More than 1,000 children from various metro Atlanta daycare centers converged at Hallford Stadium May 9 for the seventh annual Kiddie Olympics. Children participated in the 20-yard dash, tug of war, sack race, pogo ball race, and bounce house events. It was all a plan “to allow kids to get more fit, to bring awareness [...]

“We already tried it and it worked. We tried in the stairwell,” Justin said. And he was correct. The egg survived a one-story drop inside the East Lake YMCA gym May 9. “The egg is surrounded by a box and the box was surrounded by socks,” said Justin, 10, a fifth-grader at Drew Charter School [...]

Five members of the Miller Grove High School girls’ basketball senior class signed scholarships on May 7 in front of family, friends and teammates. Shaquanda Durden, Katie Hunt, Tashi Thompson, Aniefiok Udofia and Klarissa Weaver—who led Miller Grove to its first state championship in 2012—signed with the colleges of their choice. Durden, a 5-foot-9 guard, [...]

Atlanta rapper and reality TV personality Lil’ Scrappy will be in a DeKalb County courtroom May 22 for a probation violation hearing. Lil’ Scrappy, whose real name is Darryl Richardson, was ordered May 15 to provide a urine sample to test for illegal drugs. Prosecutors alleged that he switched his urine during a routine drug [...]

Former Lithonia High School basketball coach Barry Browner was fired after a “physical altercation” with another teacher a month after a YouTube video surfaced of him and his students doing the “Harlem Shake” in a classroom. According to a report describing the incident, on April17 Browner and Delmonte Madison, a prevention and intervention specialist at [...]

  Can you eat better than a middle schooler? That was the challenge some students at Sequoyah Middle School recently undertook. As part of National Nutrition Month in March, Sequoyah Middle students in Kevin Keeler’s health class participated in a program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to encourage students to eat healthier. [...]

  A lawyer for the Pink Pony, an adult entertainment club located in Brookhaven, filed a lawsuit against the newly formed city on May 13. The club’s attorney, Aubrey Villines, said the lawsuit is centered on property rights and a breach of contract. In 2001, the club entered into an agreement with DeKalb County, which [...]