Jason Lary said nearly every neighborhood and community organization the Stonecrest City Alliance has spoken with is interested in hearing more about the proposed city of Stonecrest. The group began meeting at the beginning of the year to discuss what it will take to become a city, and how it can improve the area’s economy. [...]

As the weather warms, metro Atlanta is preparing to host some of the world’s most accomplished jazz musicians—if only for a weekend—for the 36th Annual Atlanta Jazz Festival in Piedmont Park May 25-27. The jazz festival’s theme this year is “Generation Next” and the lineup includes world-famous musicians and local artists such as guitarist Jacob [...]

Two drive-by shootings in DeKalb County have left one dead and another wounded. Police spokeswoman Mekka Parish said officers responded to a call from 3770 Larkspur Terrace shortly before 1 a.m. May 10. Parish said when officers arrived they found an 18-year-old male victim suffering from multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead on the [...]

  DeKalb County School District (DCSD) interim Superintendent Michael Thurmond said the district’s opportunities are “limitless” in a new 90-day plan released April 30. Thurmond, who has been superintendent of the more than 90,000-student district for little more than three months, said DCSD will learn from its past mistakes but not dwell on them. “The [...]

A DeKalb County judge sentenced Quentric Williams May 8 to spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole. Williams received the maximum sentence, life plus 15 years, for the 2012 murder of martial arts expert Mitt Lenix at the Starlight Six Drive-In Theater off Moreland Avenue. “This is probably one [...]

  The North DeKalb Mall Community Garden began in the summer of 2012 as a trial run for an urban community garden on mall property. The trial run at the property, called the Peachtree Creek-Orion Drive Field, was to evaluate any potential problems with the soil, water supply, drainage and other problems an urban community [...]

                                      Police have arrested a man accused of acting erratically and trying to steal a car from a Dunwoody shopping complex May 3. Robert Goodman, 20, was charged with theft by receiving, two counts of aggravated assault [...]