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Congratulations to these students making the Ogeechee Technical College Fall 2023 President's and Dean's Lists!

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.

More than 132,000 seniors received personalized letters from Gov. Brian Kemp last October listing the public universities, colleges and technical colleges they are academically eligible to attend. Nearly 12,000 high school seniors had requested information about the GEORGIA MATCH program through Jan. 7 or taken it a step further by claiming a spot at one of the system's 23 colleges and universities participating in the initiative.

Georgia Southern women's basketball team could not complete the comeback as they lose to the Appalachian State Mountaineers 82-74 on Saturday afternoon.

Kaliakin comes from SMU where he served as an assistant coach for the Mustangs in 2023.

The Office of Student Wellness & Health Promotion and SART will participate in a two-year intensive process to assess and strengthen existing primary and secondary interpersonal violence prevention strategies at Georgia Southern.

Georgia’s commercial and recreational food shrimp season closed on Thursday, Jan. 18, and will open again in May. This season saw 184 licensed shrimp trawlers in Georgia’s water, 117 of which were Georgia residents. On average, these shrimpers harvested 16.788 pounds of shrimp tails per hour spent trawling, the highest catch per unit effort on record.

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Fostering Families Inc. is currently raising money to expand its 7th Mile Farm for their 2024 summer camps. The life-changing summer camps have touched the hearts of many foster care children and volunteers from across the state of Georgia. Expansion updates include two more cabins, a caretaker's lodge, and an activity center. Read on to learn more about the expansion's progress and to find out how you can help.

With food, fun activities, and live music, Winterfest will be the perfect event for the community to come together and enjoy a night of fun in downtown Statesboro.