Ayanna Howard will officially become the 12th president of Spelman College on Aug. 1. Howard has a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and a background in robotics and artificial intelligence. She worked at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and held several po... See more
Spelman College’s board of trustees has tapped Ayanna Howard, a dean of engineering at The Ohio State University, to serve as the school’s 12th president. Howard attended Brown University as an undergraduate, then earned master’s and doctoral degrees in e... See more
For years, the City Schools of Decatur has been known as a liberal enclave, a place where everyone is accepted for who they are. But some community members are starting to question that status after a series of moves by school district leaders and the sup... See more
A student at DeKalb County’s Stone Mountain High School was shot at a bus stop Tuesday morning, police say. The DeKalb County Police Department said it responded to a reported shooting around 7:51 a.m. at Stone Mill Drive and Juliette Road. A spokesperson... See more
Metro Atlanta DeKalb high school student shot at bus stop, police say A student at DeKalb County’s Stone Mountain High School was shot at a bus stop Tuesday morning, police say. The DeKalb County Police Department said it responded to a reported shooting ... See more
