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Commerce Mayor Charles L. Hardy Jr. will leave office Saturday night with a resume of accomplishments for which any politician would be proud. But while Hardy, completing a 22-year tenure that makes him the longest serving mayor in city history, takes pride in the changes wrought over those years, it’s not his style to take credit or seek the ... [Full Story »] 

Keep Jackson County Beautiful will host Bring One for the Chipper — when residents may recycle their Christmas trees — through Sunday, Jan. 8. Drop-off locations will be available at the Lanier Tech campus in Commerce, Arcade City Hall, the Hoschton Depot, the Jackson County Transfer Station, the Jefferson Civic Center and the Talmo Depot. ... [Full Story »] 

A man who passed out while visiting the Commerce Post Office early one morning suffered more than a medical setback. According to the Commerce Police Department, a 30-year-old white male went to the post office at about 5 a.m. to check his post office box and passed out. The reason he lost consciousness was not indicated, but when the man came ... [Full Story »] 

A three-vehicle wreck injured seven people Thursday afternoon on Hwy. 11 near the intersection of Red Bird Drive. Mickey Haynes, a passenger in a Toyota Tundra pickup truck traveling west toward Jefferson from the Round Barn Mattresses store, said an oncoming panel truck drifted into the westbound lane, striking the Tundra. The truck continued ... [Full Story »] 

Statistics released last week by the Georgia Department of Labor indicate that the jobless rate for Jackson County dipped to 9.1 percent in November, down eight-tenths of a percent from the jobless rate in October. Meanwhile, Georgia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate had its largest one-month decline since 1977, falling to 9.9 percent ... [Full Story »] 

Commerce's new mayor and city council received their oaths of office during a called city council meeting Thursday night. City attorney John Stell administered the oath of office to Clark Hill, mayor; Mark Fitzpatrick, who was re-elected to the Ward 3 council seat; Steve Perry, who won in Ward 4, and to Johnny Eubanks, who was re-elected in ... [Full Story »]