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The Georgia Police K9 Foundation recently held its annual "An Evening for the K9's" fundraiser. The massively popular event attracted K9 supporters from across the nation (from 46 states to be exact!). The two-day fundraiser featured incredible entertainment and highlighted success stories which garnered financial wins for the local organization.

Ja'Kori Cope is a 15 year old rising sophomore at SHS and a summer intern with Grice Connect. He was selected to participate in the City of Statesboro's Youth Connect program. Over the next four weeks he will be writing a weekly story to share with you his experience at Grice Connect.

Construction and maintenance projects will continue Saturday, June 10 through Friday, June 16

The funding will go towards the department's VCRS Program.

The sculptures were designed by students and faculty of Georgia Southern’s Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art.

Grice Connect's interactive events calendar makes it easy to find fun events for date night or the entire family in and around Statesboro. Check it out and start making plans now!

On June 8, at 7:25 p.m., SPD officers responded to an apartment in Mulberry Court Apartments for a male who had been cut across the neck. Suspect Wendell Johnson fled the scene and is currently wanted for one count of Aggravated Assault. Johnson is 6’ tall and weighs 215 lbs. He is known to frequent the Groover Lane, Mulberry Street, and Packinghouse Road areas.

Kness transferred to Georgia Southern from Seton Hall, where she compiled a 75.52 career scoring average with two victories, five top-5 finishes, nine top-10s and 15 career top-20s. Her career scoring average still ranks second in Seton Hall program history. Kness spent the 2022-23 academic year serving as the Director of Championships for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.

Georgia Southern University is set to host Brian Judson, an award winning Savannah-area business broker, on June 14.