Statesboro Herald

02/06/2025

Learn more about Peach State Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, LLC in this week's Locally Owned!

Peach State Air Conditioning & Refrigeration is a premier provider of commercial cooling and heating systems, and we specialize in HVAC design-build, cooling repairs and system maintenance. Offering exceptional client service and cost-effective HVAC solutions, the Peach State team preserves the comf...

02/06/2025

TOP 20 UNDER 40 2025!
Nominate a Bulloch County business star TODAY!
www.statesboroherald.com/20under40

The nominee must be under 40 years of age as of January 1, 2026. Deadline for nominations is March 10, 2025.
Selections will be published in the Statesboro Herald
on Thursday, April 24.

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Nominate a Bulloch County business star. The nominee must be under 40 years of age as of January 1, 2026. Deadline for nominations is March 10, 2025. Selections will be published in the Statesboro Herald on Thursday, April 24. Candidates should have achieved professional success and be active in com...

02/06/2025

Check out Yamacraw Bluff, a historical novel charting the trials and tribulations of Savannah’s founders written by former Georgia Southern University professor Dr. Luke Pittaway!

Available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Yamacraw-Bluff-Luke-Pittaway/dp/1683150988

Available from Culicidae Press: https://culicidaepress.com/pittaway-yamacraw-bluff/

02/06/2025

Four-time champs SEB raising funds to compete in national flag football tournament
NFL Flag Tournament is July 18-21 in Canton, Ohio
https://www.statesboroherald.com/sports/four-time-champs-seb-raising-funds-to-compete-in-national-flag-football-tournament/

02/06/2025

Helton inks five-year extension as head coach for Georgia Southern
Eagles announce 2025 signing, transfer portal class

Georgia Southern Director of Athletics Chris Davis announced a five-year extension to the contract of head football coach Clay Helton on Wednesday. Helton’s contract extension will run through the 2029 season.

02/06/2025

Eagles' Parker Claxton places second in annual Sharkey Invitational

The Georgia Southern golf team has been used to kicking off the season with their annual Sharkey Invitational, which is held at the Georgia Southern University course.

02/06/2025

Former GS professor publishes historical novel

"Yamacraw Bluff," a historical novel charting the trials and tribulations of Savannah’s founders, is gaining attention in Amazon’s top books in cultural history.

02/06/2025

Bulloch County Black History Month 2025
No retirement plans for Marjorie Grant

Retirement – the action of leaving one’s job and ceasing to work, but has she done it yet? No! After 33 years in the classroom, officially retiring in 2005, she returned as a substitute teacher in 2006, and today she is still helping young minds to develop through love, discipline, and caring. A...

02/05/2025

Bulloch County Schools
Employee Recruitment Fair
Saturday, February 8
9 a.m. to 12 noon
Statesboro High School Cafeteria, located at 10 Coach Lee Hill Blvd.
Enter at the Lee Hill Area Entrance on the west side of the building

Learn about job openings or apply online at bullochschools.org/jobs

02/05/2025

Further decision expected at next council meeting

Statesboro City Council, by a 3-2 vote Tuesday, suspended the massage parlor license of Lisa’s Therapeutic Massage for two weeks, awaiting a possible further decision by the council. The hearing was held as part of the council’s regular semimonthly council meeting after the city attorney issued ...

02/05/2025

2024 Fair recognized with top marketing awards

The 2024 Kiwanis Ogeechee Fair Chairmen Bobby Turner, along with 2025 Chairman John Banter and Kiwanis Club of Statesboro members Lisa Turner and Kasey Hagan, recently attended the 2025 Georgia/South Carolina Association of Fairs Annual Convention held in Charleston, S.C.

02/04/2025

The comprehensive proposal calls for improvements in information sharing among schools through a new anonymous app, increases penalties for those who make terroristic threats, and provides tax incentives to encourage gun owners to purchase firearm safety storage devices.

ATLANTA — Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns introduced school-safety legislation Monday stemming from last year's school shooting in Barrow County that killed two teachers and two students. The comprehensive proposal calls for improvements in information sharing among schools through a new anonymous...

02/04/2025

So, county and city could yet propose new 9th penny sales tax for property tax rollback

So far, no local governing boards in Bulloch County have opted out of the special new “floating” homestead property tax exemption set in motion by 2024’s Georgia House Bill 581. So the county also remains eligible to create a new “Flexible” Local Option Sales Tax. Unless local governments ...

02/02/2025

Restaurant hood fire forces evacuation of Statesboro Mall
No injuries, but Mall closed after 3 p.m. incident

The Statesboro Mall was evacuated Sunday afternoon following what fire officials believe was fire inside the hood of the Bourbon Grill restaurant in the Mall's food court.

02/02/2025

Professional Eye Care of Statesboro presents Prep Sports Spotlight
Jackson Sheppard – Senior, Guard, Bulloch Academy

The Bulloch Academy boys’ basketball team has been on a roll over the past few weeks.

02/02/2025

Professional Eye Care of Statesboro presents Prep Sports Spotlight
Tameeyah Kingsberry - Junior, Guard, Portal

The Portal Lady Panthers have had their ups and downs so far this season. They are currently 8-8 overall and 5-6 in region play.

02/02/2025

Georgia Southern University Dean's List - Fall 2024

Georgia Southern University recently recognized approximately 3,460 students for excellence in academics on the Fall 2024 Dean's List.

02/02/2025

Two soldiers killed in vehicle accident at Fort Stewart training area identified

FORT STEWART – The 3rd Infantry Division has identified the two soldiers who died in a single-vehicle accident Jan. 30 during an exercise in the Fort Stewart training area.