It was in 2014 when the Columbia Eagles had their last winning record before Columbia alum and football head coach Greg Barnett stepped onto the scene in 2020 and turned things around. After six years ...

DeKalb County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to invest millions into apartments that will serve as transitional homes for housing insecure families, many of which are currently living in ...

Voters throughout Georgia, including DeKalb County, have voted for Democrat Peter Hubbard to advance in November after the Democratic Primary runoff election for Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC ...

This year, the Major League Baseball (MLB) All-Star Week was hosted at Truist Park in Atlanta and with the league getting ready to move into the second half of the season, here a few DeKalb player to ...

Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) General Manager and CEO Collie Greenwood announced on July 17 that he would be taking “early retirement out of an abundance of caution” due to ...

In June, The Kroger Co., listed online as one of the world’s largest food retailers, announced that the company would be closing 60 stores, including two in DeKalb County. The two Kroger grocers on ...

Marist High School basketball guard Kate Harpring began competing in the 2025 USA Women’s U19 national team roster for the 2025 International Basketball Federation (FIBA) U19 Women’s World Cup in Brno ...

Green Bay Packers defensive lineman Devonte Wyatt, a proud Towers High School alum, hosted his annual Devonte Wyatt Community Resource Day on July 12 at Towers High School. The event brought students ...

The Champion was awarded several statewide awards from Georgia Press Association at a banquet held on June 21 in Jekyll Island, Georgia. Our staff won first place in our division for editorial writing ...

The Bethune Lions completed a three-game sweep with a 26-6 victory over the Henderson Cougars to win the DeKalb County Middle School Football Air-It-Out-7-on-7 Championship on July 9 at Cobb Stadium.

Officials with the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office have teamed up once again with multiple law enforcement agencies to conduct a sweep leading to more than 50 arrests during summer, a time when police ...

Officials, including DeKalb CEO Lorraine-Cochran Johnson and members of DeKalb County Police Department (DKPD), recently provided information about an ongoing internal review following DKPD’s response ...