Press Releases

Audit Report: DeKalb Financial Outlook Improves

DECATUR, Ga. – For the first time in six years, DeKalb County's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) was delivered on time and without material weaknesses. Additionally, the county also…

DeKalb County Mobile Career Center July Schedule

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

DeKalb Fire Rescue Offers Firework Safety Tips

DECATUR, Ga. – The DeKalb County Fire Rescue Department is offering firework safety tips to keep residents safe.  Annually, more than 11,000 fireworks-related injuries are treated by hospitals…

DeKalb County State Court Now Offering Online Ticket Notification System

DECATUR, Ga.–Motorists receiving a traffic citation in unincorporated DeKalb County now can sign up to receive text and email notifications of fines and upcoming court dates.

The system also will…

Office of Youth Services Offers Computer Science Summer Camp

DECATUR, Ga.—The Office of Youth Services, in partnership with Reach for Excellence, will host the Youth De-Coded summer day camp, July 9-20 at Marist School, 3790 Ashford Dunwoody Road NE, Atlanta,…

New Vendors Providing Services for DeKalb Seniors

DECATUR, Ga.–DeKalb County has implemented a plan to continue senior services after a longtime provider, Senior Connections Inc., closes its doors on June 30.

For more than 10 years, Senior…

North Goddard Road Detour Extended to Aug. 31

DECATUR, Ga. – North Goddard Road, between Rockland and Klondike Roads, will remain closed intermittently to through-traffic until Friday, Aug. 31. The county is replacing a sewer main and traffic…

Summer Intern Editorial- Generation Z’s Superpower: Voting

Generation Z, those born between 1996 and 2010, now hold a power so great, they can change the future if they chose to harness it.  

 I experienced this power on May 22, 2018, when Georgia…

Rescheduled: WorkSource DeKalb Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Orientation

DECATUR, Ga.  – WorkSource DeKalb’s Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) weekly orientation scheduled for Thursday, July 19, will be held Wednesday, July 18, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.,…

DeKalb Drinking Water Quality Report Released

DECATUR. Ga. – DeKalb County Department of Watershed Management (DWM) has released the 2018 Drinking Water Quality Report, also referred to as a Consumer Confidence Report (CCR). DWM continues to…