Clayton News

Clara Towns had worked 22 years in the carpet industry before being laid off in May.

A judge granted a bond Monday afternoon for a man charged with posing as a Clayton County Sheriff's deputy during a traffic stop.

More women may have been sexually assaulted by a Rabun County couple, who established a religious cult on a remote compound in the north Georgia woods, investigators say.

The jackpot for Friday's Mega Millions drawing climbed to $145 million after no lottery players matched all six numbers in Tuesday night's drawing.

The Most Reverend Wilton D. Gregor-v, Metropolitan Archbishop of Atlanta, ordained The Most Reverend Luis Rafael Zarama as the Auxiliary Bishop for the Archdiocese of Atlanta at 2 p.m. on Sept.

A Clayton County woman who had been sexually assaulted in a home invasion escaped a possible drowning by locking herself in her bathroom, she told police.

Gov. Sonny Perdue on Tuesday asked President Barack Obama for an emergency declaration to assist the 17 Georgia counties with recovery efforts due to recent flooding and severe weather.

Rabun County, located in the North Georgia mountains, is less than a four hour drive from Augusta.

Clayton County sought a federally qualified health center. Colquitt County needed a certified industrial park.

His pallbearers were the six boys who built his plain pine coffin in their high school shop class.

His pallbearers were the six boys who built his plain pine coffin in their high school shop class.

His pallbearers were the six boys who built his plain pine coffin in their high school shop class.

The Georgia Department of Transportation plans to make U.S. Highway 441 a four-lane road from Clayton all the way to North Carolina, while also adding bike lanes and sidewalks.

Warren Standridge of Nicholson posted a 36-hole score of 72 to win the Northeast Georgia/Upper South Carolina Putting Championship finals Saturday at Apple Mountain Golf Course in Clarkesville.

Three small Georgia banks have been served with "cease and desist" orders by federal regulators.

Pope Benedict XVI has named Msgr. Luis Rafael Zarama, 50, vicar general of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, to be auxiliary bishop of Atlanta.

CLAYTON a ' The driver of a big rig hauling a carnival ride is facing charges after a three-vehicle accident on Sunday in Rabun County.

'Fools' - Featuring a cast of Town & Gown players Cat Clayton, Andy Garrison, Shelley Marck, Kelly McGlaun-Fields and Rebekah Williams, this performance of Neil Simon's "Fools," a romantic comedy, will be a fun celebration of the resilience of this local theater troupe.

The worst service I have ever experienced in a restaurant. The most unpleasant restaurant experience I have ever had! Went with a group of 6 a few nights ago.

Another swine flu outbreak spoils the fun at YMCA camp in north Georgia. Three children at Camp High Harbor in Clayton, Georgia, have confirmed three cases of swine flu, while several other campers have gone home with common flu symptoms and sore throats.