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200 families in need receive Thanksgiving meal from Bulloch County Sheriffs Office
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Deputies from the Bulloch County Sheriff's Office, in conjunction with the Statesboro Food Bank, volunteered their off-duty time to secure, pack, load and deliver Thanksgiving groceries to 200 needy families in the community. Here, deputies prepare to make deliveries Friday morning. - photo by Jessica Lavender/Special
The Bulloch County Sheriff's Office, in conjunction with the Statesboro Food Bank, is providing 200 Thanksgiving meals for local families that need support and help during this time of year. Sgt. Jimmy Billings and Reserve Deputy Bubba Revell, both in the community relations division of the sheriff's office, spearheaded the effort. Sheriff's deputies not only chipped in money to help with the donations, but also volunteered their off-duty time to put together the packages and deliver them.
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BOE tentatively adopts 3-mill property tax hike
Year-in-advance plan of deep cuts to schools got community’s attention
Teachers attending Wednesday's special meeting of the Bulloch County Board of Education stand at the request of Transitions Learning Center Administrator Tim Rountree, at lectern, as he speaks for keeping the TLC open and not cutting teaching jobs.
Teachers attending Wednesday's special meeting of the Bulloch County Board of Education stand at the request of Transitions Learning Center Administrator Tim Rountree, at lectern, as he speaks for keeping the TLC open and not cutting teaching jobs. - photo by AL HACKLE/Staff
After a public input session in which more than 20 of the 25 citizens who signed up to speak spoke in favor of a tax increase if it would avoid eliminating classroom teaching jobs and closing the Transitions Learning Center, the Bulloch County Board of Education voted 5-3 Wednesday evening to publish a tentative 2025 property tax rate of 10.4 mills. This was discussed as a “3-mill” increase.
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