Save the honeybee



With close to twenty thousand species of bees, it is shocking that they are threatened with extinction. The American honeybee is one of the most important amongst the bee community. These bees are responsible for most of the earth’s pollination, yet the species has declined by roughly ninety percent with a continuous downward slope. This decline can be caused by […]

Sheila Aline Head Lovett

Mrs. Sheila Aline Head Lovett, 81 of Blackshear, passed away Monday morning, March 7, 2022, at the Satilla Bluffs Care Center. Born in Blackshear, GA on May 26, 1940, she had lived in Millen, GA for several years before moving back to Pierce County in 1999. Mrs. Lovett was a 1958 graduate of Blackshear High School. She started at Southern […]

Church News

Millen Make a Difference: Weekly lunch and devotional. Thursdays are 6th grade and high school. Fridays are 7th & 8th grade. Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m.: Millen Baptist Church will host a course in apologetics, “Know What you Believe and How to defend it”. Please call the church office for more information at 478-982-5411 March 18-19: Oak Hill Baptist Church is […]

Murle J. Crapse

Mrs. Murle Jenkins Crapse, age 95, entered her heavenly home Thursday, February 24, 2022. She was born July 9, 1926 to her late parents, Pratt L. Jenkins and Georgia Scarboro Jenkins. She was a retired nurse, and a lifelong member of Habersham United Methodist Church. She was our family’s last link of the greatest generation that has ever lived. As […]

From the Editor’s Desk



This past Sunday I turned another year older. Well, I guess I have been 52 all year, the anniversary of it was Sunday, if you get my drift? Now, I know my haters are snickering, “yeah, his old butt is older than 52!” Trust me, I have the birth certificate to prove it. I can’t help that I look like […]

Eagle Notes



Sometimes life is a struggle. It doesn’t help that another part of the world is in turmoil. It doesn’t help that some days are eighty-two degrees and others are thirty degrees – in the same week. Family worries are added to the mix. Student problems that I wish I could fix thrown in there as well. Then there are a […]

Journey of Faith

Can Truth be Known


“Pilate said to Jesus, “What is truth?” John 18:38 Sometime between the hours of 3:00 AM and 6:00 AM inside the headquarters of Pilate, Jesus stood trial. The timing was in the morning hours before the crucifixion of Jesus. Pilate had taken Jesus inside and started to question Him, particularly with the question, “Are you King of the Jews?” Jesus […]

Larry’s Lenten Journey

Have you ever wished . . .


(Second Week in Lent) Have you ever wished that you were able to start a relationship over again? Have you had regrets for things said and done? Wouldn’t it be great to be able to hit a reset button? The church season of Lent is a time set aside for doing just that. We do so through “. . . […]

A Sports Update

Springs sports all around are in full swing. From track and field, baseball, and tennis; the athletes are soaking up the warm sunshine and giving it all they have in both practice and games. In the sports world national, there has been much happening since the last Sports Update. First, Major League Baseball announced on Wednesday, March 9th that the […]

JCHS Baseball Update

Jenkins County began playing their regional baseball schedule this past week. Their first regional opponent was the ECI Bulldogs. They would face the Bulldogs twice in this week. The Bulldogs entered the week with a 4-3 record, the War Eagles with a 2-7 record. The first game against ECI took place on Tuesday afternoon at the home field of the […]