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Every week the Statesboro Herald and statesboroherald.com will ask a question of general interest. Look for the responses every Wednesday in Boro Snapshot.

January 24, 2007 | By ARAINA REAVES Herald Intern | Local

Moderate Baptists to meet in Atlanta on 21st century issues

ATLANTA - In a historic meeting that brought two of the country's three remaining former presidents together, former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton met Tuesday with leaders from 40 moderate Baptist groups who pledged to work on 21st century social and environmental issues.

January 24, 2007 | By DANIEL YEE Associated Press Writer | Local

Perdue: Stiffer fines for speedy drivers

ATLANTA - Speeders beware.

January 24, 2007 | By SHANNON McCAFFREY Associated Press Writer | Local

Bulloch creek used as dumping ground; consequences to follow

As he was driving down a beautiful dirt road in Portal near his home, Bulloch County Probate Judge Lee Deloach got a nasty surprise.

January 24, 2007 | By HOLLI DEAL BRAGG | Local

Students return for spring semester

Georgia Southern junior Haley Clayton returned to Statesboro a week ago to begin working at her job.

January 23, 2007 | By LUKE MARTIN | Local

Georgia brothel case to be presented to grand jury

ATLANTA - Prosecutors plan to go to a grand jury with their case against two women accused of running a brothel out of a mansion in an exclusive suburban neighborhood, and they continue to compile a list of the suspects' alleged customers.

January 23, 2007 | By HARRY R. WEBER Associated Press Writer | Local

Perdue, state lawmakers kick off new session

ATLANTA - Gov. Sonny Perdue took the helm Monday for a second term as governor, saying he was ''humbled by history'' and promising to leave Georgia on firm footing for the generations to come.

January 23, 2007 | By SHANNON McCAFFREY Associated Press Writer | Local

Coretta Scott King joins slain husband in holiday tribute

ATLANTA - On a recent afternoon, Jeffrey and Liza Dunn brought their daughter and niece to the center dedicated to the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., where the family took a moment to sit by the crypt of the civil rights icon and his wife, Coretta.

January 22, 2007 | By ERRIN HAINES Associated Press Writer | Local

City officials try to model parking ordinances after other cities

When Statesboro officials were asked to try to address the problem of people parking all over their front yards, they looked at other cities' ordinances and took from them the portions they thought best addressed the issue.

January 22, 2007 | By LUKE MARTIN | Local

Centerfold accused of running brothel in gated Ga. neighborhood

DULUTH, Ga. - For years, Lisa Ann Taylor's neighbors suspected something was going on behind the doors of her white-columned, million-dollar mansion in one of suburban Atlanta's most exclusive neighborhoods.

January 22, 2007 | By ERRIN HAINES Associated Press Writer | Local

Police: Local burglary planned by employee

A burglary at a local convenience store early Friday morning was an inside job, police said.

January 22, 2007 | By HOLLI DEAL BRAGG | Local

Farming exhibit opening at Averitt Center

Agricultures impact on Statesboro and Bulloch County will be the focus of a month-long exhibit opening this Friday at the Averitt Center for the Arts.

January 20, 2007 | By LUKE MARTIN | Local

MLK celebration in Statesboro

The daughter of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will speak at Georgia Southern on Tuesday, January 16, to culminate the celebration of her father's life in Bulloch County.

January 20, 2007 | By LUKE MARTIN | Local

Two children found dead in northeast Georgia home

BETHLEHEM, Ga. - Authorities were searching Thursday for a mother they described as a person of interest in the stabbing deaths of her children and a suspect in the beating of her father at the family's home in northeast Georgia.

January 19, 2007 | By ED SHEARER Associated Press Writer | Local

Statesboro Noon Lions Club to join with other clubs state wide

The Statesboro Noon Lions Club will join 250 other Lions organizations statewide Saturday, Jan. 13 to celebrate Lions of Georgia Day. On this day, local Lions Clubs will conduct special projects all across the state from the sales of brooms and mops to diabetes awareness and sight screenings.

January 19, 2007 | By HOLLI DEAL BRAGG | Local

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Statesboro woman pleads guilty in husband's death

Editor's note: This article has been revised to reflect the following correction, which will appear in Friday's print edition. Katrina Denise Ledford's jury selection is scheduled for Tuesday, and her trial is scheduled for July 8, in the killing of her mother's husband, Michael Anthony Riley. A front-page article Thursday incorrectly stated that those were the dates for another co-defendant in the case.

June 25, 2014 | Jason Wermers | Local

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