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The State of Emergency went into effect upon the governor's signature today, August 29, and will expire at 11:59pm on Friday, September 8, 2023.

Before severe weather strikes, customers are encouraged to become familiar with Georgia Power’s Storm Center and Outage Map at www.GeorgiaPower.com/Storm. This makes tracking and reporting outage information easy. To help its customers prepare and to provide more information on restoration efforts, the company has also developed a series of storm videos and tips for before, during, and after a storm. These are available in the Storm Center.

Grice Connect will maintain this list as any closures and cancellations related to Hurricane Idalia are announced. Please send your closure information to [email protected] so that we can include it on our list.

The Statesboro Regional Sexual Assault Center, also known as the Teal House, has created free crisis line stickers for the businesses of Statesboro.

The To Have and To Hold Bridal Show is scheduled for September 17, 2023, at the Market at Visit Statesboro. Jeff Wells, DJ and events coordinator, spoke with us to fill us in on all of the exciting details for engaged couples.

Bulloch Public Safety Director Ted Wynn urges Bulloch County Citizens to finalize plans today to be ready to ride out Idalia in his 5 AM update on Tuesday. Read story below for more.

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If you make it out often to see live music in Statesboro, there’s a good chance you’ve seen Jon Aktas. Playing a mix of covers from artists like Jason Isbell and Tyler Childers, as well as his own originals, Jon frequently performs at venues such as Vandy's, Tandoor & Tap, Dolan’s, and Bites. In addition to performing, Aktas plans to record an EP of his original music. I sat down with Jon recently to talk about his experience as an artist and what he has planned for the future.

At the 5 PM update on Monday the NHC forecast Idalia to become a hurricane late Monday or early Tuesday AM. Now is the time to begin to start thinking about your hurricane preparation plan as Bulloch County EMA monitors Tropical Storm Idalia possible impacts on Bulloch County midweek. Read story below for more.

Qualifying for City Council in Brooklet and Register was extended to this week to fill council seats no one qualified for. Both cities saw multiple citizens qualify for the respective council seats. Read all about it below.