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There is a bullet hole in the front door of the home at 705 First St., and the rear windshield of a car parked in front of the house was shattered by gunfire.

Temp: 53.0 F Wind Chill: 49 F Font Size: An 18-year-old Jackson man is in the hospital after being shot in the shoulder.

When Carrie A. Good was hired as administrator of the John George Home five years ago, the 31-year-old woman took over a residential men's home on the verge of being closed by the state.

After opting out of Grass Lake Township's newly established Downtown Development Authority last June, officials from the Jackson District Library are considering changing their minds.

Jackson police have released the name of the Jackson woman who died Sunday night after authorities said she walked into the path of an Amtrak train.

The former salon coordinator for Headliners Design Studio has been charged with stealing at least $50,000 from the Jackson beauty salon.

A longtime incumbent and a newcomer are vying for Jackson's 1st Ward City Council seat.

Billy Craig gets Northwest Elementary School students involved with his song about respect during an assembly Friday.

A child-care center in downtown Jackson that recently lost state funding is turning to area residents to help sponsor the 36 children affected.

Job seekers in metropolitan Detroit, Flint, Jackson and Muskegon have their work cut out for them relative to the rest of the state, new data show.

A Jackson man arrested last month after police say he participated in a break-in spree in two counties was sent to prison Thursday in a separate case.

Jackson Public Schools has lost 336 students since last fall, the highest decrease in enrollment in at least nine years, according to numbers released by the district Thursday.

Herbert Jackson, Jr. is serving a Life sentence for the crime of Assault with Intent to Commit Murder and a Life sentence for the crime of Armed Robbery.

A Jackson man pleaded guilty Tuesday to setting fire to an empty factory July 9 in Summit Township.

The Jackson City Council is again considering amending the definition of "family" in the city's zoning ordinance to stop the spread of unlicensed group homes.

These are trying times to be a government leader in the city of Jackson. Revenues are falling because of the recession, but demands for services remain.

A 16-year-old Jackson boy was sent to Allegiance Health Saturday afternoon after being involved in an automobile accident, according to police.

With his home furnace in need of repair, K.C. Wilkinson set a fire Thursday in a rarely used, front-room fireplace and left the house to cut wood.

With a theme of ``Businesses Doing Dynamite,'' the 2009 JAXPO Business Showcase focused on highlighting, networking and celebrating what Jackson has to offer.

Budget cuts will hit one local school district especially hard. Jackson Public Schools lost more than double the number of students officials there had predicted for the new school year.

Mayor Jerry Ludwig and mayoral candidate Karen Dunigan agree the city has problems but differ on what they are and how they would solve them.

Valrie Whisler Jackson "Pretty much trying to stay warm and update my shots at the doctor's because it's really bad, I heard." Jane McClure Vandercook Lake "I work at a care home, and within the next couple of days, I'm getting flu shots.

To connoisseurs like Nicholas Green, a pulled pork sandwich is more than a meal.

A second defendant pleaded guilty Monday in the April 20 assault on a Summit Township man beaten with baseball bats and a claw hammer.

Counselors will be on hand at Jackson's Hunt Elementary School today after a third-grader died in a vehicle accident Saturday in Napoleon Township.

With half an hour yet until the start of class, several students had already arrived at the Spring Arbor University campus in Jackson.

By Danielle Quisenberry dquisenberry@citpat.com - 768-4929 The call comes in and firefighters rush to the scene.

A man accused of setting fire to parked vehicles in Summit Township last month pleaded guilty Friday.

Jackson Public Schools is warning students and parents about a Web site that distributes Jackson High School diplomas but is not affiliated with the district.

JACKSON--A Jackson man who authorities say had his jaw broken by a naked, baseball bat-wielding homeowner during a break-in has been sentenced to at least seven years in prison.

Jackson County has replaced its elections director a month before residents head to the polls.

Two Jackson men are facing possible unarmed robbery charges after they entered PJ's Convenience Store in Jackson, assaulted the clerk and took money and merchandise.

Jackson resident Maxine Vincent asks the City Council not to close Fire Station 2 during Tuesday's meeting.

"That's where all the money is going to," said Jonathan Owens as he referred to his 1-year-old daughter, Joselyn.

Doug Brinker may be home from serving with the military in Iraq, but he's still a soldier.

The Jackson Fire and Police departments are investigating a Sunday fire they consider to be suspicious.

A new camera store and photo studio is now open in Jackson. Picture This ... Jackson recently opened its doors.

The Brandywine girls' cross country team finished 13th at the very tough Jackson Invitational on Saturday.

Two men convicted of robbing a Jackson Wendy's restaurant with a sawed-off shotgun are going to prison.

Lawmakers inched Tuesday toward addressing a $2.8 billion state budget deficit a day before their deadline, voting to cut millions of dollars from libraries and revenue-sharing payments to local communities but avoiding proposed reductions in payments to the poor.