Press Releases

DeKalb County Recreation, Parks and Cultural Affairs will hold a Thanksgiving Break Camp Nov. 25 - 27, 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The cost of the camp is $10 per day for children ages 5-13. Each participant must provide his or her own breakfast, lunch and snack. To register, visit www.dekalbcountyga.gov/parks and click the “Register Online” button.

DeKalb County Voter Registration and Elections will hold a risk-limiting audit of ballots cast in the Nov. 5, 2024, General/Special Election. The contests to be audited shall be determined as set forth in O.C.G.A. § 21-2-498 and shall be publicly announced and published on the Secretary of State webpage. The audit is conducted in accordance with O.C.G.A. § 21-2-498 and State Election Board Rule 183-1-15-.04 and is open to the public.

The Board of Ethics will resume its next regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, at 178 Sams Street Decatur, Ga. 30030.

The DeKalb County Police Department is increasing its crimefighting arsenal with a new app to help residents submit anonymous tips from their smartphone. The new DeKalb County Police Department app allows officers to engage in an anonymous two-way conversation. The app and tip411 anonymous text-a-tip system is 100 percent anonymous, as the technology removes all identifying information before police see the tips and there is no way to identify the sender.

Young entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to present the innovative, agriculture-based businesses they developed during a “Shark Tank”-style pitch event sponsored by the EMBARC Youth Farm. The event will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Nov. 19, at the Bruce Street East DeKalb Senior Center, located at 2449 Bruce St., Lithonia. This event will spotlight the entrepreneurial skills and sustainable agriculture expertise of EMBARC participants, who, over the past 10 months, have gained hands-on experience in sustainable agriculture, covering essential skills from planting and harvesting to food production and sales strategies.