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Now, a city election year, with Statesboro mayor’s office upStatesboro resident voters who think they catch a break after 2024 probably have another think coming. 2025 is a city election year with the mayor’s office and two council seats due for votes. In fact, City Council formally set the qualifying fees for candidates during its first meeting of the year, 9 a.m. Tuesday. After the meeting, all three incumbents with terms expiring this year said they will run again. Council’s vote was a legally required formality. The qualifying fees are prescribed by state law as 3% of the annual salary of an office. So the fees are $560 for candidates for mayor and $330 for candidates for City Council in District 1 and District 4, as stated in the resolution, which was approved 5-0, on a motion from District 1 Councilwoman Tangie Reese Johnson seconded by District 4 Councilman John Riggs.19 hours ago -
Bulloch commissioners approve well mitigation program at pivotal timeBy a 5-1 vote Tuesday morning, the Bulloch County Board of Commissioners approved an agreement with Bryan County to establish the Groundwater Sustainability Program. It will compensate owners of private deep wells if they go dry or lose pressure because of four high-volume wells the two counties will use to supply water to Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America.December 18, 2024 -
Agribusiness Council president: Tough year for Georgia farmers, with limited help on the wayTouting the value of agriculture as "Georgia's number-one industry" but acknowledging a tough weather year, Georgia Agribusiness Council President Will Bentley, speaking recently in Bulloch County, cited numbers indicating that Hurricane Helene alone wiped out roughly 10% of the state's 2024 crop value.December 11, 2024 -
City approves GDOT agreement for Creek on Blue Mile but will seek new engineering groupAfter an action of Statesboro City Council last week, the city will continue working with the Georgia Department of Transportation on bridges and walkways for the Creek on the Blue Mile project. But City Manager Charles Penny announced that the city will break from the engineering and design firm Freese and Nichols — with which the city has spent more than $2 million on preliminary work toward this project over the last five years — and advertise for a new engineering team. Since federal funding has become involved through the Georgia DOT, requirements for the federal process added to the design work, and Freese and Nichols and their subcontractors initially asked for about $4 million more, Penny said.December 10, 2024 -
Two Statesboro churches first to complete Georgia BRIGHT solar power installationsThis year two Statesboro churches are powering up with light from above – through solar panels installed on their roofs as part of a new statewide initiative. Trinity Episcopal Church in August and the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Statesboro in November became the first two churches to complete solar energy installations with Georgia BRIGHT.December 3, 2024 -
Chaplain became a worker, not a weapon, in service to soldiers, God and countryAs keynote speaker for the 2024 Veteran's Day service at the Emma Kelly Theater, Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Nick Spletstoser told how he aspired to become "a weapon" for America but instead was called to be "a worker" for God and has still served the nation, its soldiers and veterans.November 12, 2024 -
Tangie Johnson wins District 1 Statesboro Council special election without a runoffThrough the early voting and Tuesday, Tangie Reese Johnson captured a few more than 50% of the votes in a three-candidate special election for the District 1 seat on Statesboro City Council left vacant by the resignation last summer of longtime Councilman Phil Boyum.November 6, 2024 -
More than 40% of Bulloch residents voted early; now it’s everyone else’s last chanceMore than 40% of Bulloch County’s registered voters voted early in the current presidential, state and local election. Election Supervisor Shontay Jones hopes this and a relatively short ballot will help make for a smooth Election Day at all 16 of the county’s traditional voting precincts, open 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5.November 5, 2024 -
City’s three District 1 council candidates head to the finish line Tuesday as wellThree candidates in a special Statesboro city election in Council District 1 – Tangie Reese Johnson, Ken Jackson and John Grotheer – are wrapping up their race for the unexpired term of former Councilmember Phil Boyum, with early voting ending at 5 p.m. Friday and Tuesday being Election Day.October 30, 2024 -
Craig Tremble, funeral director, pastor and chief deputy coroner, seeks officeCraig Tremble, funeral director and owner of Craig R. Tremble Funeral Home, has served as a Bulloch County deputy coroner for 27 years and for 23 of those years as chief deputy coroner. Since May he has been the Democratic nominee for the elected office of coroner.October 29, 2024