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3 children die in DeKalb fire
Three children dies in a Friday morning fire in Stone Mountain

Slain DeKalb officers honored at vigil
More than 75 people stood in the cold to mark the one-year anniversary of the shooting deaths of officers Eric Barker and Ricky Bryant Jr. with a candlelight vigil at Barker Bryant Memorial Park on Thursday, January 15, 2008.

DeKalb school bus cutbacks
Students attending magnet schools or other schools outside their attendance zone had to take new routes to school Tuesday morning due to a cutback in bus service.

Playing in the snow at Stone Mountain Park
Photos from Snow Mountain in Stone Mountain. Images of Snow Mountain in Stone Mountain Park in Georgia.

Credit Lessons
Photos of Duane White, who has learned his credit lessons the hard way but now passes along his knowledge in free classes.

Christmas Tradition: Volunteering at Waffle House
Photos of friends volunteer to work at Decatur Waffle House on Christmas to give workers a break.

Sophia Langford gets a snow day
Snow wish: Stone Mountain Park donated the snow so that Sophia Lanford could play in the snow in late December. Sophia died Feb. 3 of inoperable cancer.

DeKalb arson spree
Eleven locations in DeKalb County were burned Sunday night. Arson is suspected.

Georgia Baptist Convention shuns woman preacher
Georgia Southern Baptists approved a policy Nov. 11, 2008, aimed at diminishing the role of churches led by women pastors -- a slap at Decatur First Baptist church, which is led by a woman, Julie Pennington-Russell.

Lithonia Middle School hosts early voting
At least 400 voters came to Lithonia Middle School in DeKalb County to cast their ballots a week before the Nov. 4 general election.

Havana Sandwich Shop burns
Havana Sandwich Shop, a DeKalb County restaurant that has served up Cuban sandwiches for more than 30 years, was heavily damaged Monday by an early-morning fire.

Berean Christian Chuch has a megaplan -- including a restaurant
Berean Christian Church in south DeKalb County has an expansion plan that stuns its neighbors: a 5,000-seat sanctuary, a day care center, office space, luxury apartments, a retail shopping plaza and a restaurant.

Doraville GM plant closes
The GM plant in Doraville, which opened in 1947, has closed its doors. It will likely be redeveloped as a mixed-use project.

Parents face 'educational neglect' charges
Nine parents were arrested Wednesday for failing to make sure their children attend school.

Waffle House museum opens in Avondale
The first Waffle House, built in 1955 in Avondale Estates, has open as a museum.

Angelo Taylor makes comeback for gold
DeKalb County athlete Angelo Taylor won the 400-meter hurdles at the Beijing Summer Games and resurrected a career hobbled by injuries, a lack of focus and embarrassing legal problems.

Wanted: Green principal for Arabia Mounain High
Arabia Mountain High School near Lithonia in DeKalb County will be one of the first in the state to have an environmentally-aware curriculum, officials say.

Manhunt for suspect who rammed police
DeKalb police were seeking a suspect who rammed a police car with an SUV Tuesday morning.

Cool fun at county water park
Browns Mill water park finally opens in DeKalb County in Lithonia

Fire burns Lithonia home
Fire burns a home in Lithonia. Four firefighters were injured.

Dunwoody votes on cityhood
View photos of voters at the poll in Dunwoody where the DeKalb community will vote on cityhood.

Patriotic flag burning
Flags that are no longer fit for use are burned at an Elks Lodge in Tucker.

Derwin Brown's old street renamed for him
Photos: Glasgow Drive in DeKalb County, where sheriff-elect Derwin Brown was gunned down in 2000, was renamed Derwin Brown Drive on Sunday at a block party and sign unveiling.

Decatur educators return from China
Several Decatur teachers visited China recently as part of an exchange program.

Dekalb Peachtree Airport's Good Neighbor Day
Photos of Dekalb Peachtree Airport's Good Neighbor Day Airshow and Open house.

Decatur educators visit China school
Decatur educators will visit Sichuan Normal University Attached Experimental School in Chengdu, China.

Emory graduation
More than 3,500 students received diplomas at Emory University's commencement Monday on the campus quad.

Zebra prank at Emory
Quick backstory: On April 23, someone — students, campus officials believe — kidnapped a pet zebra named Barcode from a Newton County farm, paraded him through the woods in the pre-dawn darkness and deposited him on the third story of the two-year school's Seney Hall.

Slain DeKalb officers remembered
Slain DeKalb officers remembered

Green burial
In a "green burial," bodies are buried without coffins, shrouds or embalming fluid. A green cemetery has opened in Conyers, Georgia, and another is proposed in Milton.

'Fiesta' at the mall
Plaza Fiesta, which is on Buford Highway north of Clairmont Road in Atlanta, has come a long way since 1999, when developers bought it for $10 million with the idea of tearing it down to build a Wal-Mart or a Home Depot. Instead, they pursued the concept of a Latino lifestyle center. It was a risky proposition, but it turned into a profitable venture that could serve as a blueprint for shopping centers nationwide.

Tommie Smith: An American icon
Tommie Smith is the American sprinter who, at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City won the 200-meter race in a record time of 19.83 seconds. Then Smith, along with team mate John Carlos, hoisted his black-gloved hand to the sky during the playing of the National Anthem. A look at where Smith is now.

'Chamblee Six' receive reward
Chinese immigrants who nabbed a man wanted for murder receive their $10,000 -- and give it to charity.

Dunwoody's struggle for cityhood
The question of Dunwoody cityhood's impact on business is much discussed these days because everyone involved agrees that the answer is critical, for the county and for businesses themselves, particularly the giant core of companies concentrated in the area around Perimeter Mall.

Lithonia's political "mess"
ours after he was fired by Lithonia Mayor Joyce McKibben, police Chief Willie Rosser (CQ)(shown here Tuesday morning arriving for work at Police headquarters) was reinstated by the city council in a chaotic meeting Monday night, according to television news reports. Earlier in the meeting, McKibben had Rosser escorted out of the council meeting and then adjourned the meeting over the protests of citizens. The council, which had left the meeting to meet privately in executive session, returned and announced it had voted to reinstate Rosser. The council asked McKibben's transition team to leave the meeting, but the team locked itself inside city hall. Police eventually gained entry to the building and escorted the team members out. After that, a locksmith was called in to change the building's locks. Earlier Monday, McKibben declined to disclose specifics of why she fired Rosser. "I took action I believe is in the best interest of the city, " she said. "I can't say any more because it is a personnel issue." The firing is the latest trouble for the small southeast DeKalb County city.