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Rosaland King, who spent her childhood between Portal and Twin City, continues her 30-year faith journey by becoming an ordained minister at God's Greater Mission in Brooklet.

Check out these New Year's Eve safety tips from the American Safety Council. Have fun and BE SAFE!

City Hall and other buildings will be closed on Jan. 1st and will reopen on Jan. 2nd. There will be no residential waste collection on Monday, Jan. 1. Please see the article for the modified schedule.

The EGRMC nurse received multiple nominations for the award, including co-workers and a patient from the clinic.

An early Saturday morning house fire in Statesboro has sent two people to the burn center in Augusta. Click on the picture to read more.

Wesley Fischer, a former firefighter and EMT, and a veteran Navy corpsman, spent more than 100 days in the hospital battling COVID-19 in 2021. He was determined to complete his degree and received unwavering support from the nursing faculty at Georgia Southern and classmates in his nursing cohort.

The state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and MARTA partnered to deploy two retired 72-foot railcars to Artificial Reef L in about 60 feet of water approximately 23 nautical miles east of Ossabaw Island last week. 

Click on the picture of the day to get local sports scores, weather and lowest gas prices in town. Check back for updates throughout the day.

Firefighters responded to a second house fire on Friday evening. This fire was just outside of the city. Click on the picture to read more.

Join Roy Thompson, one of the TMT Farm Christmas Lights owners, on a private VIP tour of their family's two mile Christmas lights drive through. This light show is one of the largest privately owned light shows in the United States.