization

The DeKalb County Board of Education approved new job classifications and an aligned salary structure for the DeKalb County School District (DCSD) at its monthly board policy meeting April 18. The move is part of Superintendent Cheryl Atkinson’s on...

Volunteers come together to support sustainability, farm to school initiatives

Forty volunteers filled the grounds of the Wylde Center (formerly Oakhurst Community Garden Project) April 21 to celebrate Earth Day. The volunteers, from the Decatur Farm to School Initiative and ICF International, built picnic tables and raised garden beds to donate to City Schools of Decatur’s 4/5 Academy. Additionally, volunteers helped out around the Wylde Center weeding invasive plants and turning compost. Photo by Daniel Beauregard
On a sunny Saturday morning residents and volunteers crowded into the Wylde Center’s garden. It was Earth Day weekend and people busied themselves weeding plants, and building garden beds and picnic tables. The Wylde Center, formerly known as the O...

Decatur holds annual community garden tour in May

Decatur Garden Tour is now in its 24th year and Sandy Rice, chairman of the tour and a board member at the Wylde Center, said it has become a yearly tradition. The Wylde Center, formerly known as the Oakhurst Community Garden Project, changed its nam...

Oxygen masks give pets second chance, hope to survivors

DeKalb County Fire Department spokesman Norman Augustin said rescuing a pet from a fire-damaged home can be just what a resident needs to lift his other spirit after a devastating experience. Each first responder vehicle used by the DeKalb County Fir...

DCSD recognizes students for obtaining music, academic scholarships

Chamblee students Kevin Fan, from left, Corey Roberts and Mary Lou Ferguson practice in the stairwell before performing at DCSD’s music scholarship ceremony. Photo by Daniel Beauregard
Don Roberts, instrumental music coordinator for the DeKalb County School District (DCSD), said each year students enrolled in the district’s band programs receive just as many college scholarships as do athletes. Roberts said DeKalb music students ...

Clarkston Ethics Committee investigates complaint against mayor

Clarkston Mayor Emmanuel Ransom was called in front of the city’s ethics committee earlier this month after residents complained he used his influence as mayor to settle a code enforcement dispute. Residents filed the complaint after a WSB-TV repor...

New charter school slated to open in south DeKalb

Lillian Ryan, a board member at the DeKalb Preparatory Academy, said it is a tremendous gift that the DeKalb County School District (DCSD) is allowing DeKalb Prep to use the old Glen Haven Elementary building. Glen Haven, closed last year under then-...