Jackson News

Gov. Sonny Perdue recently dredged soil from Lake Jackson without a permit, dumping it into the lake and angering some neighbors and environmental advocates.

From the Annals of 1909 Miss Ellie Brewer, who held a position as stenographer in the office of Judge John P. Ross in Macon, came up for a few days visit with homefolks in this city.

Thirty-nine students have finished the GED program at West Georgia Technical College in Waco, making it the largest class to graduate from the program so far.

While it may be slow going, the recovery from the recession will sustain, according to Jeffrey Humphreys, the guest speaker at the Barrow County Chamber of Commerce's November luncheon.

Four Jackson County truck drivers face federal wire fraud charges in connection to a multi-million-dollar kickback scheme that allegedly cheated a Rome cardboard mill out of $4.8 million.

During Pride in 1982, which had the theme 'Stonewall Then, Atlanta Now,' more than 4,000 people participated in a rally at the State Capitol.

Macon State College and Central Georgia Technical College will soon be offering courses at a new branch.

Georgia's financial crisis is making accidental heroes out of people like Jim Edwards.

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One way to draw a crowd is to give away free food, a concept Chick-fil-A understands very well.

ATLANTA a ' The unemployment rate is Metro Gainesville is up slightly from a month ago and the same is true for the 13-county Georgia Mountains region of which Gainesville is a part.

JACKSON, Ga. A man who fatally shot a pizza store manager during a 1994 robbery in which he stole a little more than $100 to give to his girlfriend has been executed by lethal injection.

In a few weeks, Atlanta will elect a new mayor and City Council, and I am worried.

Official weather bulletin from the National Weather Service in Peachtree City, GA: A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR NORTH AND PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA.

An alert off-duty deputy with the Butts County Sheriff's Office driving home from work Tuesday afternoon observed a vehicle fitting the description of the one believed to have been used by those responsible for a recent multi-county burglary ring.

Their father won the Nobel Peace Prize, but the children remain locked in battle.

Some creeks and streams in Banks and Jackson counties have been overflowing today as heavy rains continue across north Georgia and there are reports of some street flooding in Gainesville.

400, stands what was once a hotel and has since been converted into a Juvenile Court center.

The council of the new Three Rivers Regional Commission, at their meeting on Thursday, Sept.

Caption: Tom Chaplin of Keane performing at the O2 Arena London, England .... HUGHES 'INSPIRED' BY PRISONER'S PLIGHT KEANE star RICHARD HUGHES was so inspired by his visit to a prisoner on death row in the U.S. on Friday , he has vowed to help him fight the "extreme" sentence.