Decatur, GA — Here’s a look at nonprofit and business news in our community. — Wellroot collected over 20,000 diapers and wipes during a diaper challenge in July and August. The “diaper challenge” was spearheaded ...
Pine Lake, GA — DeKalb County’s tiniest town will hold its biggest festival later this month. The city of Pine Lake hosts 21st Annual Pine LakeFest on Oct. 21 and Oct. 22 of this year. Pine ...
Greater Decatur, GA — DeKalb County Police say they’re investigating a carjacking that happened at the Emory Commons shopping center. WSB-TV reports that police were seen investigating the parking lot outside Blaze Pizza following the incident, ...
By Jennifer Lifsey and Zac Summers, Atlanta News First ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A special prosecutor investigating the fatal shooting of a protester at the future site of the Atlanta Public Safety Training ...
This story has been updated. DeKalb County, GA — DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond has announced a $10 million plan to address overcrowding at the DeKalb Animal Shelter, $7.5 million of which would be funded by ...
DeKalb County, GA — Herencia Latina will be held on Saturday, Oct. 7 from 12-4:30 p.m. at the Global Forum Shopping Center, located at 7130 Buford Hwy NE, in Atlanta. The DeKalb County Board of ...
DeKalb County, GA — The DeKalb County Sanitation Division will host its fall household hazardous waste recycling event on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023, from 8 a.m. to noon, at the Sanitation Division’s Central Transfer Station, ...
By Anila Yoganathan, contributor Greater Decatur, GA — DeKalb County School Board member Whitney McGinniss hosted Superintendent Devon Horton at a town hall at Druid Hills Middle School on Tuesday, Oct. 3, where the superintendent’s ...
Scottdale, GA — A man died after a train hit him Tuesday evening. Police responded to the area of Chestnut and Broad Streets around 9:41 p.m. on October 3. “When officers arrived, they located a deceased ...
This week, I joined a not-so-exclusive club. I became a parent with a child caught up in a school lockdown. A mentally ill man in our neighborhood fired at roofers working on a nearby house. ...