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The Weathered But Strong: Georgia Hurricane Relief Fund has opened applications for farmers impacted by Hurricane Helene, offering critical financial assistance for recovery and rebuilding efforts across affected areas. The application period will be open until December 31, 2024. See details here on how to apply.

Deborah and Roy Thompson, owners of TMT Farm on the north edge of Bulloch County, are bringing back their annual 2-mile long Christmas lights drive-thru again this year. It will open on Thanksgiving night and run through December 28th.

Introducing Ken Jackson and Mallory Culbreth, 2024 DWTSS contestants! Grice Connect is introducing the community to the 2024 Dancing with the Statesboro Stars (DWTSS) dancers. The event will be held on Thursday, November 21 at 6:30pm, and the encore show will be Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 3pm -- both at Connection Church.

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Voters elected Tangie Johnson to represent District 1 on the Statesboro City Council during this Novembers election, and she was officially sworn in during Tuesday nights meeting. Additionally, one citizen and three officers were recognized for their life saving response to an emergency this past September. This and more at the November 19, 2024 regular session Statesboro City Council meeting.

During the November 19, 2024, meeting, the Bulloch County Board of Commissioners approved plans for the March 2025 SPLOST referendum, outlining key projects such as jail expansion and a regional landfill. The Board also reviewed an updated $48 million transportation plan and discussed a new Well Mitigation Program aimed at ensuring sustainable water access in the county.

Not just on Veteran's Day, but every day, we thank our Veterans for their service, sacrifice, and dedication to our Nation. See how area Veterans, including those in senior living communities, were recognized at several of last week's special programs.

SPD Impact Team officers conducted an undercover operation at Lisa's Therapeutic Massage on Brannen Street in Statesboro, where they arrested two individuals on prostitution-related charges.

This holiday season, experience the magic of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol like never before, as Brock D. Vickers performs a captivating one-man rendition of the classic story on November 21, 2024, at Georgia Southern University's Center for Art and Theatre on the Statesboro campus.

The Statesboro Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a person of interest connected to a theft of construction equipment worth over $100,000. Detectives have released a video of the individual and are asking anyone with information to come forward.