The shooting happened Friday around 6:26 p.m. when officers responded to a person shot in the 6000 block of Covington Highway.

A man is dead after a shooting along Covington Highway on Thursday morning, according to the DeKalb County Police Department.

DeKalb County Police received a pay raise starting March 1, and the county plans a "one-stop" hiring event on March 15 to grow the department's ranks.

8 a.m. — DeKalb County Sheriff’s Merit Board, DeKalb County Office Building basement, 215 E. 9th St., Auburn, closed executive session to interview merit deputy candidates. A regular meeting will ...