The Planters Electric Membership Corp. Board of Directors has announced the selection of Norman Williams as the cooperative’s ...

Jenkins County Middle/ High School Principal Rob Gray will not return for the 2025-2026 school term. The Jenkins County Board ...

I have a bird feeder in my backyard that I had to relocate. The tree in which it hung was brought down by Hurricane Helene. I ...

Tax season provides a great opportunity for individuals and corporations to designate Georgia income taxes they may owe to ...

Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns introduced school-safety legislation Monday stemming from last year’s school shooting in Barrow County that killed two teachers and two students. The comprehensive ...

Jenkins County had nine white schools and 27 black schools. Through consolidation in the 1952-1953 school year, there were three white schools and five black schools. In January 1955, contracts were ...

Well, I do declare!” That was an often-used exclamation used by one of Mama’s best friends and our closest neighbor “back in the day”. She used the phrase so often that her daughter and my sister, ...

Jenkins County 4-H was well represented by three students at the Junior Senior DPA competition recently held.

Pre-K Registration will be held March 19 at the Jenkins County Elementary School. Registration Slot Sign-Up starts March 3. Enrollment Steps: Visit JCES during school hours March 3 - March 18 to ...

From left, Children’s Hospital of Georgia Senior CMN Philanthropy Coordinator Kelsey McCullough accepts a $37,028.97 contribution from Planters EMC General Manager Matt Brinson. The check represents ...

Candice Hillis has degrees that she may never use in Conservation Law Enforcement and Fish and Wildlife Management. Obtaining those degrees, however, led her to discover her “purpose in life.” “I am ...

I have a friend I met during my childhood days working at Rountree’s Grocery. He was a friend of the Rountree’s and came to visit quite often. Our friendship spawned in those early days of my life.