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Silver Airways announced plans today to offer new nonstop service from Tampa International Airport and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport to Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport beginning April 1, 2021.

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), in consultation with the U.S. Treasury Department, announced the SBAC would be re-opening the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan portal on January 11, 2021.

An extraordinary estate gift from a daughter and her husband to honor her parents will touch the lives of generations of students to come through scholarships for Georgia Southern University students working to become public school educators. The $1.

Southern states have higher rates of unreported COVID-19 related deaths than other regions of the country, according to a new study.

Congratulations to Angela Roberts, Pharmacy Technician Lead, for being named the EGRMC Employee of the Month! Angela has been employed at East Georgia Regional Medical Center since 2007.

Bulloch County reports two COVID deaths today, Candler & Evans Counties report one each. Bulloch County has a total of 78 COVID deaths; 46 PCR deaths & 32 Rapid Antigen deaths.

Feed the Boro is partnering with the City of Statesboro and Second Harvest Food Bank to conduct an emergency food drop, Saturday January 30 beginning at 9 AM to noon unless food runs out earlier.

On 1/28/21 at 7:41 p.m. SPD officers were dispatched to Blakewood Apartments on East Olliff Street in Statesboro for a male shot at that location.

Tanner Peebles, an alumnus of East Georgia State College (EGSC), has been accepted into the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine on the Moultrie Campus. Peebles plans to become a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine.

On January 15th, Governor Brian Kemp appointed Jake Futch of Statesboro to serve on the Georgia Board of Funeral Service for a six year term. Jake is currently the Bulloch County Coroner, a post he has served since first being elected to in 1999.