Local Government

Mayor Jonathan McCollar declared a local state of emergency for the City of Statesboro this morning. This follows Bulloch County's and the State of Georgia's State of Emergency signed yesterday. Mayor McCollar asks area residents to limit road travel and stay home as weather conditions worsen throughout the day.

Some City services that operate on roadways will be impacted this week. There will be no residential waste collection on Wednesday, August 30, or Thursday, August 31. Sanitation services will resume on Friday, September 1, with collection of Wednesday's route. Thursday's route will be collected on Saturday, September 2. Statesboro Area Transit buses will not run on Wednesday, August 30.

Qualifying for City Council in Brooklet and Register was extended to this week to fill council seats no one qualified for. Both cities saw multiple citizens qualify for the respective council seats. Read all about it below.

Qualifying ended on Friday seeing only one contested election in Statesboro, a new Mayor in Brooklet, all incumbents in Portal and Register returning, and two seats that no one qualified for. Read all about it below.

Two Senate committees announced plans Monday to hold a joint hearing on AI this fall.

This is an update of citizens who have qualified to run at the end of the fourth day of qualifying. Candidates who wish to qualify for a municipal office must file their notice of candidacy with the Election Superintendent in each respective city at their City Hall this week. Qualifying will run through Friday, August 25th at 4:30 p.m.

This is an update of citizens who have qualified to run at the end of the third day of qualifying. Candidates who wish to qualify for a municipal office must file their notice of candidacy with the Election Superintendent in each respective city at their City Hall this week. Qualifying will run through Friday, August 25th at 4:30 p.m.

This is an update of citizens who have qualified to run at the end of the second day of qualifying. Candidates who wish to qualify for a municipal office must file their notice of candidacy with the Election Superintendent in each respective city at their City Hall this week. Qualifying will run through Friday, August 25th at 4:30 p.m.

Bulloch County Commissioners unanimously approved the property tax increase with no changes in a special session on Tuesday, August 22 at 8:30 AM in the Commission meeting room at the North Main Annex.

Bulloch County Commissioners held their third of three public hearings on the proposed property tax increase on Monday evening. 17 citizens spoke at the hearing. Read a summary of the presentations and public comments in the article, and view the livestream for the hearing in its entirety.