Jasper News

We decided to head to Florida before it's so hot and humid that our eyeglasses fog up each time we exit a building or car.

Giving to Southern Baptist missions is at a historic low. Church membership fell in 2008, and baptisms are at their lowest level since 1987.

Staff Photo by Tim Barber Jackie Miller, center, owner of several Beltone offices in the area, walks with his wife, Nancy, right, and talks with a landscaping contractor Lana Steele outside his new location in Fort Oglethorpe.

The Coosa-North Georgia Water Planning Council will hold its first meeting - a marathon session - on Friday.

Randy Gravley inside WLJA, one of the five small radio stations the company in which he is CEO, owns in Jasper, Ga.

A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect for Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early, Lee, Miller, Mitchell, Quitman, Randolph, Terrell, Turner, Worth, Butts, Crawford, Jasper, Jones, Monroe, Putnam, Greene, Taliaferro, Barrow, Clayton, Cobb, Dekalb, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, Morgan, Newton, Rockdale, Walton, Oconee, Carroll, ...

While U.S. Rep. Nathan Deal is expected to make an announcement about his political future this week, the mad scramble to fill his 9th District seat is quietly happening in the background.

Monday, April 27, 2009 4:44 p.m. More members of the Augusta State University community are expected to sign up for its emergency alert system in wake of the triple murder in Athens connected to the University of Georgia.

Harold Culbreath plunged into chilly water, and Margaret Yeh burst onto the scene Wednesday at the Region 7-AAA girls golf tournament at Big Canoe in Jasper.

" A state issued burn ban goes into effect May 1 for 54 Georgia counties. The Georgia Environmental Protection Division prohibits burning in 54 area counties beginning May 1 through Oct.

And Crescent's not alone: Buckhead Community Bank and Macon's Security Bank Corp.

In comparison, the Company had net income for the year ended December 31, 2007 of $6.4 million, which represented net income per share on a basic and a fully diluted basis of $1.24 and $1.14, respectively.

"A big THANK YOU goes out to everyone who purchased a pork chop plate from the Tift Co.

Dr. Sheila Kahrs, principal of Haymon-Morris Middle School, is one of the three finalist for the 2009 Georgia Middle School Principal of the Year.

James Mann/jmann@winchestersun.com Author Chris Rumble ask questions to help Fannie Bush Elementary School students, from left, Zach Christopher, Cole Raney and Taylor Combs brainstorm ideas for the story they were to write during a day long writing clas James Mann/jmann@winchestersun.com Fannie Bush Elementary School fourth grader Charlie Hall ask ...

Cartersville , Ga.--There are a lot of military families in Cartersville, Ga., about 50 miles northwest of Atlanta, so when Cartersville Jewelry Exchange expanded from its flagship store in town to a new location in Jasper, Ga., it kept soldiers and their loved ones in mind.

Gainesville baseball kept its momentum rolling on Wednesday. One day after defeating North Hall in eight innings, the Red Elephants pounded Pickens 14-3 in Jasper.

The West Hall baseball team took a win over Pickens 13-4 on Wednesday night in Jasper.

By Hans Rueffert, cookbook, $24.95 plus $6 shipping and handling. Available exclusively at www.hanscooks.com In 2005 Hans Rueffert of Jasper, Georgia competed in the first season of the Food Networka s ...

ATLANTA, GA, March 4 / MARKET WIRE/ -- CEO of LIGATT Security Gregory Evans announced today that the company will launch a series of cyber-crime related courses at the beginning of this month.