Jackson County News

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.

Oconee Well Drillers employees Bryan Smith, right with shovel, and Doug Kesler, operating the machine, work together while drilling a well recently at an Oconee County chicken farm.

By Jessica Jordan jjordan@gainesvilletimes.com To the delight of area shoppers, new retailers are popping up at the Stonebridge Village shopping center.

Story updated at 12:15 AM on Friday, May 30, 2008 There is a certain logic in the Upper Oconee Basin Water Authority's move to standardize outdoor watering rules among the four county water systems that use the ...

State tosses out low CRCT results BY KERRI TESTEMENT It was a problem that local school officials say they suspected soon after receiving early results of a mandatory student test.

Story updated at 12:09 AM on Thursday, May 29, 2008 Some long-awaited earth-moving contractors will arrive at Jackson County Airport in coming weeks to start building a 1,000-foot runway extension that ...