Decatur News

Amy Ray is a member of the folk duo Indigo Girls along with Emily Saliers. Ray also has a solo career, released six albums under her own name and founded a record company called Daemon Records.

Veterans from around the county attended the the DeKalb County's annual Veterans Memorial Day Tribute held on May 23 at the Maloof Auditorium.

Ronald Nuse's "Nature: Four Ways" exhibit will be featured at the June 7 opening of Callanwolde's new gallery.

The nontraditional school serves teens to adults who didn't get diplomas in high schools and returned to school to improve their chance of getting better jobs.

Chef Lynne Sawicki, owner of Sawicki's on West Ponce in Decatur, will create something with fresh ingredients from the Decatur Farmers Market at 11 a.m. Saturday.

A new Mexican restaurant opens for business Friday in Decatur. Mar, which bills itself a "coastal Mexican" restaurant, will operate at 314 E. Howard Ave.

MAR seafood restaurant opens tonight at 314 E. Howard Ave. in Decatur. Featuring tables made of wood reclaimed from a nearly 100-year-old house and a summery patio, it's a place to down tons of tequilas while noshing on Mexi-coastal cuisine such as pickled oysters, chile-rubbed shrimp, and grilled serrano peppers from chef Joey Zelinka .

A woman from Decatur, Ga. was arrested after presenting forged documents in an attempt to defraud a bank of more than $133,000. Vivienne Kaye Bloch, 52, presented a forged wire transfer document and a counterfeit California driver's license at a Bank of America on St.

Here are five things to do this weekend in and around Decatur and Avondale Estates.

A Memorial Day tradition was observed Thursday in Decatur. The Closeup Club from Decatur High placed American flags on veterans' graves in the Decatur Cemetery .

SolidHires will be holding their first-ever community hiring event and resource/education expo on Friday, May 24.

Hi, my name is Phoebe. I'm a very sweet Lab/Terrier mix. I know everyone says they're sweet, but it's true about me, ask the shelter volunteers! I have a great personality; I'm very cuddly and loving.

MARTA officials say yesterday's early morning collision of a bus and train in Decatur that caused traffic slow to a crawl for several hours happened after the transit vehicle got "stuck" on the at-grade railroad crossing.

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This information comes from Decatur Police Department reports. Folk club burglarized.

Anne-Marie Anderson feeds the small group of chickens before penning them up for the evening, April 21, 2013, in Decatur, Georgia.

Five people made a quick escape from a MARTA bus just before it was hit by a train Wednesday morning.

The launch party for Ladies' Night , the latest novel by Avondale Estates author Mary Kay Andrews , will be held 6 p.m. June 3 at the Kudzu Antique Market at 6450 Roswell Road in Sandy Springs.

The Decatur Farmers Market says you can dine "on the fresh pizza of S&J Woodfire Pizza , made with homemade tomato sauce and toppings sourced from the market itself.

Nobody was injured early Wednesday morning when a CSX train collided with a Marta bus that apparently stalled on the McDonough Street grade crossing in Decatur.