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Commissioner Felicia Franklin Presents Fall Harvest Festival
Join Commissioner Felicia Franklin for a Fall Harvest Festival on Saturday, November 4, 2023, at Jim Huie Recreation Center, 9045 Tara Blvd, Jonesboro, Ga 30236. This event is free, family-friendly, and open to the public. There will be a bouncy house, food trucks,...

Mentor Protégé Informational Sessions
Join Clayton County Central Services to receive more information about the Clayton County Business Mentor Protégé Program. Each session will provide information about program requirements, benefits of participating, opportunities and successes. Protégés must be...

National Preparedness Month Kicks-Off
For Immediate Release September 5, 2023 News Release National Preparedness Month Kicks-Off (Clayton County, GA)– Clayton County Office of Emergency Management and Office of Resilience and Sustainability, in partnership with the Georgia Emergency Management and...

Clayton County Solicitor-General Charles A. Brooks and Clayton County Sheriff Levon Allen Presents Trunk or Treat 2023
Clayton County Solicitor-General Charles A. Brooks and Clayton County Sheriff Levon Allen are hosting Trunk or Treat 2023 at the Harold R. Banke Justice Center, 9151 Tara Blvd, Jonesboro, GA 30236 on Tuesday, October 31, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. To be a vendor or host a...

Sept. 5, 2023 SPLOST Update
See this month's progress of Clayton County's Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax projects here: https://youtu.be/llMDNQGdgrQ?feature=shared. For more information, visit www.claytonsplost.com. #ProgressforPennies #Claytonconnected ...

Media Release: Clayton County District Attorney Tasha M. Mosley announces the conviction of Shawn Anderson

1st Annual Clayton County Office of Digital Equity Youth Empowerment Summit
Join the Office of Digital Equity in closing out Digital Equity Week on Saturday, October 7, 2023 for the 1st Annual Youth Empowerment Summit. The summit will provide our Clayton County youth with information about technology related career paths and financial and...

Happy Labor Day!

Clayton County Senior Services is celebrating National Senior Center Month!
Clayton County Senior Services is celebrating National Senior Center Month! Celebrated every year in September, National Senior Center Month is a time to shine a light on senior centers, showing the nation how vital they are to the health and well-being of a...

Red Cross Blood Drive
The Clayton County Police Department will be hosting an American Red Cross Blood Drive on Friday, October 20, 2023, at Police Headquarters, 7911 N. McDonough Street, Jonesboro, GA, 30236, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. in the Community Room. For an appointment log onto...

UPDATE: NEWS RELEASE: Clayton Leads Wage Increases in National Labor Report and Demonstrates Remarkable Economic Growth
For Immediate Release September 1, 2023 NEWS RELEASE Clayton Leads Wage Increases in National Labor Report and Demonstrates Remarkable Economic Growth (Clayton County, GA)- The U.S. Bureau of Labor reports Clayton County as a front-runner in economic growth. A...

Leadership Clayton 2023 Presents H.O.M.E Connect Summit!
Leadership Clayton 2023 presents a H.O.M.E Connect Summit 10 AM-2PM, Sat. Sept. 9, 2023. Resources for the unhoused and more! Learn more by accessing home-connect.org. #Claytonconnected

Clayton County Central Services Mentor Protégé Program Cohort 3 Construction
Join the exciting Construction Cohort - Clayton County Mentor Protégé Program We are thrilled to announce the upcoming launch of the Construction Cohort as part of the Clayton County Central Services Mentor Protégé Program. This exceptional opportunity is designed to...

Clayton County: Chairman Turner’s Fitness 5K Run & Walk
Chairman Jeffrey Turner recently hosted the 9th Annual 5K Run/Walk for CASA and the Classie Mae Turner Scholarship Fund. Watch a recap of the event below. .

Commissioner Felicia Franklin Presents Movie Under The Stars
Join Commissioner Felicia Franklin for a Movie Under the Stars! We'll be viewing Lightyear on Saturday, September 9, 2023, at Gerald Matthews Sports Complex, 1935 Mcdonough Road, Hampton, Ga 30228. This event is free, family-friendly, and open...

Commissioner Anderson Annual RICE Awards Torch Award
For Immediate Release August 29, 2023 NEWS RELEASE Commissioner Anderson Annual RICE Awards Torch Award Honoree (Clayton County, GA)- District 1 Commissioner Dr. Alieka Anderson, will be recognized as a 2023 Torch Award Honoree at the 13th Annual Rising in the...

Goodwill/Northwest Branch Library Job Fair
Clayton County Library System presents the “Northwest Branch Library Job Fair” in partnership with Goodwill of North Georgia on Wednesday, September 13, 2023, from 10:00 a.m.- 1:00 p.m. at 6131 Riverdale Road, where employers will be on-site accepting resumes and...

Clayton County District Attorney Tasha M. Mosley is pleased to announce the conviction of Brandon Shorter
Clayton County District Attorney Tasha M. Mosley announces the conviction of Brandon Shorter. On August 25, 2023, a Clayton County jury returned a guilty verdict against Brandon Shorter for: Armed Robbery, Aggravated Assault, and 6 counts of Violation of Street Gang...

Coyote Spotted Near Flint River Community Center
For Immediate Release August 28, 2023 Coyote Spotted Near Flint River Community Center (Clayton County, GA)-A coyote was spotted on the Flint River Community Center trail over the weekend. The Department of Natural Resources has been notified. ...

Clayton County: Commissioner Anderson Forest Park Day 2023
Commissioner Dr. Alieka Anderson recently hosted Forest Park Day 2023. Watch a recap of the event here: https://youtu.be/fQhbg17yclU#Claytonconnected