Jackson County News

The Michigan Supreme Court has named Judge John McBain chief judge of the 4th Circuit Court in Jackson County.

Republican and Democratic party leaders had vastly different takes on the significance of Tuesday's lopsided victory for the GOP in the state Senate race in the 19th District, which includes all of Calhoun County and most of Jackson County.

LANSING -- State welfare workers are threatened by clients, overworked and struggle with lax security, balky computers and inadequate phone systems, a House committee was told today.

Voters cast their ballots at Cascades Baptist Church on Tuesday. With 95 of 107 precincts reporting, Mike Nofs, a Republican from Battle Creek, leads with 18,848 votes to Martin Griffin's 10,822 votes in the 19th District state Senate race.

Jackson Public Schools officials hope to spearhead efforts to look at consolidating school districts or services to help schools countywide save money as state aid dwindles.

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.

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.

Nicole Bisard said she saw her former boyfriend beat and hang an 18-week-old puppy by the collar in the time before the animal, bleeding and gasping for breath, died.

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

A Parma man faces trial for allowing a friend to ride on a truck tailgate when the friend fell and died.

SPRING ARBOR TOWNSHIP, Mich. - After 46 years of dousing flames, a Michigan firefighter is hanging up his helmet.

Recall efforts against Parma Township Supervisor Wendy Chamberlain are moving forward.

Drivers who were dismayed by the closure of the Warner Road bridge that forced them to detour, will be able to travel their former route.

Rose Kemmer is looking forward to a warmer winter. Kemmer's modest home on E. Argyle Street was recently outfitted with new insulation in the attic and ceiling, new windows, a new door and a new refrigerator.

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

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.

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.

What was to have been the only debate between the major party candidates in the 19th District state Senate race turned out to be not much of a debate at all.

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