Forest Park News

Southbound I-95 was gridlocked for more than five hours Tuesday after a tractor-trailer overturned across three lanes of the highway near Del.

Clayton County Commission Chairman Eldrin Bell said Monday that he suffered minor injuries over the weekend when a revolver he was firing burned his thumb.

The GBI is investigating the apparent suicide Sunday afternoon of a Forest Park man inside a holding cell.

A Forest Park juvenile faces arson charges after police said he caused a fire Thursday that destroyed a vacant home.

Clayton County school board candidate Deverick Williams ran afoul of the law nearly 20 years ago when he was arrested for selling drugs.

A South Georgia suspect gets collared by North Georgia authorities. A man wanted for assault in Tifton is now being held in the Clayton County Jail for armed robbery.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 06/21/08 Metro Atlanta, already slogging through its smoggiest week this year, is expected to violate federal air quality standards again today.

Clayton County police said a Savannah man robbed and duct-taped the manager of a Forest Park business Thursday, then tried to elude capture by running back to his motel room, disrobing and pretending to take a ...

Former police officer Charles Allen Smith stared straight ahead in a Clayton County courtroom Thursday as his victim's father called for Smith's death.

The Food and Drug Administration has given Georgia tomatoes a clean bill of health, but some of the state's growers have lost business because of a salmonella scare.

A two-year-old boy was killed when he was struck by an ice cream truck in Forest Park.

Q: I don't care for jellies or jams but I really love honey, and my favorite for peanut butter sandwiches is chocolate whipped honey.

Farmers markets are brimming with the season's first blush of strawberries, baby lettuce and spring onions.

Q: What happened to the driver whose new dryer fell from his truck and killed another driver who swerved to miss it? KENNY BROOKSHIRE, Jonesboro A: Michael Hall was driving his two sons home from a baseball ... via Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Severe weather that moved through the Metro Atlanta area during the overnight hours brought damaging winds that downed trees and knocked out power to 20,000 customers of Georgia Power. via WXIA-TV Atlanta

Clayton County drug agents arrested the kingpin of a major drug organization early Monday and seized more than $1 million in drugs and other items, police said. via Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Two pedestrians were killed on Clayton County highways within minutes of each other Saturday night in separate accidents, police said. via Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Clayton County police were searching for a 23-year-old man suspected of shooting two others at a home Wednesday afternoon. via WXIA-TV Atlanta

“In the industrial business, the most successful companies are major players or niche specialists, and we were neither”

Cousins Properties is quitting its role as master developer of the Fort Gillem redevelopment in Forest Park and eliminating its industrial division. via Atlanta Journal-Constitution

East Point police say it was one of the easiest crimes they've ever had to solve. via MyFOX Atlanta