Andrea Arnold, who has worked within the City of Decatur for 21 years, was appointed City Manager in mid-December 2018 and started in the position in the new year.

On Feb. 2, the Dekalb County courthouse was full of ongoing trials and debating high school students. Students played the role of attorneys, witnesses, time keepers and court artists as they argued against other schools and presented a case before a judge. After a make-up round took place on Wednesday the 6th, Decatur’s mock trial team won first place.

It’s enormously difficult to disregard the mountains of evidence that point to man-made climate change. Of course the most vehement opposer of non-natural climate change will argue that it’s just a theory.

On Tuesday, Feb. 16, the Federal Bureau of Investigation ordered Apple, the technology company behind t...