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Ogeechee Area Hospice is celebrating its 30th anniversary as part of the Statesboro community. You can join the celebration at their gala this Saturday, June 8 at The Venues at OTC. Purchase raffle tickets now for your chance to win a 2024 Rev lifted golf cart!

A total of 34 faculty and staff members from 23 USG institutions and the University System Office were in this year's class. This included Jennifer Fields and Natasha Goss from East Georgia State College and Aileen Dowell and Beth Myers from Georgia Southern.

Adults can now nominate rising 10th and 11th graders for the 2025 Youth LEAD Georgia class. Nominations are due by September 1.

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Lee will attend Notre Dame in the fall to study finance, something he's been interested in since he was a child. He has an impressive list of academic and extracurricular accomplishments but counts his friendships and memories made as equally important parts of his high school experience.

The committee is tasked with undertaking a study of the conditions, needs, issues and problems related to the preservation of Georgia’s farmlands and recommending any action or legislation.

Weather permitting, Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) construction partners will close interstate lanes at the locations below for the 16@95 Improvement Projects, which will widen Interstate 16 (I-16) and reconstruct the I-16/I-95 Interchange. The lane closures are necessary for widening activities for I-16 and bridge work at the I-16/I-516 Interchange.                     

Starting on Monday, June 3rd, a portion of Beasley Road between Highway 80 and Jones Mill Road will close. Traffic will detour via the bypass.

Courtney Ball and Janai Conklin earned honors for second straight year, while Faith Barth, Gracie Bellard, and Emma Davis earned honors for first time.

Alayna Cassidy is just 20 years old, but she just graduated with her bachelor's degree in communication sciences and disorders, a minor in human development and family science, and hundreds of hours of valuable volunteer experience at the Savannah Speech and Hearing Center.