Chamber of Commerce Holiday Happenings

December 5: Christmas in Millen 3-5 p.m. Come out and enjoy this annual event on Cotton Avenue. Shop, play games, and have your picture taken with Santa! Local merchants will be open with Christmas specials! The JCMHS art students will also have an art show at Multitude Venue. Kids may participate in making crafts as well. December 9: Hometown Holiday […]

Happening at Magnolia Springs State Park

Under Friendly Fire Saturday, Dec 4, 2021 10 AM to 11 AM A healthy environment is hard to maintain over the years, but one of nature’s best ways of doing so is through fire. Discover how fire can be helpful instead of harmful to the natural world while learning how to build your own. We’ll go over fire safety in […]

EVENTS Mark Your Calendar

Nov 1-Dec. 4: St. Nicholas Toy Box applications will be available at The Millen News, Jenkins County Chamber of Commerce, Project for Better Health, Jenkins County Family Enrichment Center, Spring Creek Auction and Eagle Pharmacy. Applications must be postmarked no later than Dec. 4, 2021. Thursday, Dec. 2: All Fired Up! Is back at the Roxie Remley Center in Statesboro. […]

Bulloch County to hold Christmas market

The Downtown Statesboro Development Authority will be hosting its annual Holiday Celebration on Friday, Dec. 3 from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. This free F1RST Friday event is sure to provide an enchanting evening for the entire community to enjoy. There will be no shortage of holiday cheer for this community celebration, featuring a chili cook-off contest, holiday shopping, hayride, […]

From the Editor’s Desk



Sometimes I wonder if I have dementia, or Alzheimer’s, or if I’m just plain crazy. It’s probably a lot of the latter, I can hear some of you saying. The truth is, I can do some weird stuff. Last week the bank called me early in the morning. “Mr. Joe, I have a deposit here for Spring Creek but the […]

Journey of Faith

Hope Beyond Hope

Pastor Brad Asbury pastorbradasbury@gmail.com The celebration of Christmas at Millen Baptist Church began on Sunday, as it did in many other congregations in the area and around the world. While the season is marked by a beautifully decorated sanctuary, it is not the decorations that began our celebrations. Our celebrations of Christmas started with the lighting of a candle, known […]

Unearthing Camp Lawton

War, Wreck, and Ruin

While the POWs, guards, and almost all personal had been evacuated from Camp Lawton by this time last week, at the same time US Brig. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick was headed with intent and speed towards Lawton, with the 3rd Division of the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Cumberland. On November 22nd, 1864, from Milledgeville, Kilpatrick began a feint […]

Eagle Notes


Do you know what I love most about our little school system? I love our ability to build relationships with these students and their families. I love that I can go to a ballgame and I’m not “Superintendent Cooper,” but Mrs. Tara. I love that we all know so much about our students and we care. You know why? I […]

Shirley B. Waters

Shirley Ann Burke Waters, age 77, passed away Monday, November 22, 2021, at Candler Hospital in Savannah with her loving family at her side. She was born in Jenkins County to the late James Estill & Ruby Mae Brown Burke. She was a member of McDonald Baptist Church and she loved working with her flowers in her yard. Shirley’s whole […]

Church News

December 4: Oak Hill Baptist Church is having an All Aboard Pajama Party from 5-8 p.m. in the old gym. Kids will be decorating cookies, making crafts and watching the Polar Express. Kids, bring your blankets and your pajamas and come onboard! Parents, this is your chance for a free date night.Please call the church office if your interested. at […]