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Homestead exemptions have been enacted to reduce the burden of ad valorem taxation for Georgia homeowners. These exemptions apply to homestead property owned by a taxpayer and occupied as his or her legal residence.

In order to reduce frequency and severity of crashes and improve traffic flow, GDOT proposes to reconfigure the number of travel lanes along the four-mile section of US 80/SR 26 between Lazaretto Creek and Tybrisa Street, add a center turn lane, add pedestrian hybrid beacons (PHB) or rectangular rapid flashing beacons (RRFB) at multiple intersections, and install a cycle track. The open house is this Thursday, March 28, from 4-8pm.

Sunday was an egg-stra special event thanks to various Greek Life organizations at Georgia Southern. PhiI Mu and other organizations held their annual Greek Spring Fling in Sweetheart Circle at the Statesboro Campus on March 24, 2024.

A police pursuit through Statesboro neighborhoods ended in a crash on Lakeview road in Statesboro. Click on the picture to read more.

Dillon is on track to graduate magna cum laude from Georgia Southern University’s Honors College in May as a Goel Scholar with a degree in mechanical engineering. He won one of two prestigious American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Internal Combustion Engine Forward (ICEF) Conference undergraduate research awards from entries nationwide. 

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Nearly every storefront in Brooklet, Georgia's once sleepy downtown is currently filled. If you haven't visited lately, stop by and see what the buzz in Brooklet is all about!

Bulloch County Public Works and Engineering will begin work to convert the Langston Chapel Road at Lanier Drive intersection into an All-Way Stop intersection on Monday, March 25, 2024.

Get your wagons ready! The Botanic Garden at Georgia Southern will host its popular Spring Plant Sale early next month.

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.