Millen News wins GPA photo award
This photograph of the December 2006 train derailment near the Scarboro crossing earned The Millen News a second place award in the "Spot News Photograph" category of the 2006 Better Newspaper Contest, sponsored by the Georgia Press Association. The newspaper also won second place, Local News Coverage; second place, "The Chatter Box", Humorous Column; and third place, Feature Story Writing. The three feature stories submitted were: "Boulineaus Face Parents Worst Nightmare" on Matthew Boulineau's vehicle accident, "A Cheap Alternative" on Wayne Burke's alternative fuel production and "Tragedy Brings Blessing" on the friendship of Johnnie Mae Sherrod and Randy Rosen. (Photo by Deborah Bennett)