Rezoning on Pettit passed but neighbors express flooding concerns County commissioners finalized their work for a $31 million bond, borrowing against a projected $63 million in sales tax revenue over ...

A gold bill passed the state Senate By Mark Niesse Staff Writer Capitol Beat News Service ATLANTA — Forget paper money.

Early Monday morning, a round of severe weather rolled through Pickens County. If you’re like us and have already signed up for the county’s new weather alert system, you received numerous calls about ...

A VA clinic employee was shot Tuesday afternoon, March 17 after a gunman entered the Jasper facility at approximately 1:30 ...

Submitted by Jasper Lions Club After decades of service to children, families, and community organizations across Pickens ...

Georgia has some of the loosest gun laws in the nation, but a bill to remove the state’s restriction on silencers tested lawmakers’ limits.The gun silencer bill fell four votes short in the House on ...

Georgia legislators are preparing for fierce debates on tax cuts, data centers, and voting during the final sprint of lawmaking this year.After last week’s deadline for bills to pass either the House ...

Angry ex-employee attempted to set car ablaze at Waffle House A chaotic scene broke out at a Waffle House in Jasper on Sunday, when a disgruntled former employee slashed a manager’s tires and ...

Our county’s outspoken chief tax appraiser Roy Dobbs, who has been in that role for decades, will occasionally make the point that any time you offer property tax breaks for certain categories or ...

County Commissioner Tippens unopposed Qualifying has ended for the primary election this May, with three school board seats ...

Submitted by K. Natalie Ayres, Jr. Community Developer North Georgia Community Action, The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Cooling Program administered by the Georgia Division of Family and Children ...

The Sassafras Literary Exchange is now accepting entries for its annual Adult Writing Con-test, open to local writers age 18 and older. Writers may submit original work in three categories: fiction, ...