The Clayton County Police Department says it has arrested the parents of a 7-year-old girl who was killed in a hit-and-run on Tara Boulevard on September 4. Jordan David Wint, 36, and Christal Akuee Williams, 32, were taken into custody Tuesday morning and charged with cruelty to children, reckless conduct, and contributing to the deprivation […]
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GA has nation’s 13th most polluted waterways
Industrial facilities released more than 5 million pounds of toxic chemicals into Georgia’s waterways in 2020, putting Georgia in 13th place nationwide, according to a new report released by Environment Georgia. Georgia is also one of the top 10 states with the highest pollution loads for chemicals linked to cancer as well as developmental and […]
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BOC to vote on CCSO requests, library demolition, ethics
The Clayton County Board of Commissioners will vote on several items related to the Sheriff’s Department, as well as Kissberg Construction’s demolition permit for the Jonesboro Library building, at tonight’s regular business meeting. The board also will consider an ordinance on the definition and uses of developed and undeveloped land (Ordinance 2022-211). Activists from the […]
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Citizen Action, Oct. 3-8, 2022
Taking a page from our friends at The Current in Savannah, we present a compilation of all the published agendas for various government bodies and boards meeting this week. This frees us to tackle a few of these items in depth, rather than essentially rewrite each agenda. The point of this is to make it […]
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PODCAST: Dan Immergluck on Clayton County housing and urban planning
Dan Immergluck is professor of urban studies at Georgia State University’s Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. His new book, Red Hot City: Housing, Race, and Exclusion in Twenty-First Century Atlanta delves into the financial interests and political wrangling that has contributed to the metro’s housing crisis. The Clayton Crescent’s Robin Kemp spoke with Immergluck […]
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Actions, not intent, focus of Hill trial
Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill was in court Thursday morning for a pretrial hearing before U.S. Northern District Court Judge Eleanor L. Ross. Prosecutors said they expect Hill’s trial on seven counts of violation of rights under color of law will last two weeks or two and a half weeks at most. Trial is set […]
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Election deadlines draw near
You only have a few more days to request your absentee ballot or register to vote in the November 8 General Election. If you need to register to vote, the last day you can do so is October 11. You can register online at the Georgia Secretary of State’s My Voter Page. If you want […]
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Make preps now for Hurricane Ian effects
Hurricane Ian is a strong Category 4 storm slowing off Florida’s west coast and its effects will be felt throughout most of Florida and Georgia. The National Weather Service says Georgia can expect heavy flooding. It’s also possible that high winds may knock out power to widespread areas across the state. As of press time, […]
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Trans pioneer, politician Michelle Bruce found dead at home
Former Riverdale City Councilperson Michelle Bruce, Georgia’s first openly transgender elected official who lost reelection in 2003 after an opponent filed suit claiming she was “fraudulently” running for reelection as a woman, was found dead in her home on Roy Huie Road September 27. Although an official cause of death was not yet available as […]
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Parvo shuts down Animal Control
5:19 p.m.: UPDATES with comment from Humane Society Clayton County Animal Control officers have shut down both the county intake facility at 1396 Government Circle (behind CCPD Headquarters) and the Adoption Center at 3199 Anvilblock Road in Ellenwood due to a parvovirus outbreak. Staff are decontaminating both facilities, which will be shut down for ten […]
