I got up (not) bright and early to interview the former Decatur mayors and current mayor Patti Garrett at the Mayor's Mile. This was part a fundraiser for 4/5 Academy's PTO and the Decatur Education Foundation.

The Impossible Burger, a 100% plant-based patty, is now on the menu of Grindhouse Killer Burgers. This new innovation was created to reduce waste produced in meat agriculture yet still have a similar taste to actual beef.

Decatur School Board member Bernadette Seals says ‘goodbye’ after 10 years of service. She will be missed by her colleagues

Local civil rights groups and other activists banded together and invited historians from Georgia universities to discuss the context of the Decatur Confederate monument. Understanding it from the tangible evidence presented made for an enlightening Monday night.

I have had the fortune of not having any major mental illnesses, but that's not the case for every college student, especially at my university. Georgia Tech has multiple flaws that need fixing, fast. The quality of resources are questionable. Ironically, there is no way you can book a counseling appointment online. For a tech school to lack such a basic feature, you really have to question the sincerity of the administration when they say they're dedicated in helping students.

Despite incoming Hurricane Irma, the "Nothing great about hate" rally drew a sizable and diverse crowd. Attendees were there to protest the Decatur Confederate monument on the square.

In response to Charlottesville's white supremacist violence, Rev. Hannah Hill held a public discussion next to Decatur's Confederate Monument.

The Renew Atlanta team presented road and infrastructure options for a proposed overhaul of the DeKalb Avenue corridor.

DeKalb citizens are still not happy with the water bill situation and seemed to be unsatisfied with CEO Lee May’s water bill explanations. He indicated that there were to be short and long-term solutions to the issue, but they seemed to fall short for many attendees of the meeting.

Decatur’s School Board has decided to withhold its opinion about the Opportunity School District, Georgia's school takeover plan, for now. OSD is on the voting ballot on Nov. 8 2016.

Parents of dyslexic students were highly critical of a City Schools of Decatur-produced report that outlines what the school system is doing to help their children. Eight out of nine speakers criticized the board directly for not meeting expectations.

I started writing this at 9 PM and finished at 2 AM and was frankly a bit out of my mind when I finished. There was a great amount of frustration and anger from the public during the meeting, but I think it was justified. Founder of Facebook group Unbelieveable DeKalb Water Bills Star McKenzie (right) is due next Wednesday, but that didn’t stop her from giving a speech to the commissioners. “No other company could stay in business with the-customers-always-wrong attitude,“ she said.

This was an investigative story on the escalating traffic issue on Church Street. Numerous residents are deeply concerned with the number of lanes on Church Street and parking issues.

MARTA overpass mural design lauded at public meeting. This is my first news story as a freelancer. Compared to my long-form articles, this was a different challenge to take on because I had to interview, write, and edit photos on a very short timeframe.

Media clerk Susan Riley should be reinstated As a student at Decatur, I was emotionally invested in Ms. Riley's termination, and as a student journalist, I felt like I would be able to express my concerns in a more expansive way. Luckily, Ms. Maureen Downey of the AJC Get Schooled blog, allowed me to write a contribution piece. I wrote the editorial in a few hours, and it was published the next day.

Decatur community rallies for fired media specialist Two juniors wrote the first, more breaking news, article on 'Rally for Riley,' but I wrote an update about the City Schools of Decatur (CSD) Board Meeting. Seven supporters of Ms. Riley showed up and tried to persuade the CSD Board to reinstate her.

News brief on potential new Decatur bell schedule Due to Decatur's high influx of students and new IB curriculum, the school's SLT committee is wondering if new changes to the schedule need to be made. I thought that this was an important issue that the school needed to deal with, but unfortunately it seems like there's no concrete ideas yet.

Senior Sydney Rhame is "The Voice" contender I was pleasantly surprised to hear that Sydney Rhame actually was a contender on "The Voice" last summer, especially when she told how difficult the pre-auditions were. She unfortunately didn't get too far, but I look forward to other successes she has outside of school.