Press Releases

DeKalb to Demolish Out-of-Service Water Tank

DECATUR, Ga. – On Monday, Oct. 14, the DeKalb County Department of Watershed Management (DWM) will begin work to demolish the out-of-service steel water tank located at the corner of West Howard…

DeKalb Contractor Cleaning Diesel Fuel from Creek near Rock Chapel Road

DECATUR, Ga. – Cleanup is underway after diesel fuel was discovered in Wesley Branch tributary near Rock Chapel Road and Hightower Trail in unincorporated Lithonia.

DeKalb County Fire Rescue’s…

Park Advisory Committee to Meet Oct. 16

DECATUR, Ga. – The DeKalb Park Advisory Committee meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 6 p.m., at West Exchange Place, 1950 West Exchange Place, Tucker, GA 30084. The meeting will take…

DeKalb County Public Safety Celebrates Excellence

DECATUR, Ga.—The DeKalb County Department of Public Safety will hold its inaugural Public Safety Awards Breakfast on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, at 8 a.m. at the Stone Ridge Event Center, located at…

Commissioner Bradshaw Allocates $25,000 to R.I.S.E. UP Youth Services Program

DECATUR, Ga.—DeKalb County Commissioner Steve Bradshaw has allocated $25,000 of District 4 reserve funds to R.I.S.E. UP, a young men’s leadership development program, which will target District 4…

DeKalb Cooperative Extension Announces Creating a Welcome Space for Pollinators Classes

DECATUR, Ga. – DeKalb County Cooperative Extension will host two Creating a Welcome Space for Pollinators workshops on Oct. 17 and 24, from 6 to 8 p.m.

Below are the workshops locations.


Oct. 17…

DeKalb Cooperative Extension Announces House Plant Color and Function Class

DECATUR, Ga. – DeKalb County Cooperative Extension will host a House Plant Color and Function workshop on Oct. 15, from 6:45 to 8:30 p.m., at the DeKalb County Extension Office Training Room, located…

DeKalb County Mobile Career Center October Schedule

DECATUR, Ga. – WorkSource DeKalb announces its Mobile Career Center schedule for October. The center will be stationed at locations throughout DeKalb County to help put DeKalb County citizens back to…

DeKalb Police Offer $5,000 Reward

Tucker, Ga. – On Oct. 3, 2019, a four-year-old girl was struck by a stray bullet at her home on Eastwyck Road in Decatur.

 

“The entire DeKalb County community is appalled by this senseless…

CEO Thurmond Appoints New Police Chief

DECATUR, Ga. – Today, DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond appointed Mirtha V. Ramos as chief of the DeKalb County Police Department, effective Nov. 4, 2019. Ramos will be responsible for leading…