Jackson County News

Barrow County voters, angered last fall when commissioners voted to condemn private land to expand the county's Northeast Georgia Regional Airport, exacted their revenge on Tuesday.

The Madison County Sheriff's Office reported the following incidents : Theft: On June 30, a woman reported that she was moving from Colbert School Road, Colbert, to a home in Danielsville.

For four decades, Sister Georgette has watched as St. Mary's Hospital grew from the small medical facility that four nuns from Pennsylvania started 70 years ago.

People are flocking to Athens in the 21st century, according to population estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday.

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.

As Mary and Brent Greenwood watched their daughters grow up in Jackson County during the past 14 years, they were surprised by the limited number of family-oriented activities available in the area.

A Hull man has filed suit against the Madison County Board of Commissioners to try to block the county government from borrowing to expand the jail without public input or competitive bids.

Jackson County Probate Judge and Election Supervisor Margaret Deadwyler will be a busy woman this summer.

Jackson County Commission Chairwoman Pat Bell and Kermit Simmons, designer of the miniature golf course, confer recently on the site of the course at Hurricane Shoals Park in Maysville.

Police are calling her death "suspicious" By Melissa Weinman mweinman@gainesvilletimes.com Jefferson police are investigating the "suspicious death" of a Jackson County woman found dead in a freezer.

Opponents of Georgia's new restrictions on where registered sex offenders can live, work and volunteer asked a judge Tuesday to put the brakes on a portion of the law that will make it a crime for an offender ...

A bicyclist was injured in northwestern Clarke County Tuesday night, when a car ran him down, then two men and a teen in the car tried to rob him, Athens-Clarke police said.

Braselton road project to move forward BY ANGELA GARY Road projects in Braselton and Commerce will move forward following action Monday night by the Jackson County Board of Commissioners to approve agreements ...

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.

The general surgeon at BJC Hospital in Commerce announced his resignation and closed his office Monday.

Hundreds of Northeast Georgia landowners are appealing their property taxes this year, citing a poor housing market they believe has devalued their homes and businesses.

Nicholson 'puppy mill' dogs now available for adoption The dogs rescued from the Nicholson "puppy mill" in February are now up for adoption, the Humane Society of Jackson County has announced.

Water Restrictions Eased In City Yard Watering, Washing Of Cars OK On Odd-Even Schedule Three Days A Week Gentlemen, start your sprinklers.

A Gainesville attorney has been named Braselton Municipal Court judge. Graham McKinnon has spent the last 16 years in private practice at Fox, Chandler, Homans, Hicks and McKinnon, LLP in Gainesville.