The unemployment rate in Jackson County hit 7.4 percent in November, double the rate it was just one year ago. According to state numbers, some 2,097 Jackson Countians are unemployed. Initial unemployment claims fell slightly from October 2008 to ...
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Like many counties in the state, the Jackson County Department of Family and Children Services is seeing an increase in program applications. Sid Jessup, acting DFACS director, said last week the Jackson County office is seeing an increase in ...
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The Jefferson City Council decided Monday night to study further a proposal to locate cameras at some red lights in town. Councilman Roy Plott said he has some reservations about whether the move would cause more wrecks than it stops. The ...
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A rezoning request from Jefferson First United Methodist Church to allow a parking lot was approved by the Jefferson City Council Monday night. The only condition is that the zoning will change back to residential if the property is ever sold by ...
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I feel like throwing a shoe. Until that nutty Iraqi journalist tossed his penny loafers at President Bush over the weekend, I didn’t know that shoe-tossing was some kind of deep insult. Apparently, it is supposed to be a symbol that the ...
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Former Jefferson Police Captian Dennis L. Thomas of Jefferson, was indicted by a federal grand jury Friday on charges of possession of a firearm while being a drug user and possession of a hand grenade. Thomas was arraigned Friday before United ...
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Superior Court judge David Motes is home after undergoing surgery Thursday at an Athens hospital, while judge Joe Booth remains in the intensive care unit at the hospital. Motes’ surgery was connected to a bone infection. A cyst was removed ...
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Three vehicles were stolen in Jefferson over the last two weeks. A Jefferson teenager said he left his 1999 Toyota Tacoma in the Jefferson High School parking lot while he was at wrestling practice on Dec. 8. When he returned at approximately 5 ...
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Pat Bell has been devoted for over three decades to improving and expanding Hurricane Shoals Park. Her work at the park, as well as her years of public and private service to Jackson County, was recognized Monday as the Hurricane Shoals ...
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Dear Editor: I just don’t get it. Sometimes I read the editorials and I think Mike Buffington is out there fighting for the good of Jackson County. But when I read last week’s editorial concerning the new county logo, I thought…Mike ...
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anon about Freedom Bank enters cease and desist order Tue, 06.01.2009 08:18 Sounds like you are either jealous of your friends or need to choose better friends. My dog ate som
ething bad one time and got SICK, he has never tried it again. Take lessons from him.
Joe Christmas about Freedom Bank enters cease and desist order Sat, 03.01.2009 06:21 I don't really understand this comment. If the man who loaned these people money that the bank could
never recoup, why would he be relaxed drinking a beer? Unless he is no longer associated with [...]
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Recent Comments from Top Stories
Tue, 06.01.2009 08:18
Sounds like you are either jealous of your friends or need to choose better friends. My dog ate som ething bad one time and got SICK, he has never tried it again. Take lessons from him.
Sat, 03.01.2009 06:21
I don't really understand this comment. If the man who loaned these people money that the bank could never recoup, why would he be relaxed drinking a beer? Unless he is no longer associated with [...]