Druid Hills High School is recommended to stay put and modernize on Haygood Avenue following a long-awaited decision that ...

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This story has been updated. Decatur, GA — The Decatur City Commission, at its Sept. 25 regular meeting, approved special exceptions for a proposed hotel to be located at 213 Swanton Way in downtown ...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Neighbors in Kirkwood jumped in to help after a fire displaced a Kirkwood family of 50 years from their Atlanta home. On Tuesday, 89-year-old Janet Thrasher escaped ...

DeKalb County, GA – State Rep. Vernon Jones is resigning. “Turn the lights off, I have left the plantation,” Jones said. Prior to his resignation, Jones, a Democrat who is part of the DeKalb County ...

Decatur, GA — The Decatur Downtown Development Authority (DDA) board voted Friday to work with the nonprofit Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership (ANDP) to build its long-awaited cottage court ...

Decatur, GA — William H. “Bill” Foege played a major part in helping to eradicate smallpox in 1980, the only infectious disease to have been completely eradicated. The Task Force for Global Health ...

This story has been updated. ATLANTA — Turner Monumental A.M.E. Church in Kirkwood held a community meeting on Sept. 4 to discuss its plan to create a 53-unit permanent supportive housing development ...

Atlanta, GA — DeKalb County Schools officials said during a Nov. 18 meeting that the Druid Hills High modernization project faces significant financial obstacles that affect the entire district. The ...

I’m writing to share further information about the events that took place on our Atlanta campus earlier today and the actions taken by the Emory Police Department (EPD). At 7:41 a.m. a few dozen ...

Atlanta, GA — There were many hot takes served up during the Jan. 23 Decatur Dish show, including a discussion of a controversy surrounding cheese sandwiches in City Schools of Decatur. Here’s the ...

Decatur, GA — The Decatur City Commission, at its June 21 regular meeting, took no action on the city’s face mask ordinance, thus letting the ordinance expire as of midnight on Monday. The city will, ...