Jonesboro News

Eight-year-old twins, Keshawn and Shamara Bellamy, whispered to each other as they looked over a table full of presents at the Clayton County Sheriff's Office in Jonesboro.

Mr. Roger Keith Hargens, 60, of Fayetteville, passed away on December 14, 2009. Mr. Hargens is preceded in death by his father, Eldred G. Hargens.

The search for a new Birmingham school superintendent has become too politicized and needs to be started over from scratch, said Michael Casserly , director of the Council of the Great City Schools .

The Birmingham Board of Education wasted no time eliminating Deborah Horn, former superintendent of Bessemer city schools, as a finalist this afternoon for Birmingham school superintendent.

Tickets to Theatrical Outfit's production of Amhal and the Night Visitors are available to everyone at the Georgia State student's rate of $15. The discounted price is available now through Dec.

A four-member committee will consider a development proposal for the downtown Friedlander building that envisions commercial space on the first floor and second-story apartments.

Clayton County police are looking for two men who took $3,500 from a Jonesboro insurance office after pistol-whipping a woman as she locked up the business, police spokeswoman Glenneta Griffin said Friday.

The employee of a Clayton County insurance agency is recovering from injuries she received during a Thursday night armed robbery.

Clayton County officials said they knew the generators were not working at the jail and were keeping their fingers crossed that the power didn't go out.

Electricity was restored to the Clayton County jail hours after a power outage in and near downtown Jonesboro, jail officials said.

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Two metro Atlanta health departments will hold free swine flu vaccination clinics for high-priority groups Saturday.

Voters who want to cast ballots early for the Dec. 1 runoff could do so Wednesday through Friday in several jurisdictions: FULTON COUNTY Early voting takes place Wednesday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Fulton County Government Center downtown; the South Fulton Government Service Center in College Park; and the North Fulton Government ...

JONESBORO a ' Clayton County sheriffs deputies are searching for more than 100 sheriffs badges issued to people who arent allowed to carry them.

Police have arrested Randolph Forde, a teacher at Mundy's Mill High School in Jonesboro, Georgia for allegedly putting a "hit" on a student after an incident in which he asked the student if he was gay, WSBTV reports : "Forde was charged after, officers said, he held up a piece of paper with the alleged victim's name on it saying he had a hit on ...

A Clayton State University student won more than $208,519 from the Nov. 14 Fantasy 5 drawing, Georgia Lottery officials said.

If you're looking for a bustle of activity in most towns, you'll usually head for Main Street.

A Clayton County school was placed on lockdown Thursday after word was received that a weapon might be on campus.

A lockdown was lifted late Thursday morning at the Perry Learning Center in Jonesboro after a search of the campus turned up no weapon.

The FBI is looking for three serial bank robbers that have hit a dozen metro Atlanta banks since August.