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GS introduces its first of a four-part series looking at Black History Month through the eyes of the staff and student-athletes that make up the Georgia Southern Athletic Department. This installment features Tracy Ham and Gleen Hart.

You can find the Free Market in The Boro on the second Saturday of each month in Statesboro. It's a local swap meet, where community members offer their gently used, unwanted items for others to pick from, for absolutely no cost! Charly Kinship's goal with the market is to reduce landfill waste and give new life to old items.

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Local sewing ministry Sewing for Missions will host a fashion show at Pittman Park this month to share their latest creations. The group uses donated fabrics to create clothing for children, women in crisis, and the elderly in Statesboro and around the world.

Shoot the arrows of love with your sweetheart at the SSEC’s next Date Night Event.

This will be the first training center in Georgia dedicated exclusively to the electric vehicle (EV) market, ensuring future HMGMA team members will be prepared for success. It will be operated by Georgia Quick Start to train employees for HMGMA as well as affiliate companies such as Mobis, Glovis and Transys. HMGMA’s electric vehicle manufacturing facility is currently under construction and is projected to create more than 8,000 jobs in coming years.

Georgia Southern head football coach Clay Helton officially announced the addition of 19 new student-athletes to the program, including transfers and early high school graduates, who enrolled in school in January and have been working out with the program.

The City of Statesboro Tree Board and local Girl Scout troops will host a “Planting the Future” Arbor Day celebration this week. The tree planting will take place on Friday, February 16 at Renaissance Park located on the corner of West Jones Avenue and Parker Street.

The initiative will help community partners raise awareness about Medicaid/PeachCare for Kids® redetermination while funding events and new tools to help members navigate the process. These grants will leverage local partner expertise to inform and educate difficult-to-reach populations across the state, with a specific focus on pregnant and postpartum women and children.

Researchers Drs. Stacy Smallwood and Kristina Patterson from Georgia Southern University invite African American and Hispanic/Latino/a community members to share their views on health and well-being in Statesboro and Bulloch County. Participants will receive $40 for their time, and childcare will be provided. The project is supported by seed funding from Georgia Southern University’s Faculty Research Council.