PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Shakil Afridi has languished in jail for years - since 2011, when the Pakistani doctor used a vaccination scam in an attempt to identify Osama bin Laden's home, aiding U.S. Navy Seals who tracked and killed the al-Qaida leader.
When Janelle Skinner clocked out a couple of Saturdays ago, it was the last day she "fixed" hair professionally after serving the community for 44 years. Skinner owned and operated Janell's Beauty Salon in Simmons Shopping Center, where she paid $75 rent per month when she first opened the doors four decades ago.
When local realtor Paul Newman began college at Georgia Southern University in 2001, the Florida native never imagined that Statesboro would become his home, nor to becoming the official real estate agent of Georgia Southern Athletics.
Bulloch First announces the addition of Landon Lanier to lead its Mortgage division.
SAVANNAH - The Port of Savannah loaded and unloaded a milestone 4 million shipping container units for the first time in 2017 as larger cargo ships fueled double-digit growth at its docks, the Georgia Ports Authority announced Monday.
Ruby Gay Lane
Georgia's Poet Laureate, Judson Mitcham, paid a visit early this month to Georgia Southern University during the opening reception of the "Inspired Georgia" traveling photo exhibition, sponsored by the Georgia Council for the Arts. GSU is one of only six locations across the state selected to host the exhibition.
Mr. and Mrs. R. Brian Lewis of Augusta, Georgia, announce the engagement of their daughter, Brianna Elizabeth Mae Lewis of Atlanta, Georgia, to Jonathan Joel Minick, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Minick of Statesboro.
Note: The following is part of a series of columns looking at the founding and general history of southeast Georgia and Bulloch County.
Four sentences into her Wall Street Journal article on recent research into spanking ("Spanking for Misbehavior? It Causes More!" December 17, 2017), the author, Susan Pinker, makes two grievous errors: first, she says that children under 7 cannot master their emotions; second, she says a fair amount of misbehavior on the part of a young child distinguishes him from a robot.
The Portal Panthers (11-9, 7-3) rebounded nicely from a couple of losses over the weekend as they jumped out to an early lead, and never looked back, knocking off Savannah Country Day (5-14, 1-10) by a score of 56-32 Tuesday in Portal.
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2018 Deen Day Smith Service to Mankind awards.
Joseph Montgomery celebrated turning 90 in a rather unusual way. On the cold Sunday morning of January 7, the Newington resident gave away gifts on his birthday instead of receiving them.
Seven more Georgians have died from the flu, bringing the total to 12 deaths across the state this influenza season, public health officials said Friday.
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump tweeted Wednesday that the Second Amendment "WILL NEVER BE REPEALED" and called on voters to elect more Republicans in this fall ...
No additional candidates signed up Wednesday morning, the final half day of qualifying for the May 22 special election to Statesboro City Council in District ...
A fourth grade student was arrested Wednesday morning after telling another student he would shoot her.
James Patrick "Jimbo" Lee
I have long been a participant in all the outdoor endeavors known to mankind. There's nothing I won't try at least once if ...
PORTAL - In a game that saw an 8-6-5-3-6 triple play, a 7-2 double play, plenty of errors and baserunning blunders the Portal Panthers managed to ...
Two more candidates qualified Tuesday for the May 22 special election to fill the vacant District 5 seat on Statesboro City Council.
DETROIT - Autonomous vehicles get all the headlines, but automakers are gradually adding advanced electronic safety features to human-driven cars as they step toward a world ...
A new ranking of the healthiest U.S. communities puts eight Georgia counties in the top 500, with the highest being Forsyth County, at No ...
Monday, Bulloch County Sheriff's School Resource Officer Ross Newman arrested a 12-year-old sixth grade Southeast Bulloch Middle School student for making a threat against ...
Note: Bulloch County native, retired Georgia Southern professor and community activist Ruth Green addressed the Bulloch County Commission with a list of her concerns at ...
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