Jefferson News

The state Department of Revenue says it's OK for Jackson County to go into the gas business, ruling that it can legally sell bulk-rate gasoline to the county's nine municipalities.

Some of the best political news of the past several days has nothing to do with last week's round of primary elections, but with the sitting speaker of the state House of Representatives, who has no opposition ...

A Mainstreet Newspapers Inc. publication, The Jackson Herald in Jefferson, has been awarded the Southeast's top journalism award by the Society of Professional Journalists.

If he could do it again, he'd do it the same. Much of what people know about Corey Smith is right there in his songs: growing up a quiet Sunday-school boy in small-town Jefferson, Ga., becoming the life of the ...

The U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment Commission has sued the owners of the Lexington Road Sonic Drive-In, claiming they allowed a former supervisor to subject an employee to "an unceasing barrage of sexual ...

Jackson County voters will have their last chance this election season to pick local leaders as they head to the polls for Tuesday's Republican primary.

Advance voting begins Monday for the July 15 primaries in Georgia, and Jackson County has added two new places where voters will be allowed to cast ballots.

George W. Bush's recent speech at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello home highlights contrasting presidential legacies for advancing liberty in the world.

Few Northeast Georgia voters cast ballots Monday, the first day of early voting for next Tuesday's primaries, but some election officials said turnout exceeded their expectations anyway.

Well, I'm sure this decision will result in more accidental killings, more murders, more stolen guns on the streets, and thus more misery.

Retiree Tony Giacalone and wife Diane moved from Florida to the Atlanta area last year, finding a three-bedroom, two-bath home in Jefferson's Millstone Crossing neighborhood.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Walter Roller Jr. of Commerce are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Elizabeth Roller, to David Stafford Varnedoe Jr.

Investigators at the Georgia Bureau of Investigation State Crime Lab have ruled out foul play in the death of Billie Welty, the 42-year-old Jefferson woman who was discovered in a freezer in her Banks Road home ...

You'd better sit down for this one. I must confess that I, your modest and much-beloved columnist, don't have all the answers.

Woman's body found in freezer Investigation continues into 'suspicious death' BY ANGELA GARY The body of a 42-year-old woman was found inside a freezer Sunday afternoon by the Jefferson Police Department.

By this time next year, Barrow County may transform its jail operation from a $400,000 liability into an $800,000 asset.

Candidates for BOC chairman spar over JCWSA reservoir debt BY KERRI TESTEMENT Jackson County's water woes - and the ability to pay debt tied to water service - are hot topics for one race on the July 15 ...

The dream of an election about national issues has become the nightmare of two campaigns about virtually nothing.

Jefferson police are investigating the death of a 42-year-old Jefferson woman after her estranged husband reported that he found her body in a storage freezer Sunday.

The bulk of the 300 dogs confiscated in February from a Nicholson puppy-breeding farm have found permanent homes after five months in foster care and are settling into the life of a family pet.