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Erin Moore, a freshman from Walton High School in Marietta, won the grand prize in Georgia's 19th annual Youth Birding Competition T-shirt Art Contest for her drawing of red-breasted mergansers, which will be featured on T-shirts for the 2025 event.

Parker’s Kitchen is partnering with Wounded Warrior Project® for a round-up campaign from March 1 to July 6 at all locations, matching 25% of customer donations to support local injured veterans in Georgia and South Carolina.

The OOCL Iris, the largest capacity vessel to ever call the Port of Savannah, made its historic arrival at Garden City Terminal on February 25, 2025.

Bulloch Elite Training and the Bulloch Bandits Wrestling Club are hosting a Freestyle and Greco Mini Camp with Coach Gerald Carr on March 22, 2025, at the Bulloch Elite Training Center in Statesboro, GA. The camp, open to wrestlers and coaches, will focus on fundamental techniques for Olympic-style wrestling, with a $50 registration fee and a 50-camper limit.

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Founded in 1968 by University of Georgia education professor Sheldon Root, the Georgia Children's Book Award encourages reading enjoyment among Georgia's youth while introducing them to quality literature. The award, presented annually and chosen through a statewide selection process involving educators, librarians, and young readers, recognizes outstanding picture books and chapter books.

The 12th annual Chocolate Run was on Saturday, February 22nd, 2025, benefiting the Open Hearts Community Mission in Statesboro. The "sweetest" race raised tens of thousands for the mission.

The Averitt Center for the Arts will showcase Jane Pleak's vibrant new exhibition, "Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes," from March 6 to May 2.

The Young Democrats of Bulloch County gathered in downtown Statesboro on Saturday for a peaceful protest against mass deportations and the prosecution of immigrants living peacefully in the U.S. Held on the Bulloch County Courthouse square, the demonstration aimed to give a voice to those impacted by federal immigration policies.

Oliver Maner LLP is proud to announce that 10 of its attorneys have been recognized as 2025 Georgia Super Lawyers, with two additional attorneys named as 2025 Georgia Rising Stars by Thomson Reuters.