Millen City Council participated in a Planning Retreat Feb. 6 held at the Round’s on Winthrope Venue building. A highlight of ...

Jenkins County Middle/ High School Principal Rob Gray will not return for the 2025-2026 school term. The Jenkins County Board ...

I have a bird feeder in my backyard that I had to relocate. The tree in which it hung was brought down by Hurricane Helene. I ...

The Planters Electric Membership Corp. Board of Directors has announced the selection of Norman Williams as the cooperative’s ...

Jenkins County had nine white schools and 27 black schools. Through consolidation in the 1952-1953 school year, there were three white schools and five black schools. In January 1955, contracts were ...

Back then, a treat was a treat. Poverty was only part of the reason adults and kids had few true treats, the sort of things we are surrounded by and are jaded about. Even when prosperous times came, ...

During a meeting of the Jenkins County Development Authority on Jan. 23 at Millen City Hall, it was announced that plans are progressing for the location of the Ametri plant in the new industrial park ...

Back in the days when work was bone-deep hard and money was so scarce that people often barded for necessities, Mama recalled many stories of that time. Like most teenagers, I half listened but asked ...

Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns introduced school-safety legislation Monday stemming from last year’s school shooting in Barrow County that killed two teachers and two students. The comprehensive ...

Pre-K Registration will be held March 19 at the Jenkins County Elementary School. Registration Slot Sign-Up starts March 3. Enrollment Steps: Visit JCES during school hours March 3 - March 18 to ...

Well, I do declare!” That was an often-used exclamation used by one of Mama’s best friends and our closest neighbor “back in the day”. She used the phrase so often that her daughter and my sister, ...

A 2-vehicle accident that occurred on the Ogeechee River Bridge around 7:45 a.m. Feb. 5 claimed the life of Manuel Garcia, 59, of Jacksonville, FL. Garcia was a passenger in a 2009 Saturn Astra driven ...