The Medlock Area Neighborhood Association published a lengthy response to recent comments by Decatur Mayor Jim Baskett. Medlock isn’t in Decatur’s annexation plan, though some early survey results show 66 percent of 224 respondents want to ...
DeKalb Farmers Market owner Robert Blazer would rather stay in unincorporated DeKalb County, but if new cities form around him, he may not have a choice. Blazer recently said that he’d rather join a bigger ...
This story has been updated. A plan to annex the Forrest Hills neighborhood into the city of Avondale Estates is taking some residents in both communities by surprise. There also may be more options for ...
Decatur residents who received their 2014 tax assessments are doing a double take. A county appraiser says Decatur’s increase in property value is playing catch-up after years of lagging behind. That may not be much ...
If Decatur’s city commission approves the current draft of the budget, it will add five new positions to the city’s payroll. The city says there will be new income to cover the extra staff. Some ...
This story has been updated. During the recent debate over cityhood in DeKalb County, most of the attention focused on what other cities wanted. Briarcliff and Lakeside wanted Northlake Mall. Decatur wanted to annex property to ...
UPDATE: Decatur Police Chief Mike Booker has released a statement about the department’s participation in this ongoing conversation. His full statement is reprinted at the end of this article. For the last few weeks black ...
A local attorney says the city of Decatur has a stake in a lawsuit concerning the ownership of the historic Scottish Rite property in Oakhurst. So far, city commissioners, the city manager and the city ...
Decatur Mayor Jim Baskett gave his State of the City Speech on Tuesday, March 25, and said the state of the city is “just great.” Baskett gave the speech during the Decatur Business Association meeting ...
Mayor Jim Baskett has had something to say about Decatur for awhile now. He was supposed to give the “State of the City” address on Jan. 28, but cancelled it because of severe winter weather. ...