News for Pickens County, GA By Dan Pool, Editor dpool@pickensprogress.com This week marks National Newspaper Week, with its 2026 motto: “Rooted in community and committed to truth.” That sums up… ...

Barbara Evans Barbara Marie Evans, 93, of Jasper, Georgia, passed away Saturday, October 3, 2026 at Tranquility Hospice at Kennesaw Mountain in Marietta. She was born September 16, 1933 in Woodstock, ...

By Wendy Kaplan Serve Pickens, a non-profit organization serving Pickens County non-profits, is gearing up for its annual ...

By Ty Tagami, Bureau Chief Capitol Beat News Service ATLANTA — New research from a Georgetown University policy organization ...

Big slate of state offices, one local commission post, several questions make for lengthy ballot Elections Supervisor Stacey ...

John Sloope This notice of his passing will be followed in later days by a full obituary. John B. Sloope, 98, of Forsyth, GA (previously Jasper, GA) passed away at his home September 14, 2026. He was ...

By Ty Tagami, Bureau Chief Capitol Beat News Service ATLANTA — For the third time this year, Gov. Brian Kemp ordered a ...

Donors, public invited to Open House October 9 It was mid-morning on a Friday, and the CARES food pantry was a flurry of ...

The Pride of Pickens Marching Band attended their first competition of 2026 on Saturday, September 26th and put on a ...

It is that time of year where most are waiting for the lifting of the burn ban. To some it is a chance to clean up yards and ...

“We don’t want him to be remembered as the pedestrian that got killed,” says family It hadn’t even been three weeks since Timmy Martin passed away in an August 23rd accident in west Pickens County, ...