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Excelsior EMC will hold its 86th Annual Meeting of Members at the Bulloch County Agricultural Complex on Friday, May 10, 2024. The meeting will feature a business update along with the election of directors, employee service awards, door prizes, and an ice cream social.

Statesboro's newest Chick-fil-A near Publix, located at 333 Tormenta Way, is now open. Check out the new features including a mobile order priority drive through lane. It is the fastest way to get more chicken!

The fund was created by a local philanthropist in memory of Professor Kelly Berry and will be used to help children from low-income families attend art camps at the Averitt Center this summer.

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The Public Works Department and employees were honored in a proclamation declaring May 19 to 25, 2024, National Public Works Week. The Board of Commissioners also approved a contract with JA Long, Inc., for the remainder of Bethel Church Road to be paved with the completion of the roundabout at Harville and Langston Chapel Road. Read this summary of tonight's meeting for more details and topics covered.

No tax increase were welcome words for Commissioners and citizens at the presentation of the proposed 2024-2025 budget. The proposed budget includes a proposed rollback to take into account inflationary growth of property valuations to keep property taxes the same as they were last year.

The BCHS invites the public to a historical marker dedication Thursday afternoon at the BORO art park downtown to commemorate Statesboro's first railroad, the Dover and Statesboro Railroad.

The bill not only mandates the State Board of Education to establish a program for the Department of Education to allocate funds for eligible teachers to purchase school supplies online but also provides for universal reading screeners to be adopted, used and administrated in every Georgia public school and local school system. Senators Clint Dixon and Billy Hickman collaborated on the legislation.

rue 21 in the Statesboro Mall will close on May 31, 2024. The company filed for bankruptcy last week and immediately began closing all their stores companywide.

South Georgia will take on USL Championship side Charleston Battery at 7:00pm May 8 on the road in the 109th edition of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.