Clayton County News

Chelesa was recently named valedictorian at Charles Drew High School in Clayton County, Georgia, even though she was homeless for most of her high school career and was forced to spend some nights sleeping in her mother's car.

A high school in Clayton County is set to graduate five sets of twins during its graduation ceremony on Friday.

Chelesa Fearce is a shining example of a student that didn't let obstacles get in her way when it came to her education.

It looks like even Mother Nature could not stand in the way of a new venture to benefit the Clayton County Humane Society.

A 1-year-old girl who was in the back seat of a car when it was stolen outside a daycare center near Atlanta was found safe Wednesday morning, authorities said.

CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. -- Police in Clayton County Georgia have canceled an Amber Alert for 1-year-old Annya Buchannon after finding her safe in a stolen car.

The Supreme Court of Georgia has upheld the murder conviction for a Clayton County man who beat his toddler son to death.

A woman was killed after she was struck by several vehicles including a tractor-trailer on a Clayton County interstate access Wednesday night.

Clayton County authorities are searching for a 12-year-old girl who was last seen at Pointe South Middle School on Monday afternoon.

A man wanted for an human trafficking has turned himself in to Clayton County police.

On Power Talk with Lorraine Jacques- White we talked about the reverse racial discrimination lawsuit being brought up by twenty-five white cops in Clayton county.

Police in metro Atlanta say a man is dead after he was run over by cars while trying to walk across Interstate 75.

The state will spend $14 million to line portions of two major metro Atlanta interstates with new sound walls, and Channel 2 consumer investigator Jim Strickland has learned there are no plans to actually test whether they'll do any good.

If you work at a high school as a teacher or principal and have a mug shot floating around somewhere online, it's probably safe to assume it will surface at some point.

The Clayton County Police Department is mourning the loss of a former officer. The Police Department said Marcus Pittman was driving his personal vehicle on Walt Stephens Road in Jonesboro on Sunday when he crashed into a tree.

About 45 residents attended a town hall held at Lovejoy city hall last week, hosted by District 63 State Rep.

A judge told Sheila Howard that she was ordered to stay away from Walmart on Jonesboro Road because of her two prior shoplifting arrests there.

Three Clayton County high schools have been ranked among the best in the country by U.S. News and World Report.

Authorities are searching for two men who forced their way into a Clayton County home.

Officials at Morrow High School said that 50 iPods were stolen from the school as students celebrated their prom over the weekend.