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Ogeechee Area Hospice is preparing to celebrate its 30th anniversary as part of the Statesboro community. You can join the celebration at their gala on June 8 at The Venues at OTC.

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.

Power has been fully restored at Statesboro High School and classes and activities will return to a normal schedule on Monday, April 15.

Have a great idea for an invention? Need a patent to protect your invention? Need to know the difference between patents, trademarks, and copyrights? Attend one of the two date options for a public workshop offered on patents on Wednesday, April 17, or Thursday, April 25.

Calling all Swifties! Soyumi and A Rogue Collaboration will host Taylor Swift Trivia this week, just in time to celebrate her new album release.

Almost 3,500 kindergarten through fifth-grade students from 24 public, private and homeschool groups took part in the 34th annual conservation art competition held by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and the State Botanical Garden of Georgia.

Drawing character inspiration from Shakespeare, the play follows Harlem graduate student Billie and her husband Othello, telling their story through time and racial tensions. The show runs April 17 through 21 at the Black Box Theatre on the Statesboro Campus.

The angler, Ryan R. Simons, 38, caught the record-setting fish Sunday, April 7, offshore at an area commonly known as the South Ledge. He was bottom fishing with a Shimano jigging rod with Shimano Speedmaster reel spooled with 65-pound braided line and dead ballyhoo as bait. Simons caught the fish aboard the vessel “Sweet Melissa” with Capt. Henry Williamson.

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Thanks to McCook's Pharmacy for making the replay of the Bulloch TidBits available on Grice Connect. Learn about historic hotels in Statesboro.