A routine traffic stop results in a high speed chase through Jenkins and Burke counties.Read the details in next week’s edition of The Millen News.
School System Budget Cuts
Local school system is hit hard by state budget cuts. Details in the March 31 edition of The Millen News.
Easter “Eggs” travaganza
Millen Better Hometown will sponsor its annual community Easter “Eggs”travaganza 11 a.m. Saturday, April 3, at the little ball fields by the old Edenfield’s Feed and Seed location. Find all the details in next week’s edition.
Scholarships available to seniors
The price for higher education is getting more expensive each year. But, Planters Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) can help defray the cost of college tuition by offering scholarships exclusively to high school seniors who are children of cooperative members. The scholarships are made available thanks to a 2005 Georgia law change, which now al- low cooperatives to use unclaimed capital […]
4-H’ers compete in District Project Achievement
4-H’ers recently competed at Rock Eagle 4-H Center for Junior/Senior District Project Achievement. District Project Achievement (DPA) involves a 4-H’er picking a project of their choice and presenting the project in front of a panel of judges and other 4-H’ers. DPA teaches 4-H’ers public speaking and other important lifeskills. Jenkins County had 19 4-H’ers participating. Participating were, from left, first […]