By Suellen Reitz There are several big cons in Atlanta… but who wants to pay those exorbitant entrance fees and fight the ...

Review finds two-thirds of the money went to administration rather than medical assistance By Ty Tagami, Bureau Chief Capitol ...

During the city of Jasper’s comprehensive planning open house, a brief debate arose over affordable housing, with one person opining that if young people scrimped and saved more, they could afford ...

Jack VanSant John “Jack” Mattox VanSant, 79, of Midlothian, Virginia, passed away peacefully on 18, 2025. Jack was born in Jasper, Georgia, to the late James Paul and Martha Alice VanSant. He graduat ...

Cash prizes for fiction, non-fiction  & poetry Submitted by William Young, Sassafras Literary Vice President For those of you ...

The vigil for the slain right-wing conservative activist and founder of Turning Point USA Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated on September 10, packed the courthouse lawn Friday evening with a crowd ...

The Pickens County Board of Education has proposed rolling back its property tax (millage) rate from 12.2 to 11.34. This cut, ...

Follow this link for the 2025 Fall & Festival Guide, where you can find info about all of the upcoming fall events in Pickens County.

During a recent trip, my family and I went into a McDonald’s in North Carolina on a Sunday and were taken aback to see a young man sitting near the door with his wife/girlfriend wearing a cap that ...