Press Releases

Media Advisory on CEO Burrell Ellis' Reinstatement

DECATUR, Ga.—On Dec. 12, the DeKalb County Clerk of Superior Court received the remittitur from the Georgia Supreme Court, which immediately reinstates W. Burrell Ellis Jr. as CEO of DeKalb County.…

DeKalb County Recreation, Parks, and Cultural Affairs to Provide Winter Mini Day Camp

DECATUR, Ga. – DeKalb County Recreation, Parks and Cultural Affairs will offer a Winter Mini Day Camp Dec. 22-30 and Jan. 3-4, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. at all 11 recreation centers. The centers will be…

DeKalb County Achieves ‘Functional Zero’ For Veteran Homelessness

DeKalb County Achieves ‘Functional Zero’ For Veteran Homelessness

Milestone means all homeless veterans can receive fast access to housing and services

DECATUR, Ga. – The U.S. Interagency Council…

DeKalb County Schedules Emergency Rehab of River Road Bridge

DeKalb County Schedules Emergency Rehab of River Road Bridge

 

DECATUR, Ga. – Construction and rehabilitation of the River Road Bridge over Conley Creek will begin Dec. 19, 2016 until Jan. 31…

Gregory Adams Wins District 7 Seat

DECATUR, GA. – DeKalb County voters selected Gregory Adams to fill the vacant commissioner seat for Super District 7. More than 6,000 voters participated in Tuesday’s runoff election.

The DeKalb…

REVISED: Updated details on discolored water

REVISED: Updated details on discolored water

DeKalb Watershed Restores 30” Transmission Main

Possible discoloration may occur as system is restored

DECATUR, Ga. – The DeKalb County Department of…

DeKalb Residents Vote Early for Special Election

DeKalb Residents Vote Early for Special Election

DECATUR, Ga. – More than a thousand DeKalb County registered voters took advantage of early voting for the District 7 special election. The Board of…

DeKalb County to Hold District 7 Runoff Election

DeKalb County to Hold District 7 Runoff Election

DECATUR, GA. – A runoff will be held on Dec. 6 in the special election for Commission District 7.

The runoff is between Greg Adams and…

DeKalb County Announces Benchmark Reached toward Ending Veteran Homelessness

DECATUR, Ga. – DeKalb County Interim CEO Lee May will announce Thursday, Dec. 8, that DeKalb has reached an important milestone in its journey to end veteran homelessness.

The U.S. Interagency…

WorkSource DeKalb Releases December Work Readiness Workshops Schedule

DECATUR, Ga. – WorkSource DeKalb will offer free work readiness workshops during December in its office building located at 774 Jordan Lane, Bldg. 4, Decatur.

The workshops are designed to empower…