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Supreme Court rules against DeKalb in Dunwoody tax dispute

  The Georgia Supreme Court ruled unanimously March 22 against DeKalb’s lawsuit to block distribution to Dunwoody of special tax proceeds. In its 11-page ruling, the high court upheld the constitutionality of an amendment to the Homestead Option S...

Energized Columbia sweeps AAA titles

Euphoria filled the Macon Centreplex on Saturday night when the newly crowned Columbia girls and boys basketball teams climbed into the stands to high-five their fans. But that didn’t match earlier moments of jubilation at center court when the tri...

Court upholds conviction in DeKalb shooting

A unanimous state Supreme Court rejected an appeal arguing that prosecutors failed to prove venue in a 2007 shooting in Stone Mountain. Justice Robert Benham wrote the Feb. 1 decision, in which the seven justices ruled that prosecutors provided enoug...

Churches rediscovering dance as worship

In a sweeping trend, liturgical dancers, creatively expressing the words of gospel songs, are praising God and blessing congregations. Often referred to as praise or worship dance, liturgical dancing adopts many choreographic forms from ballet and ja...

Keeping weapons out of the hands of criminals

The VIPER unit of DeKalb’s district attorney’s office destroyed 115 firearms on Dec. 17 that had been used in a variety of crimes. “It is particularly reassuring to know that the firearms we destroyed will never again be used for criminal activ...

Campus religious club asserts right to discriminate

Agnes Scott College and Georgia Perimeter College both have Christian student organizations, as do most colleges throughout the state and nation. As one would expect, many of these student groups require their members to adhere to certain religious p...

Be wise during this season of giving

Muslims and Jews do it—so do Christians, Buddhists, Baha’is and other faith groups. Giving to the least fortunate is a foundational principle of most religions. With the season for giving under way, people from religious communities across the sp...

High court settles dispute over Decatur property

In a decision released on Nov. 9, the state Supreme Court unanimously denied a woman’s claim to a Decatur property that federal authorities acquired in a drug-related bust. At issue was whether a mother’s plea bargain 20 years ago, which involved...

State high court upholds ruling to suppress confession in DeKalb murder

 In a unanimous ruling on Nov. 2, the state Supreme Court upheld DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Linda Warren Hunter’s decision to suppress the alleged coerced confession of a man accused of murder. The case centers on the December 2006 slayin...

Tweets for Jesus

Preaching and witnessing were the original means of spreading the gospel. Later, the printed word, radio and television became key media for sharing the good news. Many Christians have now embraced a new tool: Twitter. Tech-savvy Christians have wast...