Pendergrass News

Visiting Superior Court Judge John Ott ruled Monday against a group of Pendergrass residents looking to oust Mayor Monk Tolbert, saying there was not enough evidence of wrongdoing to allow citizens to recall their mayor.

The Pendergrass City Council promoted two city office workers Tuesday to city clerk and assistant city clerk.

A 44-year-old Pendergrass woman died Monday after losing control of her sport utility vehicle on the Interstate 85 exit ramp that leads onto Dry Pond Road just north of Jefferson, according to troopers at the Georgia State Patrol's Gainesville post.

A team of University researchers - funded by the state through the Traditional Industries program - developed a method for turning biomass waste, such as dead trees and paper pulp, into a liquid fuel to power diesel engines.

Pendergrass residents have launched a recall campaign to try to oust Mayor Monk Tolbert and the rest of the city council, claiming the entire council has violated the oath of office and misused public funds.

Pendergrass residents have launched a recall campaign to try to oust Mayor Monk Tolbert and the rest of the city council, claiming the entire council has violated the oath of office and misused public funds.

June and Tom Murphy of Pendergrass walk past scarecrows set up by the Braselton Mother's Club during the 35th annual Hoschton Fall Festival on Saturday.

Despite a rainy Saturday morning, people still packed the streets of Hoschton to celebrate the city's 35th annual fall festival.

4:28 a.m. -- While checking on downtown businesses, an officer noticed an open door at a Spring St.

The Walton County jury that sentenced a Pendergrass man to death for killing his ex-wife and her boyfriend should have learned about his mental health, according to arguments made Monday to the Georgia Supreme Court by an attorney for the defendant.

An innovative process for turning waste biomass -- such as dead trees, agricultural waste and lumber byproducts -- into a liquid fuel to power conventional engines has been licensed by the University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.

A 2-year-old Pendergrass boy, in critical condition since Monday after nearly drowning when he fell into a pool in Hoschton, has died.

Arcade and Pendergrass still have their long-held reputations as speed traps even though they've both slashed the number of traffic patrol officers .

The Pendergrass City Council this week hired former Jefferson Police officer Robert LaRocque to be the city's new police chief, according to a Thursday news release from Pendergrass Mayor Monk Tolbert.

The wife of Nicholson Mayor Ronnie Maxwell was slapped by another woman during last Thursdaya s city council meeting.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation's probe into possible malfeasance at the Pendergrass City Hall has narrowed in focus to the question of whether anyone misused city funds.

A Jackson County volunteer firefighter was hospitalized with chest pain while working to extinguish an abandoned chicken house fire on Old State Road near Wayne Poultry Road north of Pendergrass.

Three Hispanic males are in custody following an armed robbery at the Jefferson I-85 RaceTrac late Friday night.

In the photo at lower left, a Tiger Swallowtail butterfly lands on a wildflower in Pendergrass.

People in Pendergrass used a town council meeting last night to vent their frustrations over the turmoil inside city hall.