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2 hrs ago | MyFoxAtlanta

Clayton County police seek rape suspect

Clayton County authorities are asking for help in locating a rapist. Authorities say the suspect abducted the woman at knifepoint outside her home in Rex and then raped her inside her residence.

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Related Topix: Rex, GA

19 hrs ago | Athens Banner-Herald

Boy, 9, hurt trying to save sister in carjacking

Police were searching for a suspect after a boy was hurt while trying to save his sister in a carjacking.

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Related Topix: Atlanta, GA

Mon Jun 17, 2013

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2 children escape Clayton County car theft

The grandmother, according to the Clayton Cuonty Police Department left her car running while she went inside the home.

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Sun Jun 16, 2013

Creative Loafing Atlanta

First Slice 6/16/13: Morehouse graduate recently shot and killed remembered at vigil

Morehouse College students yesterday gathered to mourn the death of Joseph Gibbs, the recent graduate who was shot and killed while driving near the Atlanta University Center three days earlier.

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Related Topix: Atlanta, GA, Morehouse College, US Governors, Sonny Perdue, Spalding County, GA

Thu Jun 13, 2013

WSB-TV

Man shot at Stockbridge motel, police say

Clayton County police are investigating a shooting at a motel in Stockbridge on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Stockbridge, GA

Wed Jun 12, 2013

MyFoxAtlanta

Clayton County police seek missing teen

Police and family are asking the public to help find a missing Clayton County teenager.

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Related Topix: Morrow, GA, Lovejoy, GA

Tue Jun 11, 2013

MyFoxAtlanta

Man attempts to abduct girl from church parking lot

Police are searching for a man they said attempt to abduct a 10-year-old girl from a church parking lot in Lilburn.

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Related Topix: Lilburn, GA, Atlanta, GA

WCTV Tallahassee

14-Year-Old Girl Shot While Selling Candy In Suburban Atlanta

Clayton County police say the 14-year-old girl was selling candy in Jonesboro when a car approached Monday afternoon.

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WTOC-TV Savannah

Mookie Blaylock to make first court appearance in Clayton County

Former Atlanta Hawks basketball star Daron "Mookie" Blaylock will make his first court appearance Tuesday related to a deadly crash that happened last month.

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Related Topix: Jonesboro, GA

MyFoxAtlanta

2 Bomb threats trigger evacuation in downtown Atlanta

Authorities say someone called in a bomb threat to one of the evacuated buildings Tuesday morning.

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Related Topix: Atlanta, GA, Explosion

Mon Jun 10, 2013

WTOC-TV Savannah

Girl, 14, shot in Clayton County along Clemons Road, Spivey Road

At about 2 p.m. someone pulled a gun out and began shooting. The teen was hit once in the abdomen, according to police.

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Athens Banner-Herald

Monument to Michelle Obama ancestor toppled in Clayton County

Police in Georgia are investigating after a monument dedicated to one of first lady Michelle Obama's relatives was knocked over in suburban Atlanta.

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Related Topix: Rex, GA

Athens Banner-Herald

Teen shot while selling candy in suburban Atlanta

Authorities in suburban Atlanta say a teenage girl has been hospitalized after being shot while she was selling candy.

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Related Topix: Atlanta, GA, Jonesboro, GA

CBS Local

Sister's In Law

On Power Talk with Lorraine Jacques- White we discussed the NSA classified info leaker, Edward Snowden , coming forward and being in hiding in Hong Kong.

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The Macon Telegraph

Students try to take ACT test, but no one show up

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the students showed up at Lovejoy High School in Hampton prepared to take the test, which is needed to apply for many colleges and universities.

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Related Topix: Standardized Testing, Education, Hampton, GA

Free Republic

GA:Burglar dead after shootout with homeowner

Police are trying to determine if the man found shot to death outside of a Clayton County home on Saturday night was the same man that broke into a neighboring home with two other men.

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Related Topix: Jonesboro, GA

Sun Jun 09, 2013

MyFoxAtlanta

Pleasant Hill's diverging diamond opens

Monday's commute for some in Gwinnett County will be a bit different thanks to a newly redesigned interchange along Interstate 85 at Pleasant Hill Road.

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Related Topix: Gwinnett County, GA

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Clayton County officer injured in shooting released from hospital

A Clayton County police officer is recovering at home after an officer-involved shooting that killed a man Friday evening.

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Ledger-Enquirer.com

Ga. homeowner shoots at burglars, body recovered

Clayton County Police Sgt. Kevin Hughes tells WSB-TV a Jonesboro couple returned home Saturday night and found three men inside their house rummaging through their belongings.

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Related Topix: Jonesboro, GA

Sat Jun 08, 2013

MyFoxAtlanta

Audit: Ga. labor department 'missed opportunities'

Georgia's Republican governor and Atlanta's Democratic mayor have forged a powerful political alliance that appears to be paying dividends.

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