Jackson News

The Athens Regional Library system will be forced to buy thousands fewer books this year than usual after the state cut its materials budget by more than half.

The Georgia Supreme Court this morning narrowly rejected a challenge to Athens-Clarke County's noise ordinance.

An early-morning fire knocked radio station WBKZ-AM off the air and forced authorities to route traffic off busy South Milledge Avenue between West Broad Street and Dearing Avenue.

The man whose wife was brutally beaten in a home invasion and later died as a result said he had nothing to do with the attack.

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John Bleakley Motorhomes Inc. has opened its third full-service towable and motorized RV dealership in Jackson, Ga.

Todaya s visit is not so much about our town, but our state. I have long suspected South Carolina does a better job of promoting tourism than Georgia because it names things logically.

There's an increased danger of grass and woods fires in a large part of Georgia today... including the Gainesville area.

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While Atlanta's mayor in the early 1980s, Andrew Young helped the late Michael Jackson out of a serious jam.

I was 18 years old, a freshman at the University of Georgia - and invincible. Huckaby: Every fatal wreck victim is somebody's child Story updated at 8:15 pm on 6/20/2009 I was 18 years old, a freshman at the University of Georgia - and invincible.

Kim Carver of Milledgeville, Ga., won the Walmart Bass Fishing League Bulldog Division tournament on Lake Eufaula Saturday with a five-bass catch weighing 21 pounds even.

Charles Johnston, who pleaded guilty May 21 of fatally shooting three people at Doctors Hospital in March 2008, was transferred Tuesday to the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison in Jackson, Ga.

There's a chance of severe thunderstorms in North Georgia today. Here is the National Weather Service forecast: Today: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2 p.m. Some storms could be severe, with damaging winds.

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A Jackson, Ga., man was struck and killed by another vehicle on Mike Padgett Highway this morning, according to Mark Bowen, Richmond County chief deputy coroner.

William Danes of Jackson, Georgia was delivering asphalt to a construction site on Mike Padgett Highway when he was struck and killed.

State of Georgia, County of Lamar All creditors of the estate of Isabelle Randall, deceased, late of Lamar County Georgia, are hereby notified to render their demands to the undersigned according to law, and all persons indebted to said estate are required to make immediate payment to the undersigned.

U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson is flanked by Troy Davisa supporters as he talks to the press outside the Jackson, Ga., prison where Davis is on death row.

Clarke Central High School senior Paris Allen missed the chance to graduate with his peers by a few points on a Georgia High School Graduation Test, but he still may get a chance to walk across a stage and celebrate his other accomplishments.