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Guys and Dolls opens this week

Get ready to be wowed at the most recent Tater Patch Players production, where the cast is big, the music is bigger, and the sets will take you from the streets of New York to the Biltmore Garage and back. See page 14A for details.




Nelson Council votes to change duties of mayor

The Nelson City Council has initiated changes to the city charter that will alter duties and powers of the town mayor's David Leister. See story on page 10A.


Top Stories
  • School starts Tuesday in Pickens County
  • Crescent Bank closed, to be reopened by Renasant Bank-- all deposits safe
  • Monday lightning strikes result in three structure fires, four dead horses
  • Candlelight vigil held for slain mother; neighbors remember second shooting victim Wayne Poole
  • Commissioner reluctantly repeals firearm ordinance, presents audit at monthly meeting
  • Fundraising underway to help save WIVL radio
  • School Supply Lists
  • Donate to help support CARES' back-to-school program
  • Progress files request for sealed documents from grand jury investigation of schools
  • MCT hikers take to the stream
  • REVISED -- Lowe wins one school board seat; Mitton and Fincher in runoff for second
  • Two dead, one hospitalized following triple shooting in Whitestone area
  • Bent Tree group opposes any deer kill options in future forest plan
  • Jasper in top 30th percentile of Census' incorporated places

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  • Get precinct-by-precinct election results from last week's primaries. See pages 11A and 6B for your area's totals.
  • Get Creative to sell your home -- Real estate expert offers tips on doing what you can to sell a home in a less-than-desirable market, Page 6B

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  • Cloud computing, something small business may want to consider
  • iPad or iFad? --- From the Progress Tech Columnist
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  • Experiment with different browsers to see what works best for you
  • Ubuntu offers great way to extend life of older computers
  • No cable television, No problem -- a look at video online
  • A look at cell phones


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Historic Photo Series on Display at Old Jail - A series of photos taken by educator and map-maker John Willis Henley depicting life in Pickens County around 1900 are on display at the Old Jail museum on Main Street. See story on page 14A for hours and more information.

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Recent Stories
  • Holy Spirit Ranch scales back summer activities due to looming foreclosure
  • Pickens bank robber police chase caught on video
  • Armed robbery at Crescent Bank ends in high-speed chase
  • Pickens 81st fastest growing county in nation
  • Mayor's Duck Race coming this Saturday
  • June unemployment rate declines slightly to 10.0 percent
  • Overdue honor now in place for fallen soldier David Collins
  • Community helps cancer survivor after theft of empty cans
  • Commissioner meets July 1 -- agenda
  • Special Grand Jury concludes investigation of school's reporting in recent teacher/student sex case
  • May unemployment rate unchanged at 10.4 percent here
  • Rescued” kitten exposed Cherokee County family and vet assistant to rabies
  • Walmart plans to hire 285 for Jasper store
  • Celebrate summer and art at solstice festival, June 22
  • Theft of empty cans leaves cancer survivor lacking gas/food money
  • Commissioner says downtown land purchase just parking for now
  • Area door-to-door Census on schedule
  • Road hearings June 10th look at Wal Mart impact; abandoned roads
  • Shooting the Breeze with Willie Mae Weaver
  • Summer events at library
  • Local land trust sponsors five-mile hike June 5
  • Board of Education candidates to speak to Republicans
  • 15 traffic deaths in Georgia predicted over Memorial Day holiday
  • $1.7M on chopping block in 2011 school budget
  • Property tax collections on schedule
  • Agenda from Commissioner's May 27th meeting
  • April unemployment rate declines to 10.4 percent
  • Jasperse humbled by election to state house; opponent Moss in consideration over continuing with primary campaign
  • D.A. seeks grand jury investigation into alternative school decision
  • Winners of the 2010 Sassafras Literary Exchange's youth writing contest
  • Multi-person commission, uphill racing legislation updates
  • Seven school board candidates enter race
  • Golf carts will roll on Jasper's backstreets
  • Boom, bust, rock bottom: County issues just one house permit in March
  • Amanda Mercier appointed as superior court judge
  • Airport expansion projects nearing completion
  • Jasper: Besieged by buzzards
  • State legislature’s property tax meddling criticized at Board of Assessors meeting
  • Annual road race not across finish line yet, commissioner says
  • Good Samaritan admissions up 25 percent
  • Georgia Lottery announces record first half; presents Pickens County benefits
  • Amicalola EMC sued over easement policy
  • Bomb Hoax at JMS leads to evacuation
  • Impassioned public turns out to hear about commission alternatives
  • $5.3 million in property taxes still uncollected
  • Click here to view multi-person commission draft legislation for the 2010 election
  • Website tracking North Ga. politics

Community Interest Stories

2010 Pickens High School Graduates

  • Local man debuts Civil War novel set in Pickens County
  • Pickens County recycling primer
  • Modern hawk hunting keeps falconry soaring in North Georgia
  • From the pen of Ben McCollum: A personal account of a Civil War killing
  • Signing On, Jasper: All-handicapped operated radio station in Jasper gives a voice to the disabled
  • Hans Rueffert takes over Woodbridge Inn after parents hang up the apron
  • North Georgia project holds rich promise for last golden warblers
  • Cherokee storyteller Freeman Owle captivates Reinhardt College audience
  • Lives being transformed in weight loss, nutrition program
  • Organic living in the modern age, without the trendy pretension
  • Weaving tragedy and humor - Georgia author of the year Ray Atkins discusses second novel
  • What happened to marble jobs here?
  • Website tracking North Ga. politics
  • An Appalachian Voice on Edward Townsend (1789-1860) Part II
  • Run-down Armadillo found near Talking Rock
  • Confederate grave marked at Bethesda Church in Nelson
  • Slow food movement picking up speed
  • County property inventory
  • New website recognizes Pickens Veterans
  • The ‘Sacred Harp’ tradition of singing: Still alive and well
  • Taking the banjo back to the pre-recording days
  • Scam ad in Progress turned over to GBI - Fraud fastest growing, hardest to solve crime

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