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Statesboro City Council voted to a compromise millage rate of 8.1250 mills instead of the proposed 9.2120 mills at Tuesday's City Council meeting. Read the full story for all City business covered during the meeting.

The multi-talented Regina Days-Bryan remains active and inspirational to others in her senior years. A Georgia Southern Athletics Hall of Famer, she now teaches Senior Line Dancing and wants to motivate others to be their best no matter what.

4 Fungi’s Regenerative is an offshoot of Better Fresh Farms, a sustainable indoor food grower and the anchor company at Georgia Grown Innovation Center in Metter. They developed a circular economy approach to growing mushrooms with regionally sourced agricultural waste, and reconstituting their byproducts into soil amendments through an on-site partnership with COR Compost of Savannah. The Metter-based facility will create almost 50 new jobs and $27 million in investment in Candler County.

One man is dead, after a shooting in Bulloch County Monday night.

The Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport and Georgia Southern Sports Properties are giving away two tickets to the Georgia Southern versus Texas State game, along with round-trip airfare and a hotel stay. The deadline to enter is September 25.

Local chapters of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution celebrate Constitution Week each year from September 17-23. Members of the Archibald Bulloch Chapter joined Mayor Jonathan McCollar at City Hall to sign a Constitution Week proclamation.

The game time will move to 7 p.m. for the conference opener at Allen E. Paulson Stadium.

Commissioners honored retiring Chief Magistrate Judge June Braswell and presented a proclamation to DAR for Constitution Week at their bi-monthly meeting on Tuesday. Read the story for the full report.

This year's festival will feature a parade, food, vendors, and a street dance.