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County Commission approves Vehicle Lease Program for Sheriff’s Department Suzette Lowe Reporter Sheriff Ross Mellinger presented the Jackson County Commission with a proposed change in the method of replacing police cruisers. The Fleet Management Program would allow the sheriff’s department to enter a lease agreement with Enterprise Fleet Management rather than purchasing one cruiser per year which is the current procedure. Funds for purchasing cruisers come from the capital project line item of $76,000 from the county budget. The remainder of the funds needed are taken from the concealed...

Operation Centennial Sweep a success Barbara Layton Reporter Newly elected Jackson County Sheriff Ross Mellinger is making a big impact in his first few weeks in office, by holding one of the state’s largest warrant sweeps to date. Mellinger said the term “centennial” was coined based on the goal of 100 drug targets, distributors and dealers, that the departments set out to catch in Jackson County alone. “We actually exceeded that by coming up with 113 fresh new warrants,” he said. “Charges vary from methamphetamine to heroin to fentanyl to cocaine to prescription narcotics, marij...

Elected officials take office Jan. 1 By Barbara Layton Reporter Several officials were recently sworn in at the Jackson County Courthouse. Offices from Magistrate to Jackson County Sheriff and everything in between will be gaining new faces, and some returning, beginning on Jan. 1, 2021. Those sworn in to the Magistrate's office include Magistrate Laura Pursley and her assistant Sarah Murray, as well as Magistrate Jackie Casto and her assistant Tamra Melhorn.  Mitch Morrison was sworn in for his second term as Jackson County Commissioner.  "I want to thank the voters for their confidence in...