The Millen Garden Council, composed of the Green Thumb, Magnolia, and Millen Garden Clubs, will sponsor a Christmas Decorations contest on Monday, December 12. More...
Main Street Millen hosted the third annual Small Business Saturday on Nov. 26th. Numerous businesses and merchants participated, offering special deals throughout the day. More...
Edmund Burke Academy BETA Club has been named a National BETA School of Distinction for 2016-17. This is the second year in a row that the EBA BETA Club has earned this honor. More...
Thanksgiving is over! But, the turkey still remains… It never fails. That Thanksgiving turkey just lingers around for a week after the holiday is over. More...
Jones Temple to host Men and Women’s Day Men and Women’s Day will be celebrated at Jones Temple Baptist church Dec. 11th. Sunday School begins at 10:30 a.m. Rev. Matthew Davis Sr. is the pastor. More...
North Jenkins VFD to host cane grinding The North Jenkins Volunteer Fire Department Station 3 will host an old-fashioned cane grinding and syrup cooking event Saturday, Dec. 3rd, beginning at 7 a.m. at Scarboro Bluff. More...
Hortense Wiggins Mock Kessler, age 92, of Millen died Sunday, November 20, 2016 at Doctors Hospital in Augusta. She was a native of Jenkins County, a retired seamstress for Maazol Mfg. Co., and was a member of the Rosemary Baptist Church. More...
Use of the old county jail as a pet rescue facility by the Jenkins County K-911 nonprofit organization remains under consideration by the Jenkins County Commissioners. More...
During a recent meeting of Millen City Council, a bid from Radiance Solar was approved for the city’s solar project. The $940,976 bid was the only one received for the project. More...
Census reports indicate 10,188 bales of cotton were ginned in Jenkins County from the crop of 1935 prior to Nov. 14, as compared to 7,077 bales ginner through Nov. 14, 1934. The Millen News advertises annual subscriptions for $1. More...
Most of you probably agree that it was comically ridiculous for some folks to say they’d leave our country if their presidential candidate (Clinton or Trump) did not win. More...
(Reprinted) I missed the funeral. I didn’t hear that my old friend had passed away until a few days after he’d been buried. Of course the news brought me some sadness. He was way too young to die. More...
