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With less than one more day of qualifying ahead, six candidates had qualified for the July 20 election. Qualifying ends at noon Friday. In the District 5 county board of education race, Steven Bryant, Hoschton, and Randall Skelton have both qualified as of Thursday afternoon. Jill McEver is the incumbent. In the District 3 county board of ... [Full Story »] 

When qualifying ended at noon Friday, six candidates had qualified for the July 20 county BOC and BOE races. But there is just one contested race for the BOE District 5 slot. In state races, Senate District 47 has four Republicans running, with the winner racing a Democrat in November. In the District 5 Jackson County Board of Education race, ... [Full Story »] 

Two young children reported missing from an Arcade home were found quickly. A 9-year-old and 4-year-old were reported as being missing for 30 minutes on Wednesday, April 28, from a Trotters Ridge, Arcade, residence. The two were found almost one hour later in a yard two and a half miles from their home. Units from the Arcade Police Department, ... [Full Story »] 

A man was found dead at the scene of a wreck on Sunday at Mountain Creek Drive in Talmo. Units from the North Jackson Fire/Rescue, Jefferson Rescue and Jackson County EMS responded to a reported auto accident with injuries. Upon arrival, they found a one-vehicle accident which had overturned, with a male patient trapped under the vehicle. The ... [Full Story »] 

A Jefferson man was arrested by Banks County Sheriff’s Office deputies Saturday evening following a shooting at a local motel. Banks County Sheriff Charles Chapman reported shortly after 9 p.m. deputies responded to the Jameson Inn, 267 Steven B. Tanger Boulevard, Commerce, to the report of domestic dispute with shots fired. “The first ... [Full Story »]