November 25, 2009 RSS feed / News

Walmart donation

Walmart employees Paula Ivy (left) and Nikki Frith (right) assisted Officer Arvis Slack, Friday, Nov. 20, with selecting toys for the Jackson Police Department’s Operation Christmas. More...

Bama fans win

For the second year in a row, Alabama fans were the winners in a spirit contest at the Jackson Nutrition Center, during an Alabama - Auburn pep rally conducted by AseraCare personnel. The winners were awarded tailgating goodies for game day. More...

Art for Operation Christmas

Brianne Rowland (left), Elizabeth Arnesberg (right) and Zeb Ramey (not pictured) put their artistic talents to use by painting designs on the building at the corner of Commerce and Broad streets in Jackson, where the Jackson Police Department&rs More...

Presents toys

Felicia Jones (left), manager of the Dollar General Store, located on North College Avenue in Jackson, presented Jackson Police Officer Arvis Slack with toys, Friday, Nov. 20, for the depart More...

Tour Hampton Inn

Investors in the new Hampton Inn in Jackson toured the project last Thursday. Tom Bolton, the principal investor in Rabbit Creek Properties, LLC, led the tour of the $8 million, three-story, 70-room hotel. More...

Juvenile charged in thefts from JHS locker room and vehicle

Jackson Police Chief Charles Burge reported the Nov. 18 arrest of a 16- year-old Jackson juvenile in connection with the Oct. 23 burglary of the Jackson High School football team’s locker room and the Nov. 13 theft of $3,000 from a vehicle. More...

Washington County continues sewerage progress

Earlier in the 20th century, there was a popular slogan: “Progress grows where a power line goes.” Washington County is hoping that early in the 21st century “progress will grow where a sewerage line goes.” The first phase of More...

‘Aggressive campaign’ to fill New Era building under way

A “very aggressive” marketing campaign to promote and fill the soon-to-bevacant New Era Cap plant building in Jackson is under way, Clarke County Commissioners were told Tuesday. More...

Private firm has security tight at ClarkeCo Courthouse

Larry Davis, security coordinator for the Clarke County Courthouse, told commissioners Monday that Wackenhut Security personnel have done 8,601 screenings since taking over security checks at the courthouse in late October. More...

CCHS coach withdraws resignation

Clarke County High School Coach Allan Floyd withdrew his resignation prior to the Clarke County Board of Education meeting Thursday afternoon and said he would contest the recommendation to terminate his coaching and athletic director duties by CCHS More...