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Countywide Education News 

In-person film festival returns to honor student stars

March 24, 2023March 24, 2023 Jay Phillips 0 Comments Atlanta, DCSD, DCSD Student Film Festival, DeKalb, DeKalb County Commissioner Larry Johnson, Film festival, Javon Johnson

DeKalb County School District (DCSD) held its annual student film festival on March 21, featuring 19 films written, filmed, and

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News Sports 

DeKalb sweeps inaugural DCSD/APS middle school track meet

March 16, 2023March 16, 2023 Mark Brock 0 Comments APS, Atlanta, Atlanta Public Schools, Bethune, Chamblee, DCSD, DeKalb, Track and field

Two DeKalb County middle schools came away with girls’ and boy’s championship titles at the inaugural DeKalb County School District/Atlanta

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News 

Atlanta mayor announces new South River Forest and Public Safety Training Center Community Task Force

March 1, 2023 Christine Fonville 0 Comments Andre Dickens, Atlanta, Atlanta Public Training Facility, Defend the Atlanta Forest

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens recently announced that he is establishing a new task force “to further engage the community on

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News 

Judge denies appeal to halt work at police training facility site

February 20, 2023 Christine Fonville 0 Comments Atlanta, Atlanta Police Foundation, Cop City, DeKalb County Board of Commissioners, Manuel Teran, Ted Terry

A Fulton County judge has denied an emergency temporary restraining order by a group that includes DeKalb County Commissioner Ted

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Crime News 

APD begins releasing videos of protester shooting

February 9, 2023February 10, 2023 Jay Phillips 0 Comments Atlanta, Atlanta Police Department, Atlanta Police Foundation, Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, Investigation, protester, shooting

Atlanta Police Department (APD) began releasing body camera footage on Feb. 9 of the aftermath of a Jan. 18 officer-involved

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Crime News Politics 

Protester shot 13 times; family wants more answers

February 8, 2023 Jay Phillips 0 Comments Atlanta, Atlanta Police Foundation, Atlanta Public Training Facility, Copy City, protester, protestor, Tortuguita

A press conference was held on Feb. 6 in front of the Historic DeKalb County Courthouse in downtown Decatur where

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News Politics 

Atlanta, DeKalb announce agreement before continuing ‘Cop City’ development

February 2, 2023 Jay Phillips 0 Comments Andre Dickens, Atlanta, Atlanta Police Foundation, Atlanta Public Training Facility, Copy City, DeKalb, Michael Thurmond, Protests

In recent months, Atlanta has seen protests, an officer involved shooting that killed a protester, Molotov cocktail incidents, and other

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News Politics 

Newest DeKalb County commissioner sworn in

January 31, 2023January 30, 2023 Christine Fonville 0 Comments Atlanta, Brookhaven, Decatur, Decatur Mayor Patti Garrett, Michelle Long Spears

DeKalb County’s newest commissioner said she is ready to get to work for District 2, which includes parts of Atlanta,

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News Stonecrest 

Jason Lary admits to ‘mistakes’ ahead of prison stint

January 9, 2023January 9, 2023 Jay Phillips 0 Comments Atlanta, CARES act, fraud, Jason Lary, prison, Stonecrest, WAOK

Former Stonecrest Mayor Jason Lary spoke on WAOK Atlanta’s Rashad Richey Morning show on Jan. 6 – ahead of his

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Football News Sports 

Cedar Grove draws rematch for state title game

December 8, 2022December 7, 2022 Jay Phillips 0 Comments Atlanta, Cedar Grove, DCSD, Football, Georgia State, GHSA, Sandy Creek, state championship

For the second consecutive year, the Cedar Grove High School Saints face a fellow Region 5-3A foe in the Class

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Education News 

Racial allegations put APS under federal investigation

December 6, 2022 Jay Phillips 0 Comments APS, Atlanta, Atlanta Public Schools, DeKalb, Mary Lin Elementary

Allegations against Atlanta Public School’s (APS) Mary Lin Elementary School – which is located in DeKalb County – prompted an

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Countywide News 

Food available in DeKalb despite state assistance backlog

November 25, 2022 Jay Phillips 0 Comments Atlanta, DeKalb, donations, Food, food panrty, free food, Holidays, SNAP

Food stamps and other federally funded assistance programs have experienced a backlog in DeKalb County and across Georgia, according to

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Cities News 

Atlanta appoints first tech advisor

October 25, 2022 Staff 0 Comments Atlanta, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, City of Atlanta, Tehc Advisor

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens announced Oct. 20 the appointment of Donald Beamer Jr. as the city of Atlanta’s first-ever tech

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