Bridgeport News

George "Dubb" Garrard, 64, of Scottsboro, passed away Monday, August 11, 2008. Funeral services will be held Thursday, August 14, at 2 p.m. from Corner Stone FUneral Chapel in Ider with Rev.

Electricity rates in the Tennessee Valley could jump this fall by more than 15 percent because of the rising costs of coal and the lingering effects of the drought.

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Students in Mindy Langford's third-grade class at Bridgeport Elementary School streamed into school this morning as thousands of Cocke County school children began the 2008-2009 year.

At least two unauthorized companies are apparently trying to capitalize on the fact that the Greater Jackson County Chamber of Commerce is selling advertising space on maps of Jackson County that will soon be ...

Lillie Mae Oldacre Funeral services for Lillie Mae Oldacre, 76, of Vinemont will be Monday, July 29, 2008 at 3 p.m. at Cullman heritage chapel, Rev.

Bridgeport residents may be faced with a potential scam in upcoming days. Jackson County Sheriff Dennis Miller reported Friday that several men, claiming to be asphalt pavers, are approaching homeowners in the ...

Rain, expected overnight Tuesday into today, could lessen dry conditions that have plagued many parts of north Alabama for almost three years.

Bridgeport residents may be faced with a potential scam in upcoming days. Jackson County Sheriff Dennis Miller reported Friday that several men, claiming to be asphalt pavers, are approaching homeowners in the ...

Jack Smith of Flat Rock and Gaylen Stone of Scottsboro overwhelmingly defeated incumbents in Jackson County's runoff elections today to win the County Comission's Districts 1 and 2 seats, respectively.

Volkswagen's decision to build a plant in Chattanooga probably will mean jobs for Jackson County workers.

Qualifying for city elections is in full swing across Jackson County. Qualifying began on Tuesday, July 1, and will run through Tuesday, July 15.

Students at Bridgeport and Northwest Elementary Schools finished a special summer session Thursday designed to improve their literacy skills and teach them better nutrition and physical education habits.

Jackson County's roads and bridges constructed with Federal or State funds got an all clear earlier this month from ALDOT .

A high-speed chase, which began in Chattanooga and involved a state prison escapee, came to a crashing end in a ditch near Scottsboro High School on Snodgrass Road Tuesday night.

Authorities were in pursuit of 34-year-old Mason Lewis Gibson, Jr. for more than 60 miles before they captured him Tuesday night.

District 1 Commissioner Darren Blizard said today that Shaw Industries has announced that it will close its carpet yarn production plant in Stevenson.

Jackson Countians will go to the polls on Tuesday, June 3 to begin the election process for a partial slate of county offices.

No re-opening date has been set as of this time for the B. B. Comer Bridge linking Alabama Highway 35 across the Tennessee River at Scottsboro. via Daily Sentinel

“As long as the Sheriff is spending money out of the pistol permit fund, it's the Sheriff's discretion as to how that money is spent.”

His name is Wyvuum, and by all accounts he is a happy, healthy, productive and likable German Shepherd-trained to sniff out drugs. via The Weekly Post