Job seekers wait Wednesday for service at the DeKalb Career Center on Covington Highway in Decatur.

The two grandmothers sat at separate tables in Hambrick Elementary School, one helping a little boy read, the other putting the finishing touches on art work for yet another bulletin board.

Atlanta artist Chris Lewis is a recovering mom. That's because her son Hayes, 25, is a recovering heroin addict.

Seth Mack and his wife still can't sleep. It has been three days since Mack was robbed at gunpoint while out walking his dog, Zen.

Clarkston students filled Clarkston High School with music, Jan. 14, during Orchestra Night, performing a mix of classics and modern hits.

First the City designated a day for Art Pappas, now they want to name a building after him.

A major owner and manager of apartment buildings in metro Atlanta has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Children in DeKalb County will be able to get entertainment from a source other than television or video games this weekend.

The DeKalb Symphony Orchestra will perform a tribute to Duke Ellington during Georgia Perimeter College's annual MLK Jr.

DeKalb County Police are hoping to beef up the force by having retired officers volunteer on the streets.

Rita Dove, a Pulitzer Prize winner and former United States Poet Laureate, will be the keynote speaker for Georgia Perimeter College's 14th Annual Dr.

The New Year will bring new leadership in the cities of Stone Mountain, Pine Lake, Lithonia and Clarkston.

Clarkston High School graduate Elizabeth Gorz performed with Greater Lansing Ballet Company's 10th annual performance of the Nutcracker Ballet, Dec.

Clarkston has put its 2010 budget process on hold until the new year, in consideration of a change in leadership.

All through spring and summer, I watched my bees - fed them sugar syrup and checked inside their hive once or twice - until mid-October. Meridith Ford Goldman, mford@ajc.com Honey and wax are pressed through a fine sieve to remove the wax, and the honey is poured into jars, which are ready to seal.

These are personal and true stories as told by octogenarians, still living, who well remember that day.

Police officers and firefighters in the Stone Mountain and Tucker areas are about to get their annual pat on the back from the community group PRISM, Pride Rings in Stone Mountain.

Early voting for the Dec. 1 runoff elections for Clarkston mayor and Geeorgia House District 58 is now under way at the DeKalb Elections Office on Memorial Drive in Decatur.

Early voting in Fulton and DeKalb counties begins Wednesday for the Dec. 1 runoff elections.

The City of Chamblee is poised to approve adding sexual orientation to its non-discrimination policy at its regular city council meeting Tuesday.