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City Manager Charles Penny says this alcohol proximity ordinance is a part the grander plan of to foster a vibrant downtown business and community scene and remove limitations to this growth.

Budget requests far outweigh revenue projects; this is the continuing theme Bulloch Commissioners are balancing. The largest non-capital budget request is for additional staff to manage a rapidly growing county. Click on the picture to read more about the budget needs and revenue challenges.

More than 200 students from eight of Bulloch County Schools' nine elementary schools plus the community's largest private school, Bulloch Academy, participated in individual computation and team ciphering at the 13th Annual Reggie Dawson Memorial Math Tournament on Saturday, March 23.

First time in history that two pro teams go head-to-head

The Downtown Statesboro Development Authority will host the popular Downtown Arts edition of F1RST Friday next Friday, April 5th. This year’s art showcase includes a menagerie of work from Crystal Holman, Heather Gonzales, Julianna Leverette, Brendan Cave, Michelle Tann, Penny Marz, Sally Minton, Jessica Blanton, Jasmine Leach, Lois Harvey, Margo McCoy, Cameron Harrison, and Georgia Southern University students.

The Division of Student Affairs has been leading efforts since 2021 to better engage and track student involvement at Georgia Southern and this award is reflective of a University-wide commitment to exactly that.

Hayden W. Mundy, 24, of Midway, Ga., reeled in an almaco jack weighing 19 pounds, 10.53 ounces, while fishing offshore on March 14, 2024, shattering the previous record by nearly 180 percent.

Thanks to Georgia Southern junior Sarah Beth Waller and the Armstrong Campus EcoAdvocates Club in collaboration with the Sustainable Aquaponics Research Center (SARC), the Armstrong campus is welcoming a new hive of honeybees to Eagle Nation.

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