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PROCEEDS from a 5K-walk/run fundraiser held on Sept. 8 to help kids like Blake Carpenter, a Jackson County boy, who is living with a brain tumor, will go to help fund a cure and to support affected families. Carpenter, 14, of Pendergrass, was diagnosed with Craniopharyngioma, a tumor on his pituitary gland when he was four years old. Since his ... [Full Story »] 

A man who was a passenger in a car stopped by a Jackson County deputy on Sunday later died at a Gainesville hospital. Chad Marshal Burnette, 38, reportedly jumped out of the car while the deputy was checking identification and ran from the area. A deputy chased him on foot and was escorting him back to the patrol car when Burnette collapsed. ... [Full Story »] 

The Walton Group has withdrawn its request to the Jackson County Planning Commission for two zoning requests for a proposed development in South Jackson. The county planning office received a letter from Peter Langham, planning and development manager for The Walton Group, asking that the requests be withdrawn. No details were given in the ... [Full Story »] 

For Jackson County School System superintendent John Green, a vote on a constitutional amendment allowing the state to create charter schools isn’t just about those schools — but if citizens want locally or state-controlled schools. “It’s a movement of localized control of our public schools to a state-level control of our public ... [Full Story »]