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As the daughter of Mack and Merry Johnson, both of whom were collegiate basketball players, Eden was fated to be an athlete, but basketball was not her first love growing up. A transfer to Georgia Southern, she has one year of eligibility left and plans to make the most of her academic and basketball careers.

Grice Connect's sports reporter, Destiny Hartwell, is on a mission to shine a light on all the remarkable student-athletes in our community. Check out this week's preview of all sports in Bulloch County from Georgia Southern, Statesboro High, Southeast Bulloch High, Portal Middle High, and Bulloch Academy.

Computer Information Systems instructor Donny Collins received the 2024 Rick Perkins Award for Excellence in Technical Instruction at OTC's Spring Faculty & Staff Meeting and Awards Ceremony. He will move on to the regional competition in Tifton next month. Barry Dotson, Tom Elrod, Rachel Rigdon, and Christina Harrell were also honored at the ceremony.

Georgia is now home to the world’s first sustainable jet fuel factory to use “alcohol-to-jet” technology, which converts ethanol to lower-carbon jet fuel for commercial aircraft. This fuel process is designed to cut greenhouse gas emissions by more than 70%, compared to conventional jet fuel.

The Bulloch County Recreation and Parks Department hosted its popular "Nerf Night" on Friday, January 26, at the Sue Oertley Tennis Complex. Community Recreation Program Supervisor Justin Smith says this is just one way the department loves to provide clean, safe fun for the kids in our community.

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Statesboro residents Jean Marie and Jeff Ayer are loyal Grice Connect fans. They started the new year with a hike they found posted on the Grice Connect events page, and they shared with us how it better connected them to our community.

Disrupting Burnout dives into the world of burnout and burnout prevention strategies, including releasing other people's expectations and building protective boundaries. Jackson says the book took her a year to write -- but 25 years to live -- and she hopes it speaks especially to professional women.

SHS Junior Naomi Feltman and WJMS 8th Grader Maxine Feltman had great tournaments scoring big in their respective categories at the St. Andrew's Winter Tournament in Charleston, SC.

In this weekly COVID report, Bulloch County’s risk status remains LOW by COVIDACTNOW and CDC tracker. Georgia's statewide also is MEDIUM.