Jenkins County News

Millen, Georgia feels like a community on life support. Shuttered storefronts line Cotton Avenue.

Why would the only pool in 6 counties, and one of the only aquariums in the peach state still be open after it was scheduled to close June 1st? The Bo Ginn Aquarium, this pool and these ponds were scheduled to be closed by the state because of budget cuts.

Storm Team 3 is tracking a broken line of showers and thunderstorms over parts of the Coastal Empire and Lowcountry.

A series of steep budget cuts announced today for Georgia state parks and historic sites will affect several popular areas in the east Georgia region that includes Augusta.

* Locations in the advisory include but are not limited to PerkinsBirdsville Lawton Millen Radar estimates of up to 2 inches of rain has fallen this morningand an additional 1 to 2 inches will occur.

Unemployment rose to record highs across North Georgia last month as the slowing economy continued to lead to layoffs and job cuts across the region.

When the United States census is taken next year on April 1, 2010, the demographic snapshot of our diverse country will continue to develop into a picture of an aging nation.

The national weather service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for northwestern Bulloch county in southeast Georgia northwestern Effingham county in southeast Georgia south central Jenkins county in southeast Georgia southern Screven county in southeast Georgia until 330 am.

Millen, Georgia in the eastern part of the state, is the county seat of Jenkins County.

STORMY WEATHER: Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry and Spalding counties were under a tornado watch until 2 p.m. as a line of strong storms moved through Metro Atlanta this morning, packing 40 mph winds The same system dropped a tornado on Magee, MS, doing "major damage" Parts of Metro Atlanta could receive as much as 5 inches of rain through ...

According to the Georgia Department of Labor, the unemployment rate in the Southwest Georgia area rose to a preliminary unadjusted rate of 9.3 percent in February, up 3.9 percentage points over the past year.

New numbers reveal more and more people in Georgia and the CSRA are losing their jobs.

More numbers are in, and Metro Atlanta's unemployment rate has doubled over the past year.

More than half of Georgia's 159 counties have posted double-digit unemployment rates, according to an analysis from the state Labor Department.

Donald Davis is trying to get back on his feet after losing his construction job.

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The unemployment rate in Colquitt County increased by nearly a full percentage point in January, as two bordering counties flirted with or exceeded a 10 percent jobless rate for that month.

Georgia's State Park System has unveiled a new club just for canoe and kayak enthusiasts.

The results of the Bryan County High School Redskins Battalion's participation in Jan.

By Dustin Blanchard dblanchard@nbcaugusta.com Story Published: Feb 5, 2009 at 11:38 PM EST Story Updated: Feb 5, 2009 at 11:38 PM EST 26 News has learned the slow economy is affecting a core part of Augusta ...