5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (895+ words) No time like the present, that’s the sentiment of County Commissioners’ Chair Mark Letson about school repairs and the recent no vote on issuing a multi-million-dollar school bond and referendum. “It’s disappointing that we didn’t give the citizens of the…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (159+ words) Community at a Crossroads C.S. Lewis once stated that “The greatest evils in our history have been the result of gradual changes.” Sometimes the death of a community can’t be attributed to one single event, but to many deeds of immorality…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (169+ words) Fill-in-the-bubble season is upon us. Absentee ballots for the Nov. 3 midterm election go out Friday, Elections Director Amanda Allen said. “You can request an absentee ballot all the way through 5 p.m. Friday afternoon, Oct. 20,” she said. “We are going to…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (866+ words) Another lengthy conversation on a proposed school bond referendum for November’s ballot turned testy with some county commissioners making it clear residents need to take responsibility for the current conundrum. Discussion at the Aug. 18 regular meeting was over Resolution 26-13 approving…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (476+ words) Clerk of Court Kim Poteet gives new Board of Elections member David Brooks the oath while Elections Chair Bill Thompson holds the Bible. The Jackson County Board of Elections voted Dec. 9 to recommend that the State Board send voters in…...