Press Releases

DeKalb County Earns National Awards for Senior and Youth Virtual Programs

DeKalb County’s Senior Center Without Walls: Virtual Village and DeKalb Virtual Career Academy have been recognized with Achievement Awards from the National Association of Counties (NACo). The…

DeKalb Board of Commissioners Presiding Officer Steve Bradshaw and School Board Chair Vickie B. Turner to Host Back-to-School Event

DeKalb Board of Commissioners Presiding Officer Steve Bradshaw and School Board Chair Vickie B. Turner will host a Back-to-School Event on Saturday, July 17, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Clarkston…

Positive Rabies Case Reported in DeKalb County

Fox captured in the Turner Hill Road area of Stonecrest

DECATUR, Ga. — On July 10, 2021, a fox was captured in the Turner Hill Road area of Stonecrest and later tested positive for rabies.

The fox…

DeKalb Public Safety Employees to Receive $3,000 Bonus

CEO Thurmond: Bonus rewards ‘service, dedication and commitment’  

Today, the DeKalb County Board of Commissioners approved CEO Michael Thurmond’s proposed $3,000 one-time Protect and Serve…

Water Outage Planned During Overnight Pipe Replacement

Aging water pipe repair scheduled for July 14 in Tucker

TDECATUR, Ga. – On July 14, contractors working on behalf of DeKalb County Department of Watershed Management will temporarily interrupt water…

DeKalb County Voter Registration and Elections Board Elects Chair and Vice Chair

The DeKalb County Voter Registration and Elections (DeKalb VRE) Board elected new leadership for the next term, selecting Dele Lowman Smith as chair and Nancy Jester as vice chair.

Lowman Smith is…

DeKalb Virtual Career Academy Participants Earn Boost in Pay

Youth who participated in the 2021 DeKalb Virtual Career Academy are getting a pay raise.

DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond and the Board of Commissioners have announced an increase in pay from $9…

DeKalb County Ethics Board to Meet July 15

The DeKalb County Board of Ethics will conduct a board meeting on Thursday, July 15, 2021, at 6 p.m. The meeting will be held via Zoom at https://dekalbcountyga.zoom.us/j/88137432677.

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Airport Advisory Board to Meet Virtually July 12

The DeKalb-Peachtree Airport Advisory Board meeting is scheduled for Monday, July 12, at 5:30 p.m.

The meeting will be held virtually via Zoom at https://dekalbcountyga.zoom.us/s/87357743816. The…

DeKalb Juvenile Court Awarded $950,000 to Continue Youth Education and Training Program

DeKalb County Juvenile Court Chief Judge Vincent C. Crawford announced the receipt of a grant award of $949,811 from the U.S. Department of Labor-Employment and Training Administration to extend the…