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Water service disruption Wed. for some Cove Rd. homes 27 Aug 2013 | 01:49 am
Homes served by the City of Jasper water system on Cove Road (from 1840 Cove Road east to Bent Tree Drive) may be without water part of Wednesday between the hours of 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. while crews ...
Ga. Supreme Court to hear appeal in death penalty case 26 Aug 2013 | 11:16 pm
0 0 1 387 2212 Pickens Progress 18 5 2594 14.0 96 800x600 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Atlanta, August 26, 2013 – The Supreme Court of Georgia has unanimously agre...
Fatal shooting on Hwy. 108 under investigation 26 Aug 2013 | 05:49 pm
0 0 1 105 599 Pickens Progress 4 1 703 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE The sheriff’s office and GBI are continuing to sort out details of a fatal shoo...
1000 runners expected at Pickens Preview Sat. 23 Aug 2013 | 06:03 pm
Pickens cross country teams ranked high in pre-season polls The PHS boys’ and girls’ Cross Country teams will be in action this Saturday in a meet they will host, the 2013 Pickens Preview XC I...
Heightened police presence at schools following incidents 21 Aug 2013 | 08:28 pm
Pickens Sheriff Press Release Pickens County Georgia, August 21, 2013: The Pickens Sheriff’s Office is working closely with the Pickens County Board of Education to increase a law enforcement pres...
Tax digest drops 1.3% 21 Aug 2013 | 07:30 pm
Values down $48M from previous year See the print or online edition to see proposed millage rate changes from the school board and county board of commissioners As members of the school board ...
Serving preppers, vets, and everyday Joes 21 Aug 2013 | 07:25 pm
From gas masks to zombie supplies at X Military Stuff X Military Stuff owner Joe Kirk makes an effort to offer a varied assortment of military surplus items at his Jasper store. The cam...
Accelerated Reader program dropped at schools 21 Aug 2013 | 07:16 pm
The Pickens school system dropped Accelerated Reader, a program designed to assess a student’s reading comprehension level, at the beginning of the academic year, citing a “significant i...
Affordable Care Act Overview 21 Aug 2013 | 07:05 pm
A look at the implementation of the new healthcare policies in Georgia By Pam O’Dell Capitol Reporter On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Com...
Plenty of bears roaming Jasper streets 21 Aug 2013 | 06:46 pm
This bear was caught off Navaho Trail in Jasper last week. Just a few days later a different bear was seen on the same road. “You can’t accuse every bear of being aggressive or getting too ...
