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The following are drinking and driving sentences from Jackson County District Court.

Ashley Smith, 4, and her father Luke, both of Jackson, climb up the steps of Cascades Falls.

Jackson native Damon Stout has been involved in music, film and commercials for years and has received two local Emmy's. Rather than shutting down, Stout created a reality in which he had more control - a 20-minute short film titled "The Time We're In." husband who learns his wife has cancer and attempts to stop time while dealing with the ideas of ... (more)

Jackson officials may lose grant funding from the state of Michigan if they can't begin to work with the Jackson Historic District Commission.

After a two-block foot pursuit Wednesday afternoon, police arrested a 15-year-old Jackson boy who had a concealed weapon, police say.

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Barrows, the school's oldest living alumnus, will attend his 80th high school reunion at Concord High School next month.

Reasons for a man to stop shaving can include a dare from his so-called friends, laziness or the desire to annoy his wife or girlfriend.

Amber Murphy appears at her June arraignment. She is charged with open murder in the August 2009 death of her 9-month-old son, Seth Murphy.

Jackson City Council members voted unanimously April 23 to move forward with a proposed construction project on Blackstone Street from Glick Highway to Washington Avenue.

Camia Gamet cries as she is arraigned before Jackson County District Judge R. Darryl Mazur on Monday, May 20, 2013.

A Cascades Elementary School fifth-grader is the third Jackson County student in two weeks to be suspended for bringing a toy gun to school.

Kayleah Horning, 12, fixes the hair of her mother Jamie Horning of Jackson at her home on Tuesday night, April 30, 2013.

Jackson County Sheriff's Office reports for Tuesday, May 21 to early Wednesday, May 22 deputies responded to 42 calls for service, conducted 62 traffic stops, and had 7 arrests.

Freshmen attending Jackson's Lumen Christi High School in the fall will get their lessons on an iPad rather than from a book in a new one-to-one technology initiative.

Dining on a Dime: Amanati's Frosty Boy offers plenty of lunch options, but ice cream is still the star of the menu Two hot dogs, honey nut cinnamon ice cream and a Diet Pepsi from Frosty Boy on Cooper Street in Jackson.

Students from Vandercook Lake High School participate in the Strive for a Safer Drive campaign at the Ford Proving Grounds in April 2013.

Students from Vandercook Lake High School participate in the Strive for a Safer Drive campaign at the Ford Proving Grounds in April 2013.

Jackson Mayor Martin Griffin will be running for reelection this summer. A total of nine candidates have been set for mayor and City Council members in wards 1, 3, and 5. Jackson resident John Wilson turned in 110 signatures to run for mayor, but after a review by city officials, it was found only 82 were valid.

Kindergarten teacher Judy Draper goes for a tethered hot air balloon ride in the parking lot at St.