JCFEC Leadership Team!



City’s truck ordinance questioned




Millen City Council heard a local citizen’s concerns with the city’s regulation of trucks and tractor trailer rigs on city streets during a recent meeting of the group. Arthur L. Milton Jr. appeared before Council and discussed the burden upon truck drivers not being able to drive their trucks to their residences within the city and on city streets. It […]

Country Cooking With Sue Davis



This week’s column features kid-friendly recipes that your children and grandchildren will love making – and eating. So, get them in the kitchen and share your love of cooking with them. They are never too young to start learning how to cook! Pizza Toast 6 slices bread1 c. pizza sauce2 c. shredded Mozzarella cheese½ c. mini pepperoni1 T. parsley Preheat […]

BOOKING LOG

Jenkins County Jail Booking Log April 2 – April 8

Summer Flanagin – Possession of Methamphetamine, Possessionand Use of Drug Related Object, Purchase/Possession/Manufacture, Distribution or Sale of Marijuana; April 8; Jenkins CountySheriff’s Office.John Thomas Googe – Possession of Methamphetamine, DrugRelated Objects, Marijuana-Less Than 1 oz.; April 8; JenkinsCounty Sheriff’s Office.Jesse Hendley III – Posession of Methamphetamine, Marijuana-Less Than 1 oz., Possession and Use of Drug Related Objects;April 8, Jenkins County […]

The Chatter Box



Well, Mother Nature is still on a rampage! She just can’t decide whether it’s winter or spring with these flip-flopping temperatures. And I can’t decide how to dress, even after listening to the weather forecast for the day on television. Winter may rule the morning with cool or even cold temperatures, but by noon Spring has taken over and it’s […]

Don Lively

HEARTFELT

Three hundred ninety four million two hundred thousand. Or, 394,200,000. Heartbeats. Mine. That’s approximately how many times my heart has beaten since a young surgeon held it in his hands exactly ten years ago this week. That’s a lot of beats. I thank the Lord for every single one. It’s hard to fathom that it’s been a decade since that […]

Slim Randles

HOME COUNTRY

Billy’s been a busy guy ever since he became the official town dog here. Sally had been the town dog until she passed away on Doc’s porch, and then Billy’s owner died just two weeks after that, so it was something of a natural progression. Sometimes offices are filled without an election. The high school wood shop boys built Billy […]

In Memory

Happy Birthday! In Heaven Mom!

Thinking of you every day since you went away. We know you’re there to stay, And we’ll be there with you someday. You can show us the way and we’ll have a lot to say. Husband, Children andGrandchildren

Frances Royal



Sylvania – Frances Royal, age 90, passed away on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at her residence in Sylvania. She was born in Screven County, GA to the late Wesley Austin and Laura Dena Bassett Royal. She was a homemaker and was a member of Antioch Christian Church. She was preceded in death by her parents and sister, Janie Royal Durcinka. […]

Robert Lewis Pierce, Sr.



Mr. Robert Lewis Pierce, Sr. Age 85, of Millen went to be with his heavenly father on Friday at PruittHealth- Bethany Nursing Home. He was a lifelong resident of Millen. He was a retired insurance underwriter, an avid horseman, outdoorsman, and member of Oak Hill Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his father, Rev. and Mrs. Lamar Pierce; […]