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The Downtown Statesboro Development Authority will kick off their season of First Friday's next week, Friday, August 6 at 5:30 pm with the Downtown Pep Rally letting local marching bands, football teams and cheerleading squads show off their school s

Camp Invention challenged students to find their “inner inventor” by learning the process of invention and innovation and promoted STEM learning.

Following more than a year of preparation for an interactive art display based on Georgia Southern University’s bald eagle mascot, “Birds of a Feather” is now on display in the College of Education’s (COE) classroom building on the Statesboro Campus.

East Georgia State College showcased its newest expansion project that added about 15,000 square feet to the Jean Anderson Morgan Student Center, inviting alumni to a luncheon in the campus dining hall.

The Georgia Department of Education has posted new K-12 Math Standards for a 30-day public comment period. If approved, the standards will be implemented in the 2022-23 school year, following a year of teacher training.

The Altrusa Club of Statesboro has donated 9,500 books to children this year. This gives the club a cumulative total just over 70,000 book donations since the program began.

Bulloch County Schools will accept nominations of students for gifted services starting next Monday, July 26. Nominated students will be considered for possible testing in the district's gifted services program.

U.S. Capitol Police arrested Francys Johnson , a Statesboro, Georgia based civil rights attorney, on Thursday, July 22 as he protested for voting rights in Washington D.C. outside the Hart Senate Office.

The Young Lawyers Division (YLD) of the State Bar of Georgia honored V. Sharon “Sharri” Edenfield of Edenfield Trial Law in Statesboro with the Ross Adams Award, presented during the organization’s Annual Meeting.

157 schools making up the top 5% of Title I schools were awarded the status of 'Reward School' by the Georgia Department of Education, including Statesboro STEAM Academy and Sallie Zetterower Elementary.