Monthly Archives: April 2023

Members of the Jackson County Animal Shelter help unload dogs from the DogCoPilot.org airplane Wednesday at the Jackson County Airport – Reynolds Field.  Photo by Jeff Steers, JTV News. By Jeff Steers JTV News (April 26, 2023 3:20 PM ET) Seven members from the Jackson County Animal Shelter performed their own Dog Day Afternoon exercise on Wednesday. Instead of stealing money from a bank, they were stealing life for nearly a dozen dogs from Texas. Jackson County Animal Services Director Lydia Sattler said the county was working with an animal rescue organization in Texas to secure homes for the dogs.  “The source shelter in Texas runs an ongoing risk of euthanizing healthy, adoptable animals,” Sattler said in a press release. “We are thankful to have such a great community in Jackson and the surrounding areas … we know compassion does not stop at a county or state line.” Eleven dogs were flown from Texas to Jackson County Airport – Reynolds Field on Wednesday as part of the project by Athens Animal Rescue out of Texas. The organization works with Petco Love and DogCoPilot.org for the delivery of healthy dogs to shelters around the country.  The Athens Animal Rescue Shelter has…

(April 26, 2023 s:44 PM ET) The City of Jackson today announced the candidates for its upcoming 2023 elections.   First term Mayor Daniel Mahoney will face challengers Laura Dwyer Schlecte and John Wilson in the August 8 primary.  Both Schlecte and Wilson ran against Mahoney in the 2021 primary, with Wilson advancing to the November 2021 general election.  Mahoney was elected by a vote of 2,077 votes to Wilson’s 1,745 votes. Schlecte will be giving up her 4th Ward council seat by running for mayor.  Incumbents Martin Griffin, Treasurer and Councilmembers Freddie Dancy and Will Forgrave are seeking reelection. The City Clerk’s Office has confirmed the following candidates have successfully filed for the offices that are up for election this year. MAYOR Daniel Mahoney Laura Dwyer Schlecte John Wilson TREASURER Martin Griffin WARD 2 Peter Bormuth Freddie Dancy WARD 4 Diane Toman Conner Wood WARD 6 Stephen Ansuini Will Forgrave There will be no primary election for City Treasurer or races in Wards 2, 4 and 6 because only two or less candidates filed. These offices will be decided in the Tuesday, Nov. 7 election. A Citywide primary for Mayor will be held on Tuesday, Aug 8. The top…