UPDATE III: Also after the jump, a slideshow of winter photos from downtown Decatur sent in by Billy Planer.

UPDATE II: @nfdecatur’s got some solid pics of the DEC HERE.

UPDATE: After the jump, a pic of the Depot covered in the white stuff, taken by @kateburning.

OK, actually only one pic thus far, but it’s a good ‘un!  Submitted by Gary Kronick.

If you have some of your own, send ‘em along and I’ll put together a slideshow.

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Chris Billingsley sends in this great compilation of photos as students at Decatur High School were released early due to the snow…mer.   (I know, I know, it doesn’t quite work)

Around 3:20pm, Daren reported…

Not sure what it is, but every cop car in Decatur just blazed down S. Candler. They were moving very fast, considering conditions.

Maybe 10 minutes ago.

Deputy Chief Keith Lee replied to DM with the details…

We received a report from a resident on South Candler that they returned home and found their home burglarized. The homeowner believed the suspect was still in the house, so it was dispatched as a burglary in progress. Responding officers searched the residence, but the suspect was not present. The home had been burglarized.

Geez.  This sounds like it could have been a lot worse.  Glad no one was killed!

From the Emory Wheel…

Two Cliff shuttles collided on Clairmont campus Tuesday evening, injuring both shuttle drivers and two students who were boarding the shuttle at the time, according to an Emory Police Department (EPD) report.

EPD responded to Clairmont campus’ shuttle depot at Starvine Deck at 7:12 p.m., five minutes after the accident occurred.

According to police reports, one Cliff shuttle attempted to go in front of another Cliff shuttle directly ahead of it and struck the driver’s side bumper of that vehicle. There were four passengers on the vehicle at that time, two of which were on the shuttle and the other two were on the stairway entering the shuttle.

Breaking news from The Champion…

After [Rep. Stephanie Stuckey Benfield] gathered the 10 signatures from DeKalb County House delegation members required to send the issue to a vote in the General Assembly, one member – Rep. Simone Bell – pulled her name off the list, Benfield said.

Bell and fellow local House members “are getting heavy lobbying from the county not to sign. I can respect that,” Benfield said. “That’s understandable pressure.”

…Benfield said her nine other signatures included Reps. Stacey Abrams, Karla Drenner, Fran Millar, Mike Jacobs, Pat Gardner, Mary Margaret Oliver, Jim Chambers and herself. At the Feb. 1 meeting, only Millar and Benfield vocally supported the proposal. Rep. Kevin Levitas asked several probing questions indicating his concern for the rights of the business owners, but Benfield said he has agreed to sign the petition in the future if the businesses don’t clean up their sites in a reasonable amount of time.

Regardless, Benfield said she doesn’t know where that leaves her.