11Alive did a video report on this over the weekend.  Having trouble embedding it, but you can view the full video on their website.  Here’s a blurb…

Emory University’s police department has released a composite sketch of the man who reportedly raped a student last week.

The rape happened Feb. 11 at around 11:15 p.m. in a wooded area of Emory’s campus near the information booth on Dowman Drive.

The victim described her attacker as a white man in his mid to late 50’s, about 5 feet 10 inches tall, with a reddish-brown beard. He was wearing a brown knit cap, a tan or brown jacket, dark blue jeans and brown boots.

11Alive’s Doug Richards did a nice piece on Decatur after USA Today ran its recent feature on the American Planning Association’s Great Neighborhoods being great spots for business travelers to check out.

The segment also includes a nice, little interview with Jenny Levison of Souper Jenny, as she works to open her new spot in the old Pita Pit space (Google streetview).

I’d embed the video in this post if I could, but I’m having some trouble making that happen for some reason.  Something funky with 11alive’s code, I think.

Shortly after we posted Allison’s first 1940s home video last week, 11Alive’s Doug Richards reached out to see if we could get him in touch with Allison so they could do a feature.  And here it is!

The 11Alive folks asked to spread the word…

“11Alive will be LIVE in Decatur, July 19th from 4:30am to 7am for our morning show. As of right now, our anchors, Ted Halland Karyn Greer, our weatherman Chesley McNeil, and our traffic report, Elle Duncan, will be out there all morning long. We will be in Decatur Square.

We want to show the best of what Decatur has to offer and we’d love for every individual and\or group to come out. Everyone will be able to be in the crowd in live shots behind the anchors therefore, we encourage homemade signs expressing pride for the city and\or your organization.

We are requesting that people are there from 4:45am to 7am. It will be a fun time!”

11Alive’s John Gerard reported this morning on the death of Jianchang Wu, who he was hit by a car on North Decatur Road at Landover Drive last month.  The video features an heart-wrenching account of the accident from Mr. Wu’s wife and also an interview with neighbors who are now urging the county to improve pedestrian safety along the dangerous section of road.

You can go HERE to watch the segment that aired on 11Alive this morning.  You can also view the full interview with the family, which is located below the main story on that page.

As mentioned in the piece, the County has said that they will be sending a traffic investigation unit out to the site this week to review what can be done to slow traffic and improve pedestrian safety.  Assistant to both commissioners Jeff Rader and Kathie Gannon have sent notes to 11Alive and neighbors stating “We are going to ask Transportation to get out there next week to take a look at this and then to try to meet with city officials to share information before we have a larger gathering with neighbors. Just need to do some homework, but I will be in touch!”

Stay tuned.

11Alive does a nice job highlighting the preparation taking place around Decatur for the President’s Thursday visit. (h/t:  Downtown Decatur)

Also, Patch has a new article this morning on the excitement building around Decatur surrounding the President’s short visit to the city.

Yep.  That chicken (and goat!) story.