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A road closure and detour at the intersection of Langston Chapel Road and Harville Road as well as a road closure and detour along Elmer Phillips Road at Harville Road will be in place for 90 days beginning July 8 and ending October 6. See the detour maps in the article.

Food Lion Feeds has launched Summers Without Hunger, empowering customers to combat childhood food insecurity by purchasing $3 reusable bags in Food Lion stores from now to July 23. Through Food Lion's partnership with Feeding America, every bag purchased provides the equivalent of 60 meals!

Grice Connect's interactive events calendar makes it easy to find fun events for date night or the entire family in and around Statesboro. Check it out and start making plans now!

A heat advisory has been issued for Bulloch and surrounding Counties until 8 pm on Friday, July 5th. Heat indexes values could be as high as 110 degrees today. Stay indoors if possible and use extreme caution when outside.

Georgia Speaker of the House Jon Burns highlighted key legislative achievements from the 2024 session set to impact Georgia as they came into effect at the start of the 2025 fiscal year, including tax cuts, education funding increases, and reforms in healthcare and public safety.

Bulloch County native Anna Clifton has been awarded a prestigious Georgia Foundation for Agriculture (GFA) Scholarship, recognizing her dedication and pursuit of dual bachelor’s degrees in agribusiness and agricultural/applied economics at the University of Georgia.

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Members of Statesboro's VFW Post 10825 and community members gathered to celebrate Independence Day at a ceremony on Thursday.

Vandy's closed last week due to a leaking roof. Owner Darin Van Tassel says repairs should begin next week, but a reopening date is not yet certain.

While this Georgia heat did not want to make it easy, the GRPA State Baseball Tournaments were held right here at the Mill Creek Regional Park last week. With 40 jam-packed games from teams all over the state, the tournament lasted from June 25-29.