April 19, 2017, is not a day that DeKalb Firefighter Robert Sutton will forget soon. It was the day he caught a baby thrown by a desperate father from a smoke-filled second floor apartment at the Parc on Glenwood in Decatur. “I am blessed to have been in a position to catch the baby,” said Sutton, a 10-year firefighter.
GDOT Says I-285 completion Date Moved Into Next Year /
Unforeseen water line issue stalls bridge replacement
South DeKalb residents will have to wait almost two more years for the completion of the Flat Shoals Road/I-285 interchange.
Georgia Department of Transportation officials told concerned residents at a June 19 meeting that the earliest the 3.5-mile project will be completed in Feburary 2019.
DeKalb HS Dancers Land in National Competition /
The dancing divas of the Platinum Elite dance team at DeKalb Early College Academy will be showcasing their twirls, high kicks and seemingly never-ending flips at the DeKalb Educators Conference on June 1 at Lithonia High School before heading to the July Fourth week Showstoppers Nationals in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
South L.A. Community Coalition Rejoices As Work On Prop 30 Pays Off /
Wal-March 50 Mile Pilgrimage Makes It To L.A. City Hall /
Hundreds of warehouse workers finished the final leg of their six-day pilgrimage on Tuesday that spanned 50 miles from the Inland Empire to the front steps of City Hall in Los Angeles. Read more ...
"Fear Of A Black Republican" Sparks Conversation About Race And The Republican Party /
Documentarian Kevin Williams screened his new film, Fear of a Black Republican, at USC on Wednesday during an event hosted by USC College Republicans.
Event organizers said that USC was an ideal location for the screening, given that the school is situated in an urban area with a dense minority population. Read more ...
Federal Official Foresees Help in School Safety Planning /
David Esquith, director of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Safe and Healthy Students, outlined ways in which the federal government is working to protect children at a Friday conference session. Read more ...
Good-Natured Alphabet Contest Fires Up Superintendents /
Imagine a radio personality with a voice that brings in contestants to play what appears to be a touch-screen version of whack-a-mole, only instead of moles there are letters of the alphabet.
This was the scene in the exhibit hall of the AASA national conference Friday at the Imagine Learning booth. The contestants, mostly superintendents, were enthralled by the contest. Read more ...