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Statesboro City Council met on Tuesday, February 1, 2022 for their regular meeting.

Retired nurse and Statesboro resident, Brenda McNeely has published her first cookbook. Brenda, who grew up in Metter, Georgia, retired after working 44 years as a nurse. Publishing her cookbook was a new adventure she began since retirement.

Statesboro's South Georgia Center for Cancer Care, a member of the Integrated Oncology Network (ION), a nationwide leader in oncology and healthcare management services, cancer treatment center has upgraded their Varian radiation system.

Ogeechee Riverkeeper (ORK) has launched a new research fellowship to be filled each year. In 2022, the ORK Research Fellow is Brian Bush, a first-year graduate student at Georgia Southern University, pursuing a master’s degree in biology.

In the daily COVID report EGRMC has 31 COVID patients in the hospital today. 3 EGRMC patients are sick enough to require vents. EGRMC ICU capacity is very high at 98%. These are not all COVID patients but patients with high acuity.

A Statesboro family shares praise and gratitude for firefighters, police and EMT's rapid response to a fire in their home on Saturday.

Bulloch County 911 dispatched Statesboro and Bulloch Fire Departments to a fire alarm call at the Statesboro Walmart Supercenter around 7:00 AM on Sunday, January 30, 2022.

Leadership Southeast Georgia , a professional development and leadership program in 10 coastal counties, has chosen four Statesboro Leaders who will join 25 other business, professional and civic leaders to take part in its Class of 2022. V.

For the third year in a row, the School of Accountancy at Georgia Southern University (GS) and the IRS have partnered to bring free income tax preparation with the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA) to Statesboro.

Wesley Bragg was a popular musician and firefighter from Statesboro was killed at 29 in a car accident in 2017. Wesley worked full-time as a Georgia Forestry Ranger in Reidsville Georgia.