Five months ago, George and Kate Lawes – married couple, veteran Decatur residents, and local business owners – started a progressive grassroots group called NAGS [Neighborhood Action Group and Salon]. The results of the November ...
Near the end of its regular meeting on March 6, the Decatur City Commission approved a workers’ compensation settlement for a retired firefighter who was injured while still on the job. The firefighter was injured ...
Toomer Elementary’s enrollment is going to increase as a result of the Atlanta School Board’s decision to close Whitefoord Elementary. The board approved the plan in a 7-2 vote at its March 6 meeting. The ...
One of the co-founders of Waffle House, which started in Avondale Estates, has passed away. Joe Rogers Sr. died on Friday at age 97, the company said in a press release. Rogers founded the Waffle ...
Andrew Flake says efforts to create a new city of Vista Grove are about building consensus, not creating divisions in DeKalb County. Flake, a founding member of the Vista Grove Initiative, said his group is ...
A man suspected of entering autos allegedly told a Decatur Police officer that he was recently released from jail after being convicted of entering autos. Police arrested the man, identified as 50-year-old Steven Jennings of ...
City commissioners are considering renewing City Manager Peggy Merriss’ contract for two more years. The contract, which is under consideration at the March 6 City Commission meeting, would increase Merriss’ base compensation from $170,000 to ...
Atlanta United, the city’s MLS soccer team, is having its debut game against the New York Red Bulls on March 5 at Georgia Tech’s Bobby Dodd stadium, and fans have been waiting for this day ...
DeKalb Police have released more details about what caused a high-speed police pursuit on Scott Boulevard in north Decatur on Thursday evening. Police said they also found a mistreated five-year-old boy in the suspect’s vehicle. ...
This story has been updated. State police officers were involved in two chases in January that ended with serious accidents, one of them fatal. In response to a records request from Decaturish, the Georgia Department ...
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