The Clayton Crescent and The Real Story podcast with Robin Kemp

05/09/2023

B R E A K I N G

The Clayton Crescent has ceased publication. Executive editor and CEO Robin Kemp has accepted a position with The Current in Savannah, GA.

12/08/2023

16/06/2023

Summer swims can be hard with kids but thankful several parks have Splash Pads to beat the heat safely for the whole family!

Magnolia Springs State Park , Little Ocmulgee State Park*, and Hill State Park (pictured) asll have splash pads.

If lakeside beaches are your speed, then consider a visit to the following:
Don Carter, Elijah Clark, Fort Mountain, Fort Yargo, George T. Bagby, Georgia Veterans, Hard Labor Creek, Kolomoki Mounds, Laura S. Walker, Mistletoe, Red Top Mountain, Reed Bingham, Reynolds Mansion, Richard B. Russell, Seminole, Tallulah Gorge, Tugaloo, Unicoi, Vogel.

*Little O has a splash pad but it is not yet open this season. Call the park for updates

16/06/2023

Uncover your family's roots at Atlanta History Center's Kenan Research Center! From personal records to online catalogs, we provide resources for...

16/06/2023

16/06/2023

Clayton County Police Officer Demika Lloyd, who was shot multiple times while trying to talk an armed woman out of committing su***de last July, is being released from the hospital and tells The Clayton Crescent "I'm glad I'm alive." CCPD is calling on the public to welcome her home Friday afternoon...

14/06/2023

The Clayton Crescent has obtained a copy of Clayton County's proposed travel policy through an Open Records Request. At the June 6 pre-meeting, commissioners heard a Finance Department presentation on changes that would take effect once the board votes on the proposed policy.The proposed changes com...

14/06/2023

this is raw (unedited) video. Expect zooms, reframes, panning, background noise, etc. 1of 4 total. Agenda online at https://www.investclayton.com/downloads/m...

13/06/2023

05/06/2023

Here's a very quick look at what's happening with your Clayton County elected officials this week:

05/06/2023

In the wake of six recent firings and ongoing reports of pretrial detainees being stabbed inside the Clayton County Jail, Sheriff Levon Allen led a tour of the jail for representatives of the New Order National Human Rights Organization and the Nation of Islam on Friday, June 2.

01/06/2023

The Clayton County Sheriff’s Office says it has arrested its fifth employee in several weeks. On Wednesday, March 31, Sheriff Levon Allen announced that a contract employee, Iyana Niara Dixon, […]

01/06/2023

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27/05/2023

Two men who were selling gun "switches" and machine guns out of a Jonesboro home have been sentenced to federal prison:

Anthony Maseda, 21, and Erik Arreola-Torres, 20, were convicted of selling fully-automatic fi****ms on Maseda's Instagram page. The pair would install "switches" on semiautomatic weapons, turning those legal weapons into illegal machine guns, then sell them from a local residence. They also sold reg...

26/05/2023

A Clayton County jailer who was fired and arrested yesterday by Sheriff Levon Allen has been under investigation by Georgia POST since September 22, 2021 and last year apparently had been demoted from Corrections Officer to jailor at CCSO. Sean Hollinshead's Georgia POST record also shows that he wa...

23/05/2023

A federal district judge heard motions Monday in former Clayton County CFO Ramona Bivins' lawsuit against three commissioners who voted to end her contract:

A federal district judge heard arguments on the pleadings Monday in the case of Bivins v. Franklin et al., the suit that former Clayton County Chief Financial Officer Ramona Bivins filed against Commissioners Felicia Franklin, Alieka Anderson, and Gail Hambrick after she was summarily terminated las...

22/05/2023

19/05/2023

A 12-year-old boy was detained and his 21-year-old sister was transported by ambulance after the boy allegedly shot her with a BB gun at home, forcing her to seek help […]

10/05/2023

Clayton County homeowners are not pleased with teir latest property tax estimates:

Clayton County homeowners are getting their annual property tax assessments in the mail. For some, an increase in property value may be great news. For others, it could place them in danger of being priced out of their own homes. That's a big deal because, for homeowners, most of their tangible weal...

10/05/2023

Invest Clayton confirmed at its May 9 meeting that it is ending its relationship with Roman United as of Thursday, May 11.

06/05/2023

U.S. Northern District of Georgia Magistrate Judge Eleanor L. Ross has denied former Clayton County sheriff Victor Hill's request to remain free on bond while his conviction on violating six pretrial detainees' civil rights under color of law is on appeal to the Eleventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal...

17/04/2023

The Forest Park City Council is set to consider Clayton County Chief Deputy Brandon Criss as the city’s next chief of police. Tonight’s work session begins at 6 p.m., followed […]

13/04/2023

BREAKING

According to the indictment, which The Clayton Crescent obtained Thursday morning, the defendants allegedly exercised "a sphere of control and influence over the Clayton County Jail through acts of racketeering activity including kidnapping, assault, arson, and threats of violence." The indictment a...