Clairmont Heights Civic Association

Friends and supporters have rushed to the aid of military mom Patricia Roberts just days before she was to be evicted from her Lithonia home.

Agnes Scott College alumna Elizabeth "Libby" Rhett Jones has pledged $2.5 million to the institution, making it the college's second largest gift from a living donor.

Superior Avenue, Decatur, GA (pic submitted by Joel)

The full schedule for this year’s Decatur Book Festival is now up on their website! CLICK HERE to check out the full list of authors for this year’s Labor Day Weekend event and HERE to see where and when they’ll be speaking.

From the Agnes Scott Communications Office… Agnes Scott College has received its second largest gift ever from a living donor. Elizabeth “Libby” Rhett Jones, Agnes Scott class of 1973, and her husband, Gary T. Jones, have pledged $2.5 million to the college. The Jones’ gift is the latest in a string of recent successes for Agnes Scott. [...]

The search continued Thursday morning for a 26-year-old man accused of shooting a DeKalb County police officer.

A grandfather of 12 nearly missed out on more than $200,000 in a Fantasy 5 drawing. Jose Rodriguez, 55, had forgotten about his ticket until his wife Sandra decided to look up the numbers on the Georgia Lottery’s website.

Four Atlanta-area men were sentenced Wednesday for drug possession after being arrested with $100,000 worth of cocaine.

We’ve heard this on and off for a while, but more than a year-and-a-half after a fire destroyed Trackside Tavern and 5th Earl, it now sounds like construction of Trackside 2.0 may finally be around the corner. A reader sends along this note from Trackside owner Doc Al… OK, OK – here’s the news: Today is the [...]

Devonshire @ Lansdowne Ave Decatur, GA (photo submitted by Andisheh)

A DeKalb County police officer was shot in the arm Wednesday afternoon, according to dispatchers. The incident happened in the 2300 block of River Road, near Bouldercrest Road in south DeKalb.

How does Decatur stack up to GOOD magazine’s recent checklist of what a “model town” looks like? According to the mag’s Neighborhood Issue, an “excellent” town (or neighborhood) has the following characteristics: A Signature Event – self explanatory Third Places – the gathering places of a community.  Home and work are the 1st and 2nd places. Public Spaces – [...]

Emory University has engaged Siemens Industry, Inc., to retrofit campus buildings in order to improve their energy efficiency and decrease water consumption. Phase 1 of the project includes five campus buildings and highlights Emory¿s commitment to sustainability, to its green building practices, and its overall goal to reduce energy use 25 percent per square foot by 2015 from 2005 levels.

The FBI is asking for the public's help in identifying and locating two armed and bewigged men who robbed a DeKalb County bank on Tuesday.

Say farewell to Decatur Active Living’s 231 Sycamore blog and hello to BeActiveDecatur.com! BeActive looks to have much of the same sort of content as 231, but with a brand-new cleaned up look!  With the move, Active Living has switched from a Blogger to WordPress format.  A smart move in my opinion, since WordPress offers you [...]

This picture recently appeared on the City Schools of Decatur’s website.  But with little explanation. Three time capsules at Fifth Avenue?  What could it be?  Old teacher-edition textbooks?  Pirate gold?  Barrels full of monkeys?  Astronaut ice cream? Luckily we have CSD’s Bruce Roaden to keep our feet on the ground and give us the real – and [...]

Patricia Roberts lost her son in the Iraq war. Now she’s going to lose her home. A judge informed Roberts on Monday that she had seven days to find a new place to live.

Five employees in the DeKalb County CEO’s office and three county commissioners’ assistants got raises, despite other workers receiving a pay cut.

DeKalb County will have a few more weeks to decide whether $36 million in federal stimulus bonds should be used to redevelop the old GM plant or build a new convention center.

DeKalb County residents will soon be able to find the location of the county’s 13,900 foreclosures.