Wise men traveling to mangers, take note. There will be no roadwork over the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, the Georgia Department of Transportation says. “Georgia DOT is suspending construction-related lane closures on interstates, major ...
By Travis Hudgons, contributor People who buy their holiday gifts from small, locally-owned businesses have the opportunity to wrap their gifts locally, too. Kirkwood is home to That’s a Wrap!, a business that offers expert ...
By Nicki Salcedo, contributor I know how to perfectly wrap a gift. It involves lots of tissue, expensive wrapping paper, ribbon, a paper cutter, scissors, tape (both single and double-sided), and possibly a small ornament. ...
The LaVista Hills YES! campaign says opposition from several neighborhoods in the southern part of the map for the proposed city was one of the key reasons the cityhood referendum failed on Nov. 3. Campaign ...
When it came time to say goodbye, Mayor Jim Baskett didn’t know what to say. “I thought after 20 years, I would know what I wanted to say at a moment like this,” Baskett said ...
This story has been updated. Decatur’s City Commission on Dec. 21 voted to approve buying nearly 4 acres to expand county-owned Dearborn Park, but another party claims to be under contract to buy the property. City ...
Residents in Avondale Estates will no longer be able to recycle glass products through the city. The city made the announcement via email on Dec. 21. “Starting Jan. 1, 2016 Latham Home Sanitation will stop ...
Decatur Police report eight vehicles were broken into on the night of Dec. 17, three days after vehicle break-ins and a car theft. Lt. Jennifer Ross said that on Dec. 18 police responded to reports ...
An editorial in the New York Daily News has taken the DeKalb County District Attorney to task over its failure to indict an Avondale Estates Police officer in the shooting death of an unarmed black ...
Time Magazine recently released a ranking of colleges that have diversified the most since 1990, and Agnes Scott in Decatur tied for No. 2. According to the article, “The school’s student body, which was nearly ...