The Forest Park City Council is set to consider Clayton County Chief Deputy Brandon Criss as the city’s next chief of police. Tonight’s work session begins at 6 p.m., followed […]
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Forest Park Rec Center repairs affect Park Ave.
Drivers should avoid Park Avenue between Forest Parkway and Georgia Avenue in Forest Park on weekdays starting Monday, April 17 through Friday, July 28, 2023. The city says it will […]
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School board set to OK $92.16M Forest Park Middle School
The Clayton County Board of Education meets at 6 p.m. tonight, Monday, April 10, 2023 at 1058 Fifth Avenue in Jonesboro. On tonight’s consent agenda is approval of $92.16 million […]
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Zaxby’s stormwater veto on Forest Park agenda
The Forest Park City Council is set to vote Monday night on whether to overturn a veto by Mayor Angelyne Butler of how the Zaxbys restaurant slated for the corner […]
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Forest Park’s pricey budget retreat
Forest Park’s mayor, city council, and other city officials will hold a budget retreat next week at the Foxhall Resort, a luxury destination in Douglasville where some rooms cost more […]
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Forest Park welcomes new K-9 cop
Forest Park Police have a new K-9 officer on staff. Shagy (yes, one “g”) is an 18-month-old, 70-pound German Shepherd from the Czech Republic. Officer Samuel Taylor is his handler. […]
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Forest Park: No medical retirement for hero cop
UPDATE 12/1 10:31 a.m.: ADDS State Rep. Yasmin Neal comment On November 8, 2017, Forest Park Master Police Officer Timothy Sterrett walked to an ambulance, his hand pressed on the […]
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Sources: Forest Park PD chief out
UPDATE 11/30: Although Clark never responded to The Clayton Crescent’s attempts to contact him, sources have since alleged that Clark was seen retrieving what they said were resignation papers and […]
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Forest Park officer-involved shooting wounds 1
A man is in Grady Hospital after he was shot and wounded by a Forest Park Police officer responding to a domestic dispute. Police did not state the man’s condition. […]
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Forest Park settles 3rd federal civil rights suit by white employee
The City of Forest Park has settled another federal civil rights suit brought by a former employee who alleged the city had discriminated against her because she is white. Former […]
