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Local Scout earns Eagle rank
Ninth-grader the fourth generation in his family to receive highest honor
W James Nash Welch
James Nash Welch, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Troop 648, recently earned the highest attainable award for Scouting, the Eagle Scout rank, making him a fourth-generation Eagle Scout in his family. Welch's dad and maternal grandfather and great-grandfather were Eagle Scouts also. - photo by Special to the Herald
James Nash Welch, a ninth-grader at Statesboro High School, recently received the highest and most coveted award in Scouting. Welch earned the Eagle Scout rank for the Boy Scouts of America, an award that less than 2 percent of Boy Scouts in the United States ever attain. Involved in Scouting since he was 8 years old, Welch is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Troop 648, under the leadership of Scoutmaster Billy Arthur.
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Joint investigation leads to narcotics trafficking arrest
a trafficking amount of fentanyl was recovered from each vehicle, along with a large amount of US Currency from Rodriguez’s vehicle.
Shown is trafficking amount of fentanyl that was recovered from vehicles during a Tuesday arrest in Statesboro, along with a large amount of US Currency from one of the vehicles.
An investigation of a fentanyl trafficking suspect yielded two arrests when the Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office and Homeland Security agents set up a surveillance operation in Statesboro on July 8, according to a press release from the BCSO.
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