Dr. Deatrice “Dee” Haney’s journey from Cascade to Clayton County reflects a steady commitment to children, public education, and community service.
Ben Straker’s leadership in Clayton County Public Schools has never been about spectacle. As chairman of the Clayton County Board of Education, he describes his work in clear and steady terms: keep the mission centered on students, listen to every voice, and help build a district where children can see a future for themselves.
Dr. Anthony W. Smith’s leadership helped transform Clayton County Public Schools through endurance, student pathways, infrastructure investment, and a renewed sense of district confidence.
South Clayton residents remember segregation, rural roads, old schools, family labor, Shiloh Methodist Church, and the history that shaped life in Clayton County.
Lovejoy Mayor Marci Fluellin bristles when the word “politician” is thrown at her. “From day…
A Life in Teaching, Dr. Jessie Goree has Influenced Thousands of People in Her Five…
Arts Clayton functions as both a gallery and a program engine for the county’s creative…
The Clayton County business community gathered to celebrate leadership, service, and progress during the 72nd…
Ice wine is one of the rarest wines in the world, made from grapes that naturally freeze on the vine. Learn how ice wine is produced, why it is so expensive, and what makes its flavor so unique.
A group of Clayton County residents say the community garden at the Gerald Matthews Complex…
The Momentum 500 program takes a different approach to small business support—prioritizing education, structure, and execution before funding. Through classroom instruction and real-world insight, participants are challenged to examine how their businesses actually operate and what long-term sustainability requires.
Thinker did not set out to build a following. What formed instead was a community—thoughtful, questioning, and unwilling to surrender its agency. Thinker: In the Name of Community traces the personal cost, intellectual rigor, and lived experience behind a voice that invites people to trust their own minds again.