Press Releases

DeKalb County Announces Retirement of Director of Public Safety Joseph Lumpkin

Today, DeKalb County announced the retirement of Deputy Chief Operating Officer and Director of Public Safety, Joseph H. “Jack” Lumpkin, Sr. Director Lumpkin has served DeKalb County with distinction…

DeKalb Announces Christmas and New Year’s Residential Sanitation Collection Schedule

      Collection service to run one day late for Thursday customers  In observance of Christmas Day on Thursday, Dec. 25, and New Year’s Day on Thursday, Jan. 1,…

DeKalb County to Cleanup Tire Dump Sites

FINALMEDIA CONTACTS•    Dionna Smith, Chief Communications Officer, dasmith@dekalbcountyga.gov, 470-889-7360 (c)•    Sloan Turner, Communications Manager,…

DeKalb Warming Centers Open December 14th - 17th

            FINALMEDIA CONTACTS:Dionne A. Smith, Chief of Communications, dasmith@dekalbcountyga.gov, 470-889-7360 (c)Sloan Turner, Communications Manager…

SPLOST II Overview Meeting

SPLOST II Residents Review CommitteeMEETING AGENDA12/11/2025178 Sams Street 6:00pmWelcome & Introductions Lorraine Cochran-JohnsonChief Executive OfficerDeKalb County Government …

DeKalb County Warming Centers to Open on Monday, December 8. and Tuesday, December 9

Due to forecasted freezing temperatures and hazardous overnight wind chills, DeKalb County will open the following warming centers for residents beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Monday…

DeKalb Crews Continue to Repair a Broken Main at 3124 Midway Road

UPDATE— 4:15 p.m. DeKalb County Department of Watershed Management crews continue to repair a 36” broken water main at 3124 Midway Road. Water pressure has been fully restored and there are…

DeKalb Crews Continue to Repair a Broken Main at 3124 Midway Road

UPDATE— 11:45 a.m.DeKalb County Department of Watershed Management crews continue to repair a 36” broken water main at 3124 Midway Road. There are currently no reported water outages. …

DeKalb Crews Working to Repair a Broken Main at 3124 Midway Road

UPDATE—7:45 a.m.DeKalb County Department of Watershed Management crews are currently onsite working to repair a 36” broken water main at 3124 Midway Road. Customers in the area may experience…

DeKalb County Voter Registration and Elections Board to Meet December 5 and 8

The DeKalb Board of Registration and Elections (DeKalb BRE) will hold a Special Called Meeting on Friday, Dec. 5, at 10 a.m. for the purpose of conducting a pre-certification review of precinct…