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Mayor McCollar and 2 council members start their new termsMayor Jonathan McCollar started his third term, and Statesboro City Council's newest member and longest-serving current member both began new four-year terms with a swearing-in ceremony, 9 a.m. Tuesday at the beginning of the first council meeting of 2026.January 7, 2026 -
Hickman continues 'literacy' emphasis into his sixth year in Georgia SenateDistrict 4 Sen. Billy Hickman, R-Statesboro, goes back to the Georgia General Assembly this week with a boxful of education proposals addressing topics such as keeping students' phones out of classrooms, countering chronic absenteeism, making kindergarten actually compulsory and bringing retired teachers back to work.January 6, 2026 -
Signs of new life for vacant storefronts on Northside DriveWhen developers' plans for new retailers at locations around the bypass make news, a frequent comment from the public is, "Why don't they reuse some of these vacant stores in town instead?"December 30, 2025 -
Expansion of Bulloch County Elections Board to 5 members is 1 of 2 local legislation items for 2026When the Georgia General Assembly convenes in January, Rep. Lehman Franklin will carry forward two pieces of local legislation.December 23, 2025 -
Bulloch has received $11M from FEMA, stands to get $12-14M more, for expenses after 2024-25 stormsBulloch County has received about $11 million, mainly from FEMA, for public cleanup and recovery efforts after two hurricanes and a tropical storm that roared through in 2023 and 2024. But the county is still awaiting $12 million to $14 million more in pending or potential reimbursements, says Bulloch EMA Director Corey Kemp.December 17, 2025 -
December 10 was doubly tragic day on Bulloch County roadwaysWednesday, Dec. 10, was a twice tragic one on roadways in Bulloch County, with two unrelated accidents claiming lives.December 16, 2025 -
County enacts new zoning rules, including regs for future ATV trail and motorbike track parksAfter two previous postponements, the Bulloch County Planning and Development Office's raft of new regulations, including rules for future "go cart, ATV and motorbike tracks and trails," was unanimously approved last week by the county commissioners. In a change from a previous draft, the rules do not require a fence around a track or trail site.December 10, 2025 -
Council approves rezoning for Kroger MX tract with one added conditionStatesboro City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved rezoning a 28-acre tract at the corner of Cypress Lake Road and Veterans Memorial Parkway corner to MX "mixed use" for inclusion of a future Kroger supermarket shopping center, with conditions.December 3, 2025 -
TMT Farms to glow nightly from Thanksgiving evening to Dec. 27This year's TMT Farms Christmas lights drive-thru display is set to shine nightly for a month, beginning at 6 p.m. Thanksgiving Day, while TMT patriarch Roy Thompson recovers from a recent stroke and with the season dedicated in memory of Deborah Thompson.November 25, 2025 -
Davis' trial for 2024 Days Inn double homicide gets underwayThe trial of Kentaevious Raeshon Davis on murder and other charges alleging that he killed two other young men, Christopher Joyce and Jamaryce Mincey, in a Statesboro motel room on Feb. 29, 2024, got underway Monday in Bulloch County Superior Court.November 18, 2025