Football teams open sectionals on road Oct 6, 2006
2006 Jackson County Banner 116 E Cross Street, Brownstown, IN 47220. (Brownstown Jackson County Banner, IN)
Performances Oct 6, 2006
ANDY STEIN'S BLUE FOUR: Jackson County Community Concerts will open its 67th season with Andy Stein's Blue Four at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12, at South Medford High School Auditorium, 815 S. Oakdale Ave., Medford. The program will range from novelty and hot jazz to ballads, including works of Ellington, Waller, Gershwin, Berlin, Kern, and Fields and McHugh. (Mail Tribune, OR)
Emergency Services Oct 5, 2006
He was lodged in the Jackson County Jail without bail. Drugs Michael Brian Ferdik, 40, of the 1000 block of North Riverside Avenue, Medford. (Mail Tribune, OR)
Officials lobby for timber funds Sep 16, 2006
Jackson County officials claim headway this week convincing Capitol Hill to back a federal timber program that funnels $23 million annually into local government ... A one-year extension would give the county extra time to better prepare for tighter budgets in Jackson County ... Jackson County schools receive an additional $1. (Mail Tribune, OR)
Gilmour, Smith plan D.C. blitz Sep 8, 2006
Two Jackson County commissioners will embark next week on a last-ditch effort to save a $23 million federal timber program that pays for sheriff's patrols, libraries, roads and health services ... Federal regulations have curtailed the amount of timber harvests on federal lands in Jackson County over the years ... Jackson County is in better shape than other counties in Oregon. (Mail Tribune, OR)
Does Atlanta need this? Sep 7, 2006
However, Arrowhead is nearly 35 years old though but a much needed renovation measure passed earlier this year for a 3/8 cent sales tax for Jackson County, Missouri over the next 25 years otherwise, the Chiefs threatened to build in the state of Kansas. The game experience, however, much different, the Georgia Dome is in much better condition so why let it go to waste now. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Drug bust yields more than 150 pounds of marijuana Sep 3, 2006
The officer then notified Jackson County Sheriff Deputy Chuck Benish to assist with the search ... Jackson County Sheriff David Lucas was notified and Jackson County Criminal Investigation Division units responded to the scene ... McDevitt was transported to the Jackson County Detention Center where he was booked on charges of possession of a controlled substance - marijuana with intent to deliver, possession of drug paraphernalia and following too close. (Newport Daily Independent, AR)
Complete Story Aug 25, 2006
District-3-5 Casey County, Garrard County, Jackson County, Somerset, Taylor County, Wayne County. District-3-6 Breathitt County, Cawood, Estill County, Fleming County, Powell County. (Bradstown Kentucky Standard, KY)
DEA busts Mexican meth ring in rural Georgia, call it a 'record-breaking seizure' Aug 23, 2006
Deputy Kimsey Gray was transporting four prisoners in chains and leg irons from the Jackson County Courthouse when one of them grabbed a gun and shot him, authorities said. The inmate sped away, with the injured deputy with him in the van, but got only about 100 yards before he was shot by two other deputies, Sheriff Stan Evans said. (North County Times)
N.C. joins baited vaccine effort to try to stop rabies' spread Aug 7, 2006
In North Carolina, bait will be dropped in parts of Buncombe, Haywood, Madison, Mitchell, Swain and Yancey counties and the northeast tip of Jackson County. Rabies is a virus that affects the central nervous system of mammals, including humans. (Herald Sun)
Yates found not guilty by reason of insanity in drowning deaths Jul 27, 2006
He stared at the sidewalk as officers led him into the Jackson County Courthouse where Circuit Judge William Vance set a tentative Dec. 13 trial date ... The teen apparently had been arguing with relatives over gutting a deer during a hunting trip about 20 miles south of Seymour, said Jackson County Prosecutor Stephen Pierson. (North County Times)
Cops: Teen Confesses In Sniper Case Jul 26, 2006
Zachariah Blanton was arrested earlier in the day and was jailed in Jackson County. He faced preliminary charges of murder, attempted murder and criminal recklessness, prosecutor Stephen Pierson said. (CBS News)
Rihanna Lets Fans Be Her Guide, Selects Summer Jam 'We Ride' As Next Single Jul 7, 2006
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Was the 2004 Election Stolen? Jun 4, 2006
6) Meg Landers, Mail Tribune (Jackson County, OR), September 21, 2004. 7) Mark Brunswick and Pat Doyle, ''Voter Registration; 3 former workers: Firm paid pro-Bush bonuses; One said he was told his job was to bring back cards for GOP voters,'' Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN), October 27, 2004. (Ocnus.net)
The Big Sleazy Jun 3, 2006
According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, this fellow, assigned a trash-hauling job, loaded up his truck from a dump site in Jackson County, Miss. then pulled around to the entrance tower to the same dump site in order to earn a fee. (Forbes)
Woman Plagued By Horse Carcass In Backyard May 26, 2006
By Sunday, it had shifted onto her property in Jackson County. "Somebody needs to move it," Roberts said. (KIRO TV, WA)
Dead Horse Washes Ashore in Woman's Yard May 25, 2006
(AP) A dead horse has washed up in Judy Roberts' backyard, and the Jackson County woman is trying to find a way to get rid of the carcass, along with the stench. Roberts discovered the horse in the Ohio River on Friday. (CBS News)
12 Golden questions May 4, 2006
Golden is a mediator, author and former Jackson County Commissioner. He lives in Ashland. (Ashland Daily Tidings, OR)
Sarah "Sally" Helen Naas / Artist drowned in kayak accident Apr 30, 2006
She taught art for 25 years at four elementary schools in Jackson County, W.Va. She also was a musician and played the flute and hammered dulcimer. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Is there life outside the Perimeter? Apr 27, 2006
In Jackson County the Sheriff s office had the regular cop cars locked up and impounded because they didn t want them having the same color of lights as the Sheriff s office. How petty is that crap. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Sayre caps championship season with all-state captaincy Mar 31, 2006
In what many considered a wide-open affair at the Class AA state boys basketball tournament, perhaps only folks associated with the Ravenswood roundball program expected a state championship from the Jackson County school. Despite finishing the season ranked No. 1 in the Associated Press poll, the Red Devils were relegated to the three seed at the state tournament behind Weir and Logan. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Poised for growth Mar 27, 2006
RAVENSWOOD A few hundred vacant acres near Interstate 77 could put this Jackson County town on the map for retail, commercial and housing development. Ravenswood will be a residential community for all of that construction in Ohio. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Business)
