A DeKalb County judge is allowing Andrea Sneiderman to have contact with a witness whom prosecutors allege was, at one point, her “live-in boyfriend.” Judge Gregory Adams ruled March 5 that Sneiderman is allowed to have contact with Joseph Dell, who was added to the prosecution’s witness list in November 2012. Prosecutors allege Sneiderman and [...]

A DeKalb County grand jury has indicted an Alabama man known as the “Casanova scammer” on charges of forgery and identity fraud for allegedly scamming women he met online. Brian Wedgeworth, 37, of Birmingham, is charged with two counts of forgery, identity fraud and driving with a suspended license. DeKalb District Attorney Robert James said [...]

Florida State Attorney Jeff Ashton has upgraded the charges of 10 former Florida A&M University (FAMU) students involved in the death of Southwest DeKalb High School graduate Robert Champion from felony hazing to manslaughter. Prosecutors also charged two new defendants with manslaughter March 4. The manslaughter charges announced during a status hearing carries a penalty [...]

    DeKalb County District Attorney Robert James and CEO Burrell Ellis are in a legal battle over the findings of a special grand jury investigation into possible corruption at the county’s watershed department.   The special purpose grand jury, impaneled in January 2012, has concluded its investigation but its findings have remained under seal, [...]

DeKalb County came out on top in the high school basketball world last weekend as five teams from the county claimed state titles. Columbia girls, Greenforest boys, Miller Grove boys, Southwest DeKalb girls and St. Pius X girls won state titles in their perspective classes March 7-9. The Columbia Lady Eagles were the first team [...]

Gov. Nathan Deal said he expects cooperation on the DeKalb County Board of Education now that he has appointed six replacement board members. “We were brought to this occasion because of…accreditation issues that related to governance,” Deal told reporters that packed his office March 13. “Therefore, I have implored that they work together cooperatively, that [...]

    (press release from Gov. Nathan Deal) Gov. Nathan Deal today announced the names of the six new DeKalb County school board members. “I tasked the nominating panel with finding excellent board members who will put the school system back on track toward full accreditation, and the panel performed a Herculean task with a [...]