After four months of waiting and setbacks, a new water well in Perkins is up and running. The well became operational on ...

Jenkins County Board of Education (BOE) member, Roy Cook, District #3, has served the local school system. On Dec. 16 Cook ...

Jenkins County Elementary School (JCES) is offering a new mentoring program for students in grades K-3. The program is led by MENTOR Georgia at the University of Georgia and is funded by the Deal ...

Voters across the state, including local voters, approved HB518 in the November General Election. The bill provides for significant changes impacting local gover ...

So this is Christmas. I hope you have fun. The near and the dear one. The old and the young. John Lennon sang those words so long ago that “the young” he referred to are now “the old”. And “the old” ...

A 2-vehicle accident that occurred Friday, Dec. 20, at the intersection of Hwy. 23 and the Millen By-pass claimed the life of Ashanee Dixon, 23, of Sardis. Dixon was an employee of the Neighbor’s ...

Bells Kraftin Galore is owned and operated by Shelby Bell. Shelby has always loved crafting and coming up with new ideas. Before opening up a craft shop she was a travel agent, but as her craft ...

Back then, before rural electrification, those without an icebox had to keep foods safe to eat by using common sense and folk tradition. They had a lot more of that back then than they do now because ...

Main Street Millen is the recipient of a $2,500 grant that will be used to grow and improve the Millen Produce Market. Mandy ...

No doubt most of us have watched “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” at least several times during our lifetime. It is a yearly tradition for many of us. But, do you know the story behind the story? The ...

Jenkins County Elementary School staff members nominated students for the November “FLY Student of the Month” to reward ...

The second component of HB581 creates a new statewide base-year homestead exemption that limits the increase in the taxable ...