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Clayton County Schools Superintendent Morcease Beasley to discuss social-emotional learning at virtual meeting.
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Clayton County Schools to discuss social, emotional learning
Henry County Schools will allow attendees of 2021 graduation ceremonies to go without a mask when outdoors.
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Henry Schools relaxing some COVID-19 restrictions
Kim Knight has been named Clayton State University's Small Business Development Center area director.
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Clayton State names Kimberly Knight small business center director
Three Clayton County elementary schools to return to remote learning after COVID-19 outbreaks.
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Three Clayton County schools go remote after COVID-19 outbreak
July 10, 2019 Atlanta : Clayton County Sheriff, Victor Hill leaves the scene where Atlanta police, Clayton County sheriff deputies along with the Clayton County Police Department investigated the scene on Griffin Street in northwest Atlanta after a wanted man killed himself on Wednesday July 10, 2019. A jilted Clayton County husband who confessed to his wife’s shooting on social media killed himself Wednesday when he was approached by officers in northwest Atlanta, authorities said. Atlanta police and Clayton County sheriff’s deputies tracked Orlando Rodriguez Otero’s vehicle to the area of Griffin Street around 5 a.m. With the help of a K-9, they found him standing in a grassy area outside an apartment complex at the corner of Griffin and North Avenue, Atlanta police Capt. William Ricker told AJC.com. “When the officers spotted him, he had a firearm and a phone in his hand,” Ricker said. “Shortly thereafter, he put the gun to his head and shot himself.” Clayton County authorities had been looking for Otero since he allegedly shot his wife at their Morrow Road apartment late Tuesday night. According to the sheriff’s office, Otero’s son called 911 from inside a locked bathroom to report his father and mother were fighting. The child also told dispatchers he heard gunshots. When police got to the apartment, Otero was gone. They found the woman shot three times in the face, head and stomach, a sheriff’s spokesman said in a news release. She remains in critical condition and is “fighting for her life.” “Clayton County police detectives found that the shooting suspect, who they identified as Orlando Rodriguez Otero, shot his wife after an argument and left the scene saying that she would be all right,” the spokesman said. “... Otero then made a live social media post confessing to shooting his wife over another man.” Atlanta police were processing the suicide scene Wednesday morning. Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill was also on scene.
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Will federal charges, calls for police reform derail Clayton County sheriff?
Comcast is giving $1 million to 100 minority-owned companies in metro Atlanta. (Dreamstime/TNS)
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Comcast announces $1 million in grants for metro area minority business
Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill leaves the scene in northwest Atlanta where a man sought by law enforcement officers killed himself on July 10, 2019. (Credit: JOHN SPINK / AJC)
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March 20, 2017 Atlanta: Channel 2's Mark Winne reported that the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council has put Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill's certification on probation for two years following an accidental shooting that injured a woman. The council voted to place his certification on probation for a period of 24 months. Authorities said Hill shot friend, Gwenevere McCord, at a model home in Gwinnett County in 2015. He pleaded no contest to the shooting. Here - Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill on the scene Friday, March 17, 2017 where two Clayton County girls missing since Thursday night were found Friday, just after Noon. The girls were found near a house on Flint River Road, about a half mile from where they went missing. Yes they were found safe but cold, police say. Clayton County police set up crime scene tape at 100 Flint River Road and investigators began processing an area in the back yard where the doghouse and wooden pen were. A Mattie's Call was issued for 3-year-old Imani Turner and 11-year-old Adormi Harris, who were last seen about 11 p.m. Thursday at the home in the 100 block of Sterling Ridge Drive. Although investigators didn't suspect foul play, the girls' disappearance launched an hours-long, door-to-door search using police dogs, Deputy Chief Joseph Woodall said. Because it was so dark, authorities briefly suspended search efforts just after 6 a.m. Officials resumed the search shortly after daybreak. Adormi's mother told police she went to check on the girls about midnight after putting them to bed about 11 p.m. She later discovered her purse, two cellphones, car keys and tablet had been taken, Sgt. Ashanti Marbury said. She also noticed a stop stick in place to secure the door had been removed and placed to the side. Adormi suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and insomnia, police said. "Apparently, the 11-year-old was recently involved in some house fire at a previous location," Woodall said. "So that
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Clayton County sheriff returns to work one day after being indicted
Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill has been indicted on four counts of violating civil rights on jail detainees. File photo from Wednesday March 30, 2016 at the Clayton State University Student Activities Center in Morrow. BRANT SANDERLIN / THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
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Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill facing civil rights abuse charges
Henry County Schools will hold a virtual hearing on its tentative 2021-2022 budget May 10. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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Henry to hold May 10 hearing on tentative 2021-2022 school budget
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