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Mayor McCollar and 2 council members start their new terms
All incumbents kept seats in 2025 city elections; peers keep Barr as pro tem
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Mayor Jonathan McCollar, right, places a hand on a Bible held by his wife, Adrianne McCollar, while Probate Judge Lorna Deloach, left, administers the oath of office for the mayor’s third term. (AL HACKLE/staff)
Mayor 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.