News in Jefferson, Colorado
Jefferson Co. leaders seek state's help with county's fiscal crisis
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:14:27 -0800
Financially-troubled Jefferson County hopes lawmakers will provide a revenue fix to prevent more cuts to jobs and services.
Jefferson Co. says tax helped attract new employer
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:10:49 -0800
JOHN WORTHEN Arkansas Democrat-Gazette PINE BLUFF, Ark. Collections from Jefferson County's three-eighths percent economic-development sales tax are in line to meet projected revenue goals. And, already, officials plan to use a portion of the funds to help attract a new company. The tax, approved by voters last February, is expected to generate $3.5 million annually for economic development ...
Jefferson Co., most wanted arrested in Chicago
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:49:20 -0800
Authorities say that on Jan. 29, Antonio L. Williams, 19, was arrested in Chicago after being approached for an alleged curfew violation.
Two arrested in Jefferson Co. for manufacturing methamphetamine
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:52:57 -0800
FAIRBURY—A call to a possible fight one mile west of Fairbury lead to two drug arrests Saturday night.
Bad News for Jefferson Co: Budget Relies on Prison Closures
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:13:48 -0800
The House moved forward on a budget that relies for savings on closing several prisons, rejecting pleas from tiny Jefferson County, where the planned closing of the local penitentiary could devastate the rural north Florida community's economy.
Jefferson Co. considers bounty for wolves, mountain lions
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:22:33 -0800
BOULDER- Jefferson County is considering rewarding hunters for killing wolves and mountain lions. The commission was asked to consider a bounty by a group of livestock producers who say they are losing money because of the damage these animals are doing to their livestock.
Jefferson Co. high school wrestler recovering from MRSA
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:51:00 -0800
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ohio -- Buckeye Local High School administrators said they are doing everything they can to keep others healthy after learning that a student athlete is being treated for a highly contagious infection. The student, who is a wrestler, is being treated for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. MRSA is a highly contagious staph bacteria that can be passed via open ...
Jefferson Co. Constable indicted in connection to shooting of suspected shoplifter
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:43:19 -0800
(WHAS11) - A controversial Jefferson County Constable, who has been in the news for the past few months, is now indicted for his role in the shooting of an alleged shoplifter. A grand jury indicted David Whitlock on felony counts of assault and wanton endangerment for the shooting involving a shopper at Wal-Mart in Southwest Jefferson County. Whitlock told WHAS11 that the indictment caught him ...
Jefferson Co. Commissioner Joe Knight on The Storms
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:06:37 -0800
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ala. (WIAT)- The morning after Monday's storms, Jefferson County Commissioner Joe Knight stopped by our studios to talk about the clean-up process.
Jefferson Co. budget is put into question
Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:32:25 -0800
STEUBENVILLE - Jefferson County commissioners expressed anger at the county auditor's office for what the commissioners said was a false sense of warning concerning the 2012 county budget.