Nearly 1,000 people brought paper to be shredded at Operation Spring Clean Sweep 2018, a county clean-up initiative.
Kevin Brown, now of Macon, GA, pitched in the Majors for 19 years, playing for the Rangers, Marlins, Yankees and other squads.
County CEO Michael Thurmond said the surplus will go to establish a "rainy day fund" to help keep the county afloat in hard times.
The shooting happened on Sunday and the man was arrested on nine separate charges on Wednesday, police said.
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Members of the street gang shot two women execution-style in 2014 after one of the supposedly called a gang leader an insulting name.
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A Decatur Square institution for more than two decades has been named one of the 31 best beer bars in the United States.
Other top stories this past week from DeKalb County Patch sites included a 92-year-old man killed in a Decatur house fire.
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A tractor-trailer carrying about 36 cows overturned on the I-285 ramp to I-20 eastbound in DeKalb County Friday morning.
Bishops Cuts/Color, based in Portland, Oregon, combines haircuts with music videos, funky art and free beer.
The man was shot four times by police in Florida after they say he pulled a handgun and tried to run away. The baby was found in Alabama.
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Someone knocked on the man's door shortly before 1 a.m. Wednesday, then attacked him, according to police.
Donny Williams has served with the Chamblee Police Department since 1991 and as chief since 2014.
Baris Karayazgan will help day campers create art out of recycled water bottles.
Two other people were hospitalized after the Sunday morning blaze, which destroyed a home in Decatur's Medlock neighborhood.
Other top stories this past week from DeKalb County Patch sites included a look at scores from this week's round of restaurant inspections.
See which Atlanta area restaurants earned high scores and those where critical violations were reported in recent inspections.
The little girls were as young as 7, authorities say. They are looking for help identifying some of the children found on videos.
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After pushes in the legislature failed, Gov. Nathan Deal has essentially ordered the Department of Natural Resources to expand deer baiting.
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Wells Fargo, which handles DeKalb's payment processing, is moving its operation out of Georgia.
Other top stories this past week from DeKalb County Patch sites included the Bagel Palace in Toco Hills closing after more than two decades.
Other top stories from Georgia Patch sites included a mysterious package causing an evacuation at Mall of Georgia.
The evening and overnight closures in DeKalb County are expected to continue all the way through September for the major project.
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Famous Pub and Petit Auberge are among the other spots that have closed since a new owner bought the shopping center in late 2015.
Timothy Cunningham had been missing for nearly a month when his body was found in the Chattahoochee River in April.
A witness reportedly saw the single-engine plane take off from a landing strip, then head back toward it as if the pilot was trying to land.
Action on a complaint, filed by Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, was announced days before Cagle appears on the ballot in the GOP governor's primary.
A group that provides service dogs for veterans wants to offer a new dog for a woman who fought stray dogs that killed her Ms. Pooh.