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Two days into qualifying for the Nov. 8 Commerce elections, there are no surprises. By the end of Monday, all the incumbents and all of the announced candidates for mayor and the Ward 4 city council seat had plunked down their qualifying fees. Qualifying will continue until 4:30 on Friday. Those who have qualified include: For mayor: Clark Hill ... [Full Story »] 

Jackson County’s jobless rate fell three-tenths of a percent during July, according to figures for July released last week by the Georgia Department of Labor. The DOL put Jackson County’s unemployment rate at 10.3 percent, down from 10.6 in June and a tenth of a percent lower than the state July rate of 10.4 percent. Other area counties and ... [Full Story »] 

A 47-year-old Commerce woman faces charges of aggravated child molestation and enticing a child for indecent purposes after she allegedly performed oral sex and had intercourse with a juvenile male. According to the police report, the grandmother of the victim contacted police with suspicions that her grandson had sexual contact with Lisa ... [Full Story »] 

Two days into qualifying for the Nov. 8 Commerce elections, there are no surprises. By the end of Monday, all the incumbents and all of the announced candidates for mayor and the Ward 4 city council seat had plunked down their qualifying fees. Qualifying will continue until 4:30 on Friday. Those who have qualified include: For mayor: Clark Hill ... [Full Story »] 

Jackson, Banks and Madison counties will get new representation in the U.S. House of Representatives if a proposed congressional reapportionment plan introduced Monday becomes law. Under the plan before the Georgia General Assembly for consideration this week, Jackson and Banks counties will be moved from the 10th Congressional District, ... [Full Story »] 

It appears that the 962,600-square-foot “Rooker Building” in the I-85 Business Park in Commerce has been sold. The Jackson County Industrial Development Authority voted last Friday to execute a number of legal documents pending a Sept. 1 closing with Hillwood Enterprises, L.P., a group described by IDA attorney Daniel Haygood as “a Ross ... [Full Story »] 

Commerce voters will learn next week what their choices will be in the Nov. 8 elections in which they’ll select a new mayor and fill three city council and three board of education seats. Qualifying begins Monday at 8:30 a.m. and continues through Friday, Sept. 2, at 4:30 p.m. at City Hall. Positions to be filled include: mayor, currently ... [Full Story »]