Clayton News Daily

1. Clayton County loses beloved historian

“Mr. Historical Jonesboro” has died.

2. Clayton County Commission chairman-elect's son arrested again

Incoming Clayton County Commission Chairman Jeff Turner's son has been arrested in Henry County for felony probation violation.

3. Bell: SACS warning for residents, not BOE

Clayton County Commission Chairman Eldrin Bell said he sees the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools’ warning letter to Clayton County school system officials as more of a message to county residents, than their school board members.

4. Parents vent at school board over SACS

Clayton County Board of Education members pledged Monday to work together to address governance concerns from the school system’s accrediting agency.

5. Clayton woman charged in shooting

A Jonesboro woman is being held in the Henry County Jail in an apparent accidental shooting Saturday night at a Stockbridge hair salon that killed her co-worker.

6. Jackson sworn in as interim superintendent

Retired Clayton County Public Schools administrator Luvenia Jackson officially returned to the district Monday morning, when she was sworn in as the school system’s interim superintendent.

7. Bank of America robbed

Morrow police are searching for a man who robbed a Bank of America.

8. SACS chief: Sky not falling in Clayton

Clayton County Public Schools is not yet at the point where it could lose its accreditation but things could get bad if politics are not removed from the district’s environment, said the head of the school system’s accrediting agency.

9. Key remembered for lives he touched

Hundreds of people came together at Jones Memorial Methodist Church in Forest Park Tuesday to say one last good-bye to “Father Christmas.”

10. Haunted house not welcome in Morrow?

Morrow’s head of economic development says a haunted house — which donates a portion of its proceeds to help care for sick children — is not welcome in the city.