WHEREAS: The DeKalb County School System is dedicated to developing students academically as well as athletically; and WHEREAS: The Southwest DeKalb Panthers’ girls’ basketball team under the direction of Coach Kathy Walton captured the 2013 Class AAAAA state basketball championship; and WHEREAS: The Southwest DeKalb Lady Panthers defeated No. 3 ranked and fellow DeKalb foe [...]

WHEREAS: The DeKalb County School System is dedicated to developing students academically as well as athletically; and WHEREAS: The Miller Grove High School Wolverines boys’ basketball team under the direction of Coach Sharman White captured the 2013 Class AAAAA state basketball championship; and WHEREAS: The Wolverines defeated the then No. 8 ranked Gainesville Red Elephants [...]

School Board Recognition: WHEREAS: The DeKalb County School System is dedicated to developing students academically as well as athletically; and WHEREAS: The Columbia High School Eagles girls’ basketball team under the direction of Coach Chantay Frost captured the 2013 Class AAAA state basketball championship; and WHEREAS: The Lady Eagles defeated the Sandy Creek Fighting Lady [...]

At age 98, Dorsey Brooks still has a clear memory of his days at Tucker High School, where he coached and taught 1947-1962. Brooks, who currently lives in Hoschton, is a historic figure in the athletics department at Tucker High. In 1947, he was asked to come to the high school to develop the athletics [...]

Franchise owner says she’s surprised many by making a success of a business that sells batteries and light bulbs Jane Watts first became intimately acquainted with batteries as an electrician’s mate third class in the United States Coast Guard. As she helped to watch for unauthorized boats approaching America’s shores, batteries were important. Watts decided [...]

The DeKalb County Police Department swore in 26 new officers April 25 during the graduation ceremony of the 96th police academy. The new officers were presented their badges following 26 weeks of intensive training at the police academy. The class is the first to graduate since Police Chief Cedric Alexander took the helm of the [...]

  The DeKalb County School District will have a budgetary surplus in 2014. That’s according to the proposed fiscal year 2014 budget released May 7. The anticipated revenue is $759 million, up $27 million from previous predictions. Interim school Superintendent Mike Thurmond said May 6 that the school district had found previously “undocumented” revenues. The [...]