It’s a difficult business climate for bookstores because of Amazon, Kindles and e-books. Still, it saddens me when the inevitable occurs and a bookshop closes, especially an independently owned bookshop. Books Again, a used and ...
A Decatur woman came home Wednesday night and found herself face-to-face with a burglar who struck her in the face as he ran out of the house. She wasn’t injured. Police spokeswoman Jennifer Ross provided ...
Decatur police have charged two teenagers with burglary in separate incidents in the Great Lakes neighborhood. Department spokeswoman Jennifer Ross provided this information. On Oct. 21, a 15-year-old DeKalb County male was arrested and charged ...
– Decatur Metro reports that the Decatur Housing Authority will host the “On The Same Page” reading event on Friday. There will be a party for the kids, based on this year’s novel Where the Mountain ...
– Election day is Nov. 5 and City Schools of Decatur will be closed for a staff safety drill. The drill is called “Building a Safer School Community.” The City Schools of Decatur Facebook page ...
Anyone who reads this website on a regular basis knows I have no problem giving credit where credit is due. If I refer to an Atlanta Journal Constitution article, I link back to the source ...
Serving on a local school board has got to be one of the most thankless tasks imaginable, but miraculously candidates step forward every four years. Their interest in local schools is commendable. There are few ...
A lot of folks have never seen “Song of the South,” based on the Brer Rabbit tales of Atlantan Joel Chandler Harris. Disney last showed the movie in theaters in the mid-1980s and refuses to ...
I’m still processing the video I shot at last night’s politely contentious Decatur City Commission meeting, but I wanted to share a clip of a moment that got my attention. It was late. Many people, ...
While Decatur’s City Commission spent much of the Oct. 21 meeting debating a moratorium on new tear-down permits, commissioners also gave an alcoholic beverage license to the city’s first distillery. City Commissioners approved an Alcoholic ...