Dekalb County News

For more on this story, visit Norcross Patch. UPDATE: Alleged Handgun-Wielding Suspect Arrested; House Cleared - Canton-Sixes Patch The Canton Police Department and Cherokee Sheriff's office have conducted a sweep and cleared the house in the Hillcrest subdivision once thought to contain a man fleeing from police.

One week after being indicted on thirty fraud and tax evasion charges, State Representative Tyrone Brooks showed up at Atlanta's federal courthouse to enter a "not guilty" plea on Wednesday.

Local actor Henry Louis Adams will play the role of convicted DeKalb County police officer Derrick Yancey for a film to be shown on television this summer.

The Decatur Arts Festival is the big event this week, but here are five other things to know about the week ahead in Decatur and Avondale Estates.

But the Redan Raiders remain somewhat under the radar in the Atlanta area. Maybe it's because their players who wish to play travel ball at a high level travel to East Cobb in the summer.

Andrea Sneiderman was back in court Tuesday to be arraigned for a third time. She's accused of conspiring with her former boss, Hemy Neuman, to kill her husband, Rusty Sneiderman, in 2010.

According to the police report, obtained by TMZ, Keef was busted for allegedly smoking weed at a fancy hotel.

DeKalb county wants to know residents' thoughts about the zoning code update . The update "is to implement the policies of the DeKalb County 2015 Comprehensive Plan.

The Lakeside City Alliance will hold a meeting on Monday, May 20 at Evansdale Elementary from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The third annual DeKalb County All-Star Soccer games will be played at Hallford Stadium in Clarkston on May 20, starting at 5:30 p.m. Tucker Together is holding its second meeting on Tuesday, May 21, at 7 p.m., at St.

A woman accused of arranging for her husband to be killed outside a suburban Atlanta preschool is set to be arraigned for a third time.

Tucker High School's Ramon Wyndell Johnson and Feven Laine are among 26 students recently awarded college scholarship funding from DeKalb county.

After working several months on the project, volunteers with the Tucker Community Improvement District Formation Committee cheered when the DeKalb Board of Commissioners unanimously approved DeKalb's third CID in the Tucker area.

Here are some recent health inspection scores performed by the DeKalb County Board of Health for restaurants in our community.

An emergency town hall meeting concerning the biomass plant will be held on Thursday, May 16, 7 p.m. at Antioch-Lithonia Missionary Baptist Church, 2152 Rock Chapel Road , Lithonia.

DeKalb county's "Jobs Bus" makes a stop at Northlake-Barbara Loar library next week, May 21, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. On the bus, offically the Mobile Career Center, are computer stations, Internet, and job search help including resume writing and interviewing tips.

A federal grand jury has indicted state Rep. Tyrone Brooks on charges that he misappropriated almost $1 million in charitable funds Brooks, 67, was charged by a federal grand jury in a 30-count indictment that includes charges of mail, wire and tax fraud.

DeKalb County animal advocates continue to pressure county government to open a new animal shelter on a site near DeKalb Peachtree Airport .

Issues with DeKalb County's permitting system have temporarily put food trucks at Chamblee Plaza on hold, a shopping center representative said Wednesday.

United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia Michael Moore has announced via press release that 52-year-old Josh Ensley has entered a plea of guilty to one count of an Indictment charging him with receipt of child pornography.

Orrin Hudson to celebrate birthday bash with Charity Chess event. Ever wanted to learn how to play chess? Now's your chance to get in the game, says Orrin "Checkmate" Hudson.