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Falcons Chauncey Davis calls for holiday bike donations for Atlanta youth

Atlanta Falcons defensive end Chauncey Davis
Atlanta Falcons defensive end Chauncey Davis is calling on Atlantans to donate new bikes for inner-city youth this holiday season to promote exercise and healthy lifestyles 365 days a year. The Chauncey Davis Bike For Life initiative will provide at ...

Local grocers donate turkeys to Hosea Feed the Hungry

HFTH director Elisabeth Omilami is flanked by DeKalb County Sheriff Thomas Brown, left, and Georgia Attorney General Thurbert Baker.
The hungry need help now more than last year or the year before that, Elisabeth Omilami said Nov. 12. Donations to Omilami’s organization, Hosea Feed the Hungry (HFTH), have decreased 35 percent since the country suffered a recession that began las...

Stokes frustrated over not receiving preliminary budget info

DeKalb County Commissioner Connie Stokes said Nov. 13 she’s frustrated over the county’s preliminary budgetary information for next year – specifically because she hasn’t been able to see it. As the commission anticipates dramatic cuts, inclu...

Firefighters complete doggone good rescue

The rescue required lowering firefighters into the well and using ropes to bring the dog to the surface. It was a happy moment for rescuers, dog and owner when it was all over.
When a Labrador retriever went exploring under a house in Clarkston he got more of an adventure than he probably expected. On a recent afternoon, DeKalb County Fire Rescue responded to a call from College Avenue in Clarkston, reporting that a dog w...

Couple who abandoned baby may face more severe charges

Recovered infant, saved from storm drain, died Friday by Jonathan Cribbsjonathan@dekalbchamp.com As she sat on her front porch Friday afternoon looking at her front lawn, 61-year-old Anni Harris couldn’t really fathom what had happened to her nei...

Doraville applies to provide passport processing service

International travelers take note – Doraville could soon be on the itinerary. In need of new revenue streams during the economic recession, the city has applied to process passport applications – a move potentially netting up to $70,000 a year.Â...

Diversity spawns togetherness at Cross Keys

Which of the following are things you’ll never see or hear at a high school football practice in DeKalb County: Player bios that read like answers to a world geography test – Zambia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Honduras, Serbia, Mexico, China. The snap c...

State shuts down embattled Lithonia charter school for poor performance

The State Board of Education shut down the Academy of Lithonia Charter School in June for poor performance, revoking the charter it held for about eight years, a state official said.   The school on Evans Mill Road has served students in kindergarte...

CDC to start $400 million construction project

Agency hopes to centralize metro operations The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hopes to spend $400 million to build new, centralized office space, the majority of which will be centered at the federal agency’s Chamblee campus, officials...

Can’t cage him in

Towers’ Leopold Dixon enjoying strong senior season on mound, at plate. Photo by Robert Naddra
If it’s not game time, chances are Leopold Dixon is in the batting cage by the Towers High School baseball field. The Titans senior figures the more time he spends there the better chance he has to get where he wants to be this time next year. Dixo...