http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb-county-news-82007.html en-us Copyright 2009 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:25:21 GMT 2009-12-04T05:25:21Z en-us Copyright 2009 http://www.ajc.com/news/youtube-justice-brings-atlanta-224291.html?cxtype=rss_news_82007 Atlanta homeowners who used YouTube to help catch burglars got video vindication Wednesday when one man was convicted. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:35:53 GMT mgarner@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/youtube-justice-brings-atlanta-224291.html Marcus K. Garner 2009-12-04T00:35:53Z http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/state-funds-decatur-career-224922.html?cxtype=rss_news_82007 The Decatur City School System was awarded $3 million Thursday to work with DeKalb Technical College to open one of the state’s newest career academies for high school students. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:35:46 GMT nbadertscher@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/state-funds-decatur-career-224922.html Nancy Badertscher 2009-12-03T21:35:46Z http://www.ajc.com/news/clifford-ranoldo-weaver-jr-224791.html?cxtype=rss_news_82007 The Rev. Clifford Weaver Jr. incorporated wide-screen TVs and other video imagery into the service when he pastored a church in Mississippi. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:21:27 GMT rbadie@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/clifford-ranoldo-weaver-jr-224791.html Rick Badie 2009-12-03T20:21:27Z http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/differences-over-dekalb-recorders-222814.html?cxtype=rss_news_82007 The stage is set next week for dueling proposals to install a new head of DeKalb County’s embattled Recorders Court. Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:57:19 GMT ttagami@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/differences-over-dekalb-recorders-222814.html Ty Tagami 2009-12-02T19:57:19Z http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/dekalb-ceo-to-review-222757.html?cxtype=rss_news_82007 Burrell Ellis, the DeKalb County CEO, will present the county’s 2009 year in review at a luncheon hosted by the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce next week. Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:40:27 GMT ahunt@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/dekalb-ceo-to-review-222757.html April Hunt 2009-12-02T19:40:27Z http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/lithonia-to-get-new-222786.html?cxtype=rss_news_82007 New sidewalks and street lights are being installed in Lithonia’s downtown, as part of an effort to lure more business to the south DeKalb County city. Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:33:28 GMT ahunt@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/lithonia-to-get-new-222786.html April Hunt 2009-12-02T19:33:28Z http://www.ajc.com/news/stone-mountain-woman-575-222715.html?cxtype=rss_news_82007 A Stone Mountain HIV/AIDS social worker is now $500,000 richer. Efia Miles, 32, matched all five winning numbers in the Nov. 25 Fantasy 5 drawing. Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:31:32 GMT msimon@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/stone-mountain-woman-575-222715.html Mashaun D. Simon 2009-12-02T19:31:32Z http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/tour-of-homes-this-222714.html?cxtype=rss_news_82007 The Decatur Holiday Candlelight Tour of Homes returns Friday and Saturday night for its 27th year with eight homes in the Great Lakes/Clairmont neighborhood. Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:21:50 GMT ahunt@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/tour-of-homes-this-222714.html April Hunt 2009-12-02T19:21:50Z http://www.ajc.com/news/10k-reward-for-lunchtime-221622.html?cxtype=rss_news_82007 The reward has doubled for information on the so-called lunchtime bandit, who local police have linked to as many as eight bank robberies in the last six weeks. Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:49:04 GMT mgarner@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/10k-reward-for-lunchtime-221622.html Marcus K. Garner 2009-12-02T01:49:04Z http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/six-communities-get-green-221337.html?cxtype=rss_news_82007 Six metro Atlanta communities will collect environmental stamps of approval from the Atlanta Regional Commission Wednesday. Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:13:17 GMT ttagami@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/six-communities-get-green-221337.html Ty Tagami 2009-12-01T21:13:17Z http://www.ajc.com/news/former-hawk-in-critical-221096.html?cxtype=rss_news_82007 The security guard who was shot several times inside a crowded DeKalb County nightclub early Sunday is former Atlanta Hawks forward Mike Williams, the AJC has learned. Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:24:10 GMT lhartstein@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/former-hawk-in-critical-221096.html Larry Hartstein 2009-12-01T19:24:10Z http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/three-charged-in-dekalb-219479.html?cxtype=rss_news_82007 DeKalb County police have charged three men with aggravated assault following Monday's gunfight outside a commercial landscaping business. Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:53:50 GMT mmatteucci@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/three-charged-in-dekalb-219479.html Megan Matteucci 2009-12-01T16:53:50Z http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/reward-offered-for-murder-219361.html?cxtype=rss_news_82007 Two weeks after a woman charged with murder cut her ankle bracelet, the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office is offering a reward of up to $1,000. Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:48:14 GMT lhartstein@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/reward-offered-for-murder-219361.html Larry Hartstein 2009-11-30T22:48:14Z http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/tax-preparer-sentenced-for-219775.html?cxtype=rss_news_82007 A tax preparer convicted of falsifying returns will serve two and a half years in federal prison. Tera Nicole Dixon, 35, must also pay $103,523 in restitution. Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:34:15 GMT mmatteucci@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/tax-preparer-sentenced-for-219775.html Megan Matteucci 2009-11-30T22:34:15Z http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/police-suspicious-package-was-219460.html?cxtype=rss_news_82007 Police have evacuated a DeKalb County health clinic on Rainbow Drive while they inspect a suspicious package. Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:23:54 GMT mmatteucci@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/police-suspicious-package-was-219460.html Megan Matteucci 2009-11-30T21:23:54Z http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/driver-critically-injured-in-219398.html?cxtype=rss_news_82007 A man is in critical condition after crashing into a tree Monday morning in DeKalb County. The crash occurred around 10 a.m. Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:50:00 GMT mmatteucci@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/driver-critically-injured-in-219398.html Megan Matteucci 2009-11-30T17:50:00Z http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/progress-setbacks-for-boy-219332.html?cxtype=rss_news_82007 What happens to a child with shaken baby syndrome? Kevin Surprenant is now 7 years old and working with a physical therapist. Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:28:46 GMT cschneider@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/progress-setbacks-for-boy-219332.html Craig Schneider 2009-11-30T17:28:46Z http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/lunchtime-bank-bandit-strikes-219227.html?cxtype=rss_news_82007 Apparently, the lunchtime bandit works holiday weekends too. A man believed to have robbed a slew of banks near or north of the Perimeter struck again Saturday, robbing the Fidelity Bank at 2 Perimeter Center East. Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:47:04 GMT lhartstein@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/lunchtime-bank-bandit-strikes-219227.html Larry Hartstein 2009-11-30T15:47:04Z http://www.ajc.com/news/mark-white-59-aso-218560.html?cxtype=rss_news_82007 The task was a logistical brain twister. Arrange a stage at the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for Mahler's Eighth Symphony -- an extravagant concert that requires roughly 900 chorus members and 100 or so musicians. Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:46:24 GMT rbadie@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/mark-white-59-aso-218560.html Rick Badie 2009-11-30T02:46:24Z http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/nightclub-security-man-shot-217859.html?cxtype=rss_news_82007 A nightclub security guard was shot multiple times early Sunday and is in critical condition, DeKalb County police said. Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:18:52 GMT lhartstein@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/nightclub-security-man-shot-217859.html Larry Hartstein 2009-11-29T14:18:52Z http://www.ajc.com/news/missing-dekalb-teen-found-217119.html?cxtype=rss_news_82007 A mentally challenged teenager who wandered away from his DeKalb County home has been found. Santosh Konduru, 16, was located Saturday evening at WellStar Douglas Hospital in Douglasville, according to Officer Jason Gagnon with DeKalb police. Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:37:18 GMT apstevens@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/missing-dekalb-teen-found-217119.html Alexis Stevens 2009-11-29T03:37:18Z http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/dekalb-holds-greenspace-forum-216064.html?cxtype=rss_news_82007 DeKalb County officials will update the public about the county greenspace program at a forum next week. Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:45:07 GMT ttagami@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/dekalb-holds-greenspace-forum-216064.html Ty Tagami 2009-11-27T18:45:07Z http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/new-technology-chief-for-213950.html?cxtype=rss_news_82007 The chief information officer for a South Carolina college will run DeKalb County's technology operations, county CEO Burrell Ellis announced Wednesday. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:21:10 GMT ttagami@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/new-technology-chief-for-213950.html Ty Tagami 2009-11-25T23:21:10Z http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/new-recorders-court-judge-214003.html?cxtype=rss_news_82007 DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis has nominated an associate Recorders Court judge to be the next chief judge at the embattled court, but county commissioners say Ellis lacks the authority to make the nomination. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:06:41 GMT ttagami@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/new-recorders-court-judge-214003.html Ty Tagami 2009-11-25T23:06:41Z http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/adoptive-parents-thankful-for-213524.html?cxtype=rss_news_82007 John Bradley has learned that life is about moments. And this one, he said staring into a bank of television cameras, felt like the Super Bowl. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:09:37 GMT gstaples@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/adoptive-parents-thankful-for-213524.html Gracie Bonds Staples 2009-11-25T22:09:37Z