By Taylor Jarrett Intern Reporter Following a record-breaking turnout in the May 19 Primary Election, Georgia voters are ...

Peggy Jordan Ms. Peggy Jordan, 75, of Talking Rock, Georgia, passed away peacefully at her home May 29, 2026. She was born on July 18, 1950, to the late Bill Cowart and Ruth Fouts Cowart. Peggy was a ...

By Ty Tagami, Bureau Chief Capitol Beat News Service ATLANTA — The policies that Georgia uses to approve or deny services for ...

Do YOU have what it takes? As part of the America 250 Independence Day festivities, the Jasper Lions Club is hosting ...

Pop-up shower frustrates plans By Taylor Jarrett Intern Reporter For the first time since the turn of the century, Pickens ...

Donald Franklin White, 82, of Jasper, Georgia, passed away Saturday, November 22, 2025 at Piedmont Mountainside Hospital. He was born May 8, 1943 to Lewis and Pearl White in Canton, Georgia. Don is ...

Several Georgia lawmakers saw their careers end Tuesday night while others got a chance to climb the ladder to higher office ...

Staff Reports The Pickens High School Dragons brought home the school’s first-ever boys state athletic championship Monday ...

Submitted by Pickens Arts & Cultural Alliance ArtWalk Jasper returns on Saturday, May 30, from 2-8 p.m. along Main Street, ...

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News for Pickens County, GA Your photo album is waiting to be filled By Angela Reinhardt, Staff Writer areinhardt@pickensprogress.com This week’s Progress, which is overflowing with end-of-year school ...