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Only seven years after the Bear Creek Reservoir was completed in southwest Jackson County, work is under way to provide access to fishing boats to the 505-acre regional reservoir. Workers last week poured the concrete for a boat ramp that will be accessed by Hwy. 330. A construction crew from the Jackson County Correctional Institute laid the ... [Full Story »] 

To pour or not to pour, that is the question. It will be the question for the Maysville City Council following a vote Monday, July 13, authorizing the city attorney to draft an ordinance for the sale of beer and wine by the drink in city restaurants. “It has been a hold item on the agenda for six or eight weeks. It was not going to go ... [Full Story »] 

Showing a firearm during an incident of road rage is seldom a good idea, as two men driving on Interstate 85 learned last week. According to the Commerce Police Department, an officer received a lookout on a vehicle whose driver had allegedly pointed a gun at another motorist. Approaching with caution — and help from another officer — the ... [Full Story »] 

The data has been collected and its analysis is under way. Jackson County officials could begin the task in September of selecting one of three Nicholson area sites for a future county reservoir. “All of the environmental and geotechnical data has been collected,” engineer Richard Cheek told the Jackson County Water and Sewerage Authority ... [Full Story »] 

By Susan Harper One spring evening six years ago, I was driving home late from work, and as I came up Cherry Street I saw that the lights were on in the Rainmaker Pottery studio and gallery, and the windows were open. This meant that Ahmad Qadri, the potter, was there. On impulse I pulled into the driveway and went in. “Ahmad,” I said, “I ... [Full Story »] 

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me six times? No way. Five black males from the Atlanta area successfully cashed $12,000 worth of stolen and forged checks at First Commerce Bank last week, but the sixth wasn’t so lucky. When Keith Tyrone Burnett, 43, 380 Edgewood Avenue, SE, Atlanta, presented a payroll check for $41,167.08, the teller — ... [Full Story »] 

If the housing bust and attendant recession lowered property values, the word hasn’t gotten to Jackson County yet. The county’s preliminary tax digest shows a 1.3-percent growth in value. The digest is the basis for property taxation. The spartan growth is bad news for governments that rely on increases in the taxable value of property to ... [Full Story »]