Jackson County News

At the Talmo depot Tuesday night Jackson County Commissioner Bruce Yates along with a dozen attendees met to talk about property taxes, the 2010 county budget and the discontinuation of the Homeownera s Tax Relief Grant.

No word yet on the condition of a child who fell into a pool in Pendergrass Thursday afternoon.

Jackson County authorities continue to investigate the drowning of a 5-year-old boy at a babysitter's house in Pendergrass.

An Athens-based mobile food pantry has begun making the rounds in northeast Georgia and made its second stop recently in Jackson County.

The state Environmental Protection Division has fined the City of Cumming and Jackson County a total of $44,500 for violations of state environmental regulations.

After spending two seasons in Class AAA, it looks like Jackson County will spend its next school year in Class AA.

The Jackson County Area Chamber of Commerce Women in Business program will name its Woman of the Year at a luncheon scheduled for noon next Wednesday at the Jackson EMC Auditorium, 850 Commerce Road, Jefferson.

The East Jackson boys cross country team finished second in the Class AA race at Saturday's state meet in Carrollton.

Gresham Motorsports Park officials will hold a grand opening festival at the new racing and event facility north of Jefferson on Saturday.

Puppies gladly gave kisses in exchange for attention Saturday morning at the Hall County Animal Shelter's open house in honor of its new facility, which officially opened its doors Oct.

A Jackson County toddler is expected to make a full recovery after suffering burns over 30 percent of her body.

Commerce police Cpl. William Thomas' new partner doesn't always have the best breath, and he's not much for conversation, but the pair still will look out for each other when they hit streets of Commerce this week.

Four Jackson County truck drivers face federal wire fraud charges in connection to a multi-million-dollar kickback scheme that allegedly cheated a Rome cardboard mill out of $4.8 million.

The Jackson County Republican Party has endorsed candidates in the Hoschton, Braselton and Nicholson mayoral races, according to party President Ron Johnson.

From left, Jackson County Comprehensive High School ninth-graders Kathryn Franklin, Alexis Byrne and Kristin Anderson work together Tuesday on an experiment transferring jellyfish genes into E. coli bacteria using lab equipment on loan from Athens Technical College in Sheri Koenig's class.

Burglars ransacked a Nicholson house while the owner was not living there, taking electronics valued at about $1,000, tools and the man's couch cushions, according to report filed by a Jackson County sheriff's deputy.

Jackson County sheriff's deputies are searching for the two men they believe beat up an Athens man who was found wrapped in a rug dumped along a residential street in the southern part of the county.

Description: The Humane Society of Jackson County will present the 4th annual Mimosas for Mutts fund raising event on October 17, 2009 at the Jefferson Civic Center.

Two people were killed when a single-engine antique airplane crashed Thursday in a residential neighborhood shortly after taking off from Athens-Ben Epps Airport.

A Jackson County woman who was wounded while trying to protect her 5-year-old grandson from her husband has died.