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News Articles: Dekalb County

decatur child at a unicef cfci event

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Decatur earns UNICEF's 'child-friendly city' status. It's one of only 3 in the U.S.

The city becomes the third city in the United States to earn this title after creating and following a youth-led local action plan.

March 25, 2025
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By:
  • Amanda Andrews
Canvasser Sienna Giraldi, 26, right, talks to an Atlanta resident, left, Thursday, July 20, 2023, in Atlanta. Activists with the Stop Cop City Vote Coalition are trying to get the signatures of more than 70,000 Atlanta residents by Aug. 14 to force a referendum allowing voters to decide the fate of a proposed police and firefighter training center.

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Atlanta's 'Cop City' is nearly complete. Where does that leave opponents' signature effort?

A federal appeals court is considering whether to dismiss a massive effort to force a vote on an Atlanta-area police and firefighter training center that city officials say is nearly complete. The appeals court had been silent for more than 14 months after hearing arguments in 2023 over whether nonresidents can collect signatures as part of the "Stop Cop City" referendum effort.

February 27, 2025
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  • Associated Press
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement logo

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Organizations react to ICE raids in DeKalb, Brookhaven

Leaders across DeKalb County are responding to arrests made Sunday, Jan. 26 by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Chamblee, Brookhaven, Doraville, and Lilburn.

January 28, 2025
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  • Logan Ritchie and
  • Cathy Cobbs
Your DeKalb Farmers Market originally opened in 1977 on Medlock Road in Decatur. (Provided by Your DeKalb Farmers Market)

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Your DeKalb Farmers Market: a metro Atlanta go-to for ingredients since 1977

Your DeKalb Farmers Market is unlike anywhere else in metro Atlanta. The chaotic hum of the market is somehow embraced into order and organization. Multiple languages printed on identification cards reflect flags representing various countries hanging above the meat and seafood counters and rows of produce stands. Immaculate pastries are stationed behind glass, while long lines snake from the rotisserie chicken stand on Wednesdays. Shelves come stacked with ingredients that provide a glimpse of home for so many Atlantans.

January 27, 2025
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  • Sarra Sedghi
Homeless men sleep on Marietta Street in Atlanta, Friday, June 5, 2020. On Monday, Feb. 13, 2023, a Georgia Senate committee passed a bill that would say cities and counties could not stop enforcing bans on public camping or sleeping.

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DeKalb County needs 'housing first' approach to end homeless cycle of mental illness, incarceration

Between 2022 and 2023, there was a 63% increase in the length of time people experienced homelessness in DeKalb County. A disproportionate number of those impacted are children and people of color.

November 06, 2024
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris waves with former President Barack Obama at a campaign rally at James R. Hallford Stadium, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, in Clarkston, Ga.

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Harris rallies with Obama, Tyler Perry and Bruce Springsteen in Clarkston

An enthusiastic crowd danced to DJ sets and listened to a parade of high-profile speakers before welcoming Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Barack Obama to the stage.

October 25, 2024
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  • Sarah Kallis and
  • Kristi York Wooten
HUD Acting Secretary Adrianne Todman joins leaders from Dekalb County to celebrate the grand opening of a 100-unit senior living center on September 19, 2024.

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Affordable senior housing complex holds grand opening in Doraville

Housing leaders from Dekalb County the Us department of Housing and Urban Development held a ribbon-cutting in Doraville for a 100-unit affordable senior housing complex.

September 20, 2024
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  • Amanda Andrews
Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant’s Tale (Courtesy Center for Puppetry Arts)

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Atlanta celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with events and festivities

National Hispanic Heritage Month is being celebrated now through Oct. 15 with events happening around metro Atlanta. 

September 20, 2024
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  • Lola McGuire
Chantemekki Fortson the mother of slain airman Roger Fortson, right, along with family watch Fortson's casket as they leave for a cemetery during his funeral at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, on May 17, 2024, in Stonecrest, Ga.

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Teen brother of Air Force airman who was killed by Florida deputy is shot to death near Atlanta

Authorities say the teenage brother of a U.S. Air Force airman who was shot and killed in his home by a Florida sheriff's deputy in May was shot to death this week near Atlanta. The killing of Senior Airman Roger Fortson made global headlines in May. Now, the family is grieving the Tuesday killing of his 16-year-old brother, Andre Fortson, in DeKalb County, near Atlanta's east side.

August 01, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Lorraine Cochran-Johnson

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Runoff results: Cochran-Johnson becomes first Black woman to lead DeKalb County

In a historic vote in DeKalb County, former county commissioner Lorraine Cochran-Johnson defeated Larry Johnson in Tuesday’s runoff election for the office of chief executive officer.

June 19, 2024
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  • Cathy Cobbs and
  • Bob Pepalis
The Lithonia lynching marker before it's disappearance

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Historical markers memorialize forgotten Black history. Why are they being destroyed?

Vandalism and violence against markers to Black history are fairly widespread, and Georgia is no exception. In February, a historical marker memorializing Black victims of lynching in DeKalb County was stolen. Organizers who worked to install the marker feel the disappearance is about more than just a missing piece of metal. GPB’s Pamela Kirkland explains.

April 19, 2024
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  • Pamela Kirkland
In this June 6, 2016 file photo, former DeKalb Police Officer Robert Olsen stands during his arraignment in Decatur, Ga.

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Appeals court overturns convictions of former Georgia officer who fatally shot naked man

An appeals court has overturned the convictions of a former Georgia police officer who shot and killed an unarmed naked man. Robert "Chip" Olsen responded to a call of a naked man behaving erratically at an Atlanta-area apartment complex in March 2015.

March 14, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Demonstrators confront an Atlanta police officer during a protest over plans to build a new police training center, Thursday, March 9, 2023, in Atlanta.

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61 indicted in Georgia on racketeering charges connected to 'Stop Cop City' movement

Sixty-one people have been indicted in Georgia on racketeering charges following a long-running state investigation into protests against an Atlanta-area proposed police and firefighter training facility that critics call "Cop City."

September 06, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Dekalb County District Attorney Sherry Boston announced her office would not handle the investigation into a protester being killed on Jan 18th. The case will go to an independent investigator.

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Georgia district attorneys fight a new law that could remove them from office

Four Georgia district attorneys are challenging the constitutionality of a law that allows a newly appointed state panel to remove them from office.

August 03, 2023
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  • Donna Lowry
Activist Hannah Riley works on her laptop at Muchacho, a local taco restaurant, while gathering signatures from fellow voters, in Atlanta, Thursday, July 13, 2023. Organizers are trying to force a referendum that would allow voters to decide the fate of a proposed police and training center, but attorneys for the city say the petition drive is invalid.

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Judge gives deadline extension to organizers trying to stop 'Cop City' with signature campaign

A federal judge has significantly extended the deadline for Atlanta organizers who have been trying to gather more than 70,000 signatures to force a vote on the construction of a police and firefighter training center that critics call "Cop City."

July 28, 2023
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  • Associated Press
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