Tucker News

Valdosta State University has announced the names of students from Spring 2013 who have met all qualifications for graduation.

I want to thank everyone who attended the garden tour this Saturday. Attendance was good with 100+ people signing the guest books! We could not have asked for better weather, a nice cool day to explore our fantastic Tucker area gardens.

The Tucker Civic Association bestowed its annual Student of the Year Award on Monday evening.

The registration deadline for the Summer Youth Leadership Academy is May 24. Scholarship opportunities are available and applicants may be eligible for discounts of up to 50%. There are also a few seats left at no charge for eligible parents.

Tucker has created a Community Improvement District, allowing it to make self-funded upgrades rather than dipping into DeKalb County funds.

Burglars broke into a Tucker retail store last Wednesday and stole an undetermined amount of merchandise, according to DeKalb police.

On Monday, May 20, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Tucker First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall- Tonight is the May TCA membership meeting at Tucker First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall, 2367 Main Street.

NC State is still in the hunt for Tucker safety Kirk Tucker. Pack Pride has the latest on where the Wolfpack stands.

The Unite for Healthy Kids 5K Walk/Run starts at Tucker High School on May 18 at 9 a.m. More info here .

After working several months on the project, volunteers with the Tucker Community Improvement District Formation Committee cheered when the DeKalb Board of Commissioners unanimously approved DeKalb's third CID in the Tucker area.

Joy Glover Walters and her husband James recently welcomed a crew from A&E's Sell This House to renovate their two-story residence on Pine Meadows Court in Tucker.

Dollar General is holding a job fair this Saturday in Tucker to fill a number of vacancies, according to the AJC .

There is a free mid-week lunchtime music break every Wednesday in May on the square in downtown Decatur.

Elizabeth Cartier of Tucker died on Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at the age of 96. She was preceded in death by her husband Stanley, according to Georgia Obituaries .

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At a meeting that seemed to be designed to slow the on-rushing train of cityhood, Democrats in DeKalb's legislative delegation urged residents to consider a variety of issues before deciding to incorporate.

The following local residents recently have been initiated into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.

Members of DeKalb County's legislative delegation will hold a town hall meeting on growing cityhood efforts countywide Monday night.

The DeKalb Board of Education will hold the following meetings on Monday, May 6 : 2 p.m. Work Session; 3 p.m. Committee of the Whole; 4 p.m. Executive Session for a student appeal and a legal matter; 5:45 p.m. Community Meeting for Public Comments; 7 p.m. Business Meeting.

Members of the First Christian Church of Atlanta in Tucker, located at 4532 LaVista Road, participated in a recent benefit for Habitat for Humanity, it posted on its Facebook page April 29: The Stone Mountain walk for Habitat for Humanity was this past Saturday.