In an attempt to help improve academic performance at Jenkins County Middle School, the eighth grade teaching team is implementing an after school peer tutoring program. Tutors may volunteer to serve in the capacity as a peer helper. The role of the peer tutor is to assist other eighth grade stud... More...

Anyone who wants the latest information about crop prices, pending U.S. farm and energy policies, weather forecasts or water conservation should attend at least one of the five meetings planned across Georgia the week of Jan. 28. More...

"Hello, my name is Ruffy, and I need your help. My owners accidentally drove off and left me behind at a trash dumpster. I tried to follow their vehicle as long as I could, but I just could not keep up with them. I am sure they must be looking for me now, so I am just waiting at the dumpster for t... More...

When local voters cast their ballots in the Presidential Preference Election of Feb 5, they will also vote on whether or not the present one-cent Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) should be renewed for an additional six years. The present SPLOST will expire in March. This is not an a... More...

Dear Editor, I was surprised last week when my two grandsons, Mason and Cad Davis, and their friend, Dillon Fields, came to my beauty shop and asked me to buzz all their hair off. I thought they were kidding. They explained to me that their friend at school, Ricky Evans, was having brain surge... More...

Gospel Fest 2008 Gospel Fest 2008 will be held 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, at the Olde Pal Theatre located next to Cindy's Café on Cotton. The event will feature many local artists, music groups, choirs and praise dance teams coming together to praise the Lord. Refreshments will be served. All pr... More...

We thought of you with love today, But that is nothing new. We thought about you yesterday, And days before that, too. We think of you in silence, We often speak your name. Now all we have is memories, And your picture in a frame. More...

Eggs and Issues breakfast scheduled for Feb. 23 The annual Eggs and Issues legislative breakfast is scheduled for 8 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, at Krystal's Taste of Kountry. Tickets are $5 each and may be purchased from the Millen- Jenkins County Chamber of Commerce or at Krystal's. More...

Lindsey Renee Roberts and Alan Way Sims were married at 6 p.m. Nov. 3, 2007 at Second Ponce de Leon Baptist Church in Atlanta. Dr. David Sapp officiated the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William G. Roberts of McCormick, S.C. and the granddaughter of Mrs. Gerald R. Roberts an... More...

Forage testing is becoming more and more important in the everyday management of beef cattle and the hay marketing business. A basic service that UGA offers is testing forage species (bermuda, peanut, bahia, millet, etc.). Forage quality changes with maturity and storage, therefore, a forage test ... More...

Floy Burke Saxon, 98, widow of her husband of 63 years, Joseph B. Saxon, died Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008. Her funeral was held 2:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 18, at Dry Branch Baptist Church with the Revs. Ray Freeman and Mike Dann officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery. More...

Mr. and Mrs. Johnny King of Coolidge announce the engagement of their daughter, Anna Lynn Burgess of Millen, to David Edmund Amiss of Statesboro, son of Mr. and Mrs. Craig Londberg of Thomasville and Mr. David James Amiss of Las Vegas, Nev. More...

As the Georgia General Assembly moves quickly toward convening the 2008 legislative session, we are all focused on the important issues of water resources, tax reform, transportation, education, and healthcare. More...