Decatur News

AAA estimated that more than 30 million people would travel by car this Memorial Day weekend.

The Avondale Estates City Commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 29, to hold a public hearing and then vote on a new zoning classification for commercial property the city is annexing .

Someone in the biking community has placed a "Ghost Bike" near the site of bicyclist Paul Taylor's fatal accident .

Many people were sad when Feast restaurant closed in late February . Feast was a neighborhood place where many people went to celebrate special occasions such as birthdays and wedding anniversarys .

Looking for work in and around Stone Mountain? Patch compiles listings from sources such as theA Department of Labor , web sites of individual businesses -- Stone Mountain Park , for example -- and job search sites including snagajob.com to help you.

Coffee shops need genteel folk ballads. Sports arenas need foot-stompy jock jams.

Deep South Southern Traditions for Memorial Day typically extend from Friday prior through Memorial Day itself.

By Chris Billingsley Decatur High Teacher and Club Sponsor The DHS Conservative Club finished the year right by hosting an end-of-the-year pizza party after school on the DHS flagpole plaza.

RECAP: "75 Bars" of Black Thought and Mos Def Define the Realness at the Lyricist Lounge's 20-Year Bash With their debut album finally hitting stores on Tuesday , Travis Porter, who has released more than eight mixtapes since 2009, is making the rounds from city to city to perform for the fans that have been supporting them since day one.

Backyard Association attendees can dream of where to fit all the hydrangeas from dwarf pee-gee "Little Lime" to the massive flowered H. arborescens "Incrediball" shown here.

The Decatur Arts Festival starts at 11 a.m. Sunday wraps up around 6 p.m. Here are five interesting shows and events you should check out.

An autopsy report neither confirms nor challenges a pickup truck driver's statement that a bicyclist he ran over "appeared to be kneeling in the roadway as if he had fallen." The April 30 wreck killed Paul Taylor, 53 , of Greenglade Road, who worked as a physicians assistant at Emory.

That would be Travis Porter , the oddly named rap group of three performers from Decatur, Ga.

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In the ATL, we work hard, play hard and we love a long holiday weekend. Memorial Day Weekend is upon us and of course there's much to do in the hottest city in the country.

Jennifer Lloyd's son was choked out by a 7th grade classmate off campus earlier this month.

Residents can shoot pool and quench their thirst for a good cause on June 4 at Twain's Billiards & Tap in Decatur.

Children, teens, parents and other adults can participate in a summer of reading fun as the DeKalb County Public Library kicks through July 31.

Decatur and Avondale Estates have changed their trash pickup schedules for the Memorial Day Holiday.