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Modern two-story fire station with red apparatus bay doors and a flagpole.

DeKalb Fire breaks ground on $10M Decatur station

DeKalb County Fire Rescue, which serves Dunwoody and Brookhaven, broke ground Sept. 24 on a $10 million-plus fire station in Decatur, one of three new SPLOST-funded facilities under construction across the county.

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Modern two-story fire station with red apparatus bay doors and a flagpole.

DeKalb Fire breaks ground on $10M Decatur station

DeKalb County Fire Rescue, which serves Dunwoody and Brookhaven, broke ground Sept. 24 on a $10 million-plus fire station in Decatur, one of three new SPLOST-funded facilities under construction across the county.

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Modern two-story fire station with red apparatus bay doors and a flagpole.

DeKalb Fire breaks ground on $10M Decatur station

DeKalb County Fire Rescue, which serves Dunwoody and Brookhaven, broke ground Sept. 24 on a $10 million-plus fire station in Decatur, one of three new SPLOST-funded facilities under construction across the county.

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Man in orange jail jumpsuit photographed in a booking-style mugshot.

DeKalb man wanted on child molestation charge arrested in Alabama

DeKalb County Sheriff's Office fugitive investigators and U.S. Marshals arrested Robert L. Junior in Toney, Alabama, on Friday, July 24, on an outstanding child molestation warrant; he awaits extradition to DeKalb County.

Person in white sheriff's uniform speaking at a podium with a sheriff's seal behind them.

Jury finds DeKalb sheriff liable for hostile work environment at jail

A federal jury found DeKalb County Sheriff Melody Maddox liable for creating a hostile work environment for female jail officers, ordering the county to pay $250,000 to six former staffers who alleged inmates sexually harassed them while broken cell locks went unrepaired.

Police and emergency vehicles with blue lights blocking highway lanes at night.

Death investigation near Buford Highway exit shuts down I-285 for hours

A person was found dead near a white Chevrolet pickup truck on I-285 near the Buford Highway exit in DeKalb County on Thursday, July 24, shutting down lanes for hours; a witness reported a dispute between two drivers following a crash, but police have not confirmed details or identified the victim.

Color-coded storm track map showing a tropical storm's path across the Gulf region.

Dunwoody, Brookhaven face flash flood risk as Bertha's moisture feeds storms

The National Weather Service's Peachtree City office has identified a 15 percent "slight risk" of localized flash flooding for Dunwoody and Brookhaven on Wednesday, July 22, as Tropical Storm Bertha's moisture interacts with a stalling frontal boundary over metro Atlanta.

A Flock Safety ALPR camera with solar panel mounted on a pole against trees and a cloudy sky.

Dunwoody resident questions Flock camera oversight after vendor executive viewed children's gymnastics feed ; Flock Exec Accessed Children's Gym Camera in Dunwoody's Surveillance Network

A Dunwoody resident's public records requests reveal a Flock Safety executive viewed a children's gymnastics camera feed at the Marcus Jewish Community Center as a "sales demo," raising questions about oversight of the city's 400-camera surveillance network one day after a DeKalb deputy was fired for misusing the same technology.

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