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TravelCenters of America Breaks Ground on Statesboro Travel Center

TravelCenters of America Inc., nationwide operator and franchisor of the TA, Petro Stopping Centers and TA Express travel center network, has broken ground on a new TA Express in Statesboro, Georgia.

Nov 10, 2021 4:45 PM Read more >

Bulloch's Veterans' Day Ceremony returns to the Averitt

Bulloch Counties annual Veterans' Day Ceremony returns to the Averitt Center for the Arts, Emma Kelly theater on November 11, 2021.

Nov 9, 2021 10:11 PM Read more >

GS Heritage Center opens, bridges connections between past and present

The collective cultural memory of the Gullah Geechee people, descendants of enslaved West Africans who inhabited the barrier islands of Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and northern Florida, has survived through oral histories and distinctive

Nov 9, 2021 4:37 PM Read more >

Overturned log truck I-16 eastbound near Exit 127 | Take alternate route

Bulloch County Emergency services responded on Tuesday, November 9th at 10:02 am to an overturned log truck in the eastbound lane of I-16 near exit 127 (Hwy. 67). The truck has dumped a load of logs on the interstate.

Nov 9, 2021 10:47 AM Read more >

Southeast Health District Begins Pediatric Pfizer COVID Vaccines

Vaccines Available at Local Health Departments Following the recommendation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the Southeast Health District will begin offering Pfizer

Nov 8, 2021 5:38 PM Read more >

Community responds to tragic death of children in fire

The Statesboro and Bulloch County community responds to the sudden and tragic death of two children in a Saturday night house fire.

Nov 8, 2021 9:45 AM Read more >

James Pope appointed as Bulloch County Planning and Development Director

Bulloch County Manager Tom Couch announces the appointment of James Pope to serve as the Planning and Development Director , a new position approved with the FY2021-2022 budget. Pope will begin his new position on Monday, November 22.

Nov 7, 2021 9:28 AM Read more >

Georgia Southern FPDC earns GA Peach Green Building Awards

Georgia Southern University’s Office of Facilities Planning, Design and Construction earned multiple Georgia Peach Green Building Awards at the 2021 Georgia Association of State Facilities Administrators (GASFA) Conference.

Nov 7, 2021 9:13 AM Read more >

Two Children have died in a Statesboro house fire Saturday night

Two children died in a late night house fire. On Saturday, November 6, 2021 at 11:50 pm Bulloch County 911 dispatched Statesboro and Bulloch Fire Departments to a house fire at the Barn Mobile Home Park.

Nov 7, 2021 1:55 AM Read more >

Fall back one hour as Daylight Saving Time Ends

Daylight Saving time ends Sunday morning , November 7, 2021 at 2 am. It is time to fall back by setting your clocks back one hour and enjoy an extra hour of sleep. Photo by Anne McCarthy on Pexels.

Nov 6, 2021 5:03 PM Read more >