Metter has new police chief

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Metter has new police chief

Interim head Shore named as head of department

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Updated: Jan 13, 2018, 12:37 AM

Published: Jan 13, 2018, 12:40 AM

Rob Shore was appointed to the position of Metter Police chief, City Manager Mandi Cody announced Friday. Shore, who has been serving as interim chief since former chief Mack Seckinger’s termination in November, will be sworn in during a ceremony Tuesday, Jan 16, at 4 p.m. at the Metter Depot, Cody said. Shore joined the Metter Police Department in 2016 as a captain.

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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. - photo by AL HACKLE/Staff

AL HACKLE/Staff

Statesboro Herald

Published: Jul 31, 2025, 1:38 AM

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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