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Taste of Downtown returns on Friday September 9

Taste of Downtown returns on Friday September 9

Event will take place from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
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GA DOT suspends lane closures over holiday weekend | Weekly travel interruption advisory

GA DOT suspends lane closures over holiday weekend | Weekly travel interruption advisory

Beginning Friday, Sept. 2 at 12 p.m. until 5 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6 to allow for the anticipated increase in Labor Day weekend traffic congestion.
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Grice Guest Column: Competitions culminate in Edgar's Live Finalist Competition this Sat., Sept. 3 at Edgar's Above Broad in Augusta

Grice Guest Column: Competitions culminate in Edgar's Live Finalist Competition this Sat., Sept. 3 at Edgar's Above Broad in Augusta

by Ron Baxley, Jr. I was the proverbial fish out of water in some ways recently, yet I had swum in these same waters in my childhood and adolescence and had similar experiences throughout adulthood.
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Venus Morris Griffin to speak at GSU

Venus Morris Griffin to speak at GSU

On Wednesday, Sept. 7 at 7 p.m. in the Georgia Southern University’s Performing Arts Center, Venus will share her experience and path to overcoming the adversity she faced
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Williams-Johnson selected as Governor’s Teaching Fellow

Williams-Johnson selected as Governor’s Teaching Fellow

Georgia Southern University Professor of Educational Research has been selected to serve as a member of the cohort
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Gov. Kemp extends the suspension of gas tax ahead of Labor Day weekend

Gov. Kemp extends the suspension of gas tax ahead of Labor Day weekend

Supply chain state of emergency is extended through October 12, 2022.
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Portal HS science teacher fundraising to help send students to Iceland

Portal HS science teacher fundraising to help send students to Iceland

Life experience is so necessary. And getting a jump start on it in high school can impact your life in profound ways. Clinton Thornburg , a science teacher at Portal High School, understands these sentiments completely.
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Save the Date: Kiwanis Ogeechee Fair Parade moving from Monday evening to Saturday morning

Save the Date: Kiwanis Ogeechee Fair Parade moving from Monday evening to Saturday morning

The most anticipated event of the Statesboro calendar year is right around the corner. It’s the annual Kiwanis Ogeechee Fair ! The fair will take place from Monday October, 17, to Saturday, October 22, 2022.
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Circle K lowers gas .40 per gallon for three hours Thursday

Circle K lowers gas .40 per gallon for three hours Thursday

Customers saved as much as $8.00 on a 20 gallon tank
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Statesboro Books-A-Million customers purchase more than 450 books for Altrusa

Statesboro Books-A-Million customers purchase more than 450 books for Altrusa

In one of the store's annual charity book drives, customers at Statesboro's Books-A-Million were recently given the opportunity to purchase a book to donate for the Altrusa Club of Statesboro's Backpack Buddies literacy program.
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