The Jenkins County Commissioners have approved a resolution to proceed with a 2025 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) application for $1 million. If approved, the funds will be used to extend ...

Everyone’s favorite Leprechaun, Jessica Suggs, is shown with Buddy Pope during all the fun activities at the Jenkins County Senior Center on Monday, St. Patrick’s Day. Clients enjoyed green cupcakes ...

Jenkins County School Superintendent Dr. John Paul Hearn announced recently that the Jenkins County Board of Education has appointed Shanelle Carr to fill the unexpired term of deceased BOE member ...

The following officers were reelected to serve another 1-year term by the Jenkins County Development Authority’s 10-member board during the group’s Monday meeting: Chairman – King Rocker; ...

Jack Travis Bethel interlock probation violation; 03/09; JCSO Nikolas Green hold placed for RSAT; 03/05; JCSO Voncelle Quintell Cosby simple battery-family violence; 03/04; JCSO Bernard Maurice ...

Top honors of the Jenkins County High School Class (JCHS) of 2025 go to Valedictorian Laura Gayle Dailey and Salutatorian Aidan Paul Bragg. Laura Gayle is the daughter of Bob and Lisa Dailey. Aidan’s ...

Child Advocacy Services, Southeast Georgia (CASSEGA) is excited to announce its upcoming Clay Tournament, the 5th Annual Pull For Kids, launched by Bank of Newington on Saturday, May 31, at Bay Gall ...

In my hands, I held the battered straw hat, holes torn in a couple of places. For a solid block of time, I studied it, having taken it down from the fireplace mantle. I choked up. It probably cost no ...

Evelyn Young has captured the Jenkins County Chamber of Commerce’s “Citizen of the Year” award for the second time! Young is also the 2017 recipient. The “Business of the Year” award winner is ...

Before the statewide turkey season opens, youth and mobility-impaired hunters get an early chance to harvest a gobbler on private lands during a special opportunity turkey season on March 22-23, 2025, ...

In the early morning hours of Sunday, March 24, 2024 at approximately 1:25 a.m. Angeline Budgett received news that shattered her world. She received a call no parent should ever have to answer. The ...

March 3 – A deputy responded to a Clifford Drive residence regarding a suspicious delivery. The resident reported the delivery of a box addressed to an unknown person. She was advised to have all ...