I stopped by city hall last night, Dec. 11, for what turned out to be a surprisingly interesting discussion about trees and urban planning. The bottom line: development in Decatur is reducing the city’s tree ...
It isn’t always true that siblings of famous people posses the same talents as their kin. But Britney Spears didn’t have much talent to begin with, so expectations weren’t that high for her sister, Jamie ...
The Georgia Department of Education on Dec. 11 released data about graduation rates in public schools and Decatur High ranks among the best in the state. Decatur High’s graduation rate in 2013 was 93.9 percent, ...
Decatur, Ga. – It has been six weeks since the arrest of Marquis La’Vonta Freeman, the man police accuse of stabbing Shirley Kendrick to death on Oct. 29. Kendrick, a beloved Oakhurst resident, was Freeman’s grandmother. ...
City Schools of Decatur Board of Education members want more input on a new attendance map for the city’s schools. During BOE’s Dec. 10 meeting, board members voted unanimously to table a motion to approve ...
The city of Decatur plans to replace 315 on-street parking meters with meters that will accept credit cards. Once the meters are up and running, the city plans to connect them to an online app ...
There will be a change of venue for the Wednesday Decatur Farmers Market next year. DFM will move from its usual Wednesday spot in the Bank of America parking lot and reopen at Decatur First ...
“Barely Lethal” starring Samuel L. Jackson and Jessica Alba is filming in Decatur tomorrow and they need extras. Here is the full announcement from Tammy Smith casting: For the feature film “Barely Lethal” Filming in ...
Decatur Metro reminds us that there’s an important meeting tomorrow, Dec. 10 that could decide the future of the city’s schools. City Schools of Decatur Board of Education will meet on Tuesday, at 6:30 p.m., ...
They said the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta wouldn’t burn. They called it fire proof. On Dec. 7, 1946, it became the scene of the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history. The fire killed 119 people, ...