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County: ‘One DeKalb Works’ working to train workers

DeKalb County officials say they are getting ready to put DeKalb residents in some of the 4,000 jobs expected to be created by its watershed improvement project over the next several years. The county will use its First Source ordinance to ensure tha...

GDOE labels 19 DeKalb schools as ‘needs improvement’

The Georgia Department of Education (GDOE) recently released its list of schools that need improvement and 19 DeKalb County School District schools are among those named. The “needs improvement” schools fall into two categories under the new rati...

Obama executive optimistic about GM plant

A meeting with an executive in President Barack Obama’s administration left leaders in DeKalb County optimistic about the development potential of the closed General Motors plant in Doraville. “There are very credible players here who have not on...

Commissioners pass budget with reservations

DeKalb County’s 2012 budget is set at $559 million and does not require a tax increase, but commissioners on both sides of the 4-3 vote have problems with the budget. The final budget passed on Feb. 28 restores some funds cut by DeKalb CEO Burrell ...

Neuman trial: Prosecution rests, defense seeks to prove client’s insanity

Defendant, Hemy Neuman, center, sits between his defense lawyers, Bob Rubin, left, and Doug Peters during his trial on Feb. 24 in the courtroom of DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Gregory Adams. Neuman is accused of murder in the November 2010 killing of Russell Sneiderman. Neuman claimed he was told by an angel to kill Sneiderman in November 2010 and raise his two children as his own, defense lawyer Doug Peters said. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, John Spink)
The murder trial of Hemy Neuman took a dramatic turn with a courtroom kiss and embrace between Andrea Sneiderman and a longtime friend who was a witness. The action, which got Sneiderman banned from the courthouse for the remainder of the trial, beca...

Five honored at Black History Month event

From left, Margaret Brown, Phillipa Brown, Gregory B. Levett, Brandy Brown Rhodes, Betty Levett, Carolyn Glenn, John Evans, Melissa Forgey and William (Buck) Godfrey. Photo by John Hewitt
Five people were honored Feb. 9 at the DeKalb History Center’s fifth annual Black History Month Celebration. Sheriff-Elect Derwin Brown posthumously, Dr. William C. Brown posthumously, John Evans, William “Buck” Godfrey and Gregory B. Levett Sr...

DeKalb History Center to honor community champions

The honorees from 2011 were Arthur Anderson, Ray Jones, Jim Gray and Rev. Thomas Bristow.
The DeKalb History Center will host its fifth annual Black History Month Celebration by honoring five DeKalb County leaders—Sheriff-Elect Derwin Brown, Dr. William C. Brown, John Evans, William “Buck” Godfrey and Gregory B. Levett Sr. Derwin Br...

10-year-old accident victim honored in Fun Run/Walk at Stone Mountain Park

Olivia Hayes, 10, was on her way to school on a rainy day in August 2008, when an armored truck struck the school bus she was riding on. Days later, Olivia died. To cope with their loss, Olivia’s parents, Norman and Nikki Hayes founded a non-profit...

New mayor seeks to strengthen Lithonia’s foundation

Lithonia’s new mayor Deborah Jackson wants to “lay the foundation so that we will have a strong, vibrant community.” Photo by Andrew Cauthen
There was a time when Lithonia’s new mayor did not know the small city existed, even though she was attending a church just outside the city limits. Mayor Deborah Jackson, who has degrees from Princeton University, Rutgers University and Souther...

Commissioners, CEO begin year fighting over form of government, planning director

    With the Board of Commissioners failure to override a veto by the county’s CEO, the movement to change DeKalb’s form of government has run into a roadblock. That failure preceded some tense moments when CEO Burrell Ellis made a rare visit t...