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2 weeks ago | 
statesboroherald.com | Jim Healy
Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Todd Hutchens said a “violent attack on a 7-year-old” while riding in a Bulloch County school bus April 18 led to an investigation that resulted in charging seven juveniles with battery and a bus driver with cruelty to children. “It was a violent attack from the 5-year-old all the way up to the 14-year-old,” Hutchens said at a Tuesday press conference inside the Sheriff’s Office.
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4 weeks ago | 
statesboroherald.com | Jim Healy
Almost exactly one year after The Saucy Shrimp restaurant on Highway 301 South was gutted by a fire, the eatery reopened on the site of the Soyumi restaurant that closed March 16 in the Statesboro Crossing shopping center.
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4 weeks ago | 
statesboroherald.com | Jim Healy
The large yellow “CLOSING” sign that hung at the entrance to the Big Lots store in the Statesboro Square Shopping Center came down more than a month ago after all stock was cleared out and the store went dark. But, last week, several new, smaller signs went up announcing the store would reopen on June 5.
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1 month ago | 
statesboroherald.com | Jim Healy
With his wife Holly and daughter Skylar along with some of his closest colleagues and friends gathered inside the Emma Kelly Theater, the late Kelly Berry became the eighth member of the Averitt Center for the Arts Legend of the Arts Gallery. And for Trish Tootle, who came to know Berry while working with him on the Averitt Center Board, Berry was right there with everybody during Tuesday’s induction ceremony. “When I walk into this building, I see Kelly and I sense his presence,” she said.
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2 months ago | 
statesboroherald.com | Jim Healy
Three people were wounded during a shooting incident March 6 at a Statesboro apartment complex and, so far, four city residents have been arrested in connection with the incident.
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2 months ago | 
statesboroherald.com | Jim Healy
Working in partnership with Scouting America, American Legion Dexter Allen Post 90 made a little history last week: The post played host to a signing event that chartered the first-ever all girls’ troop in Bulloch County.
Following the changing of the Boy Scouts of America name to Scouts BSA in 2019, the group officially became Scouting America in February. It currently has approximately 1 million members across the nation, including 176,000 girls.
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2 months ago | 
statesboroherald.com | Jim Healy
Three people were wounded during a shooting incident Thursday afternoon at a Statesboro apartment complex. According to Statesboro Police Department Chief Mike Broadhead, an argument between roommates at Southern Downs apartments ended up in the parking lot with shots fired and three people suffering gunshot wounds. Broadhead said all three were taken to East Georgia Regional Medical Center none of the injuries appeared life-threatening.
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2 months ago | 
statesboroherald.com | Jim Healy
In accepting the Statesboro-Bulloch Chamber of Commerce's Distinguished Farmer of the Year award Tuesday, Jamie Thompson offered what would have been her late husband's take on the honor. "I would like to point out that Chris would hate this," she said. "… He never liked to be publicly recognized for his accomplishments. When I told Bo that her daddy would be given this award, she said it was only fitting that he won this year because it was the only year we could get him to accept it."
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2 months ago | 
statesboroherald.com | Jim Healy
On a cool, clear Tuesday morning, about 200 people gathered for Bulloch County's annual Blessing of the Crops at the Hunter Cattle Company farm in Stilson. Sponsored by the Statesboro-Bulloch Chamber of Commerce, Morris Bank Market President John Roach welcomed the group. "As we gather for the Blessing of the Crops, we recognize the tireless efforts of our agricultural community — the backbone of our region's prosperity," Roach said.
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2 months ago | 
statesboroherald.com | Jim Healy
Land clearing began last year for Statesboro STEAM Academy’s campus off Veterans Memorial Parkway and on Friday, faculty, staff and school leadership officially broke ground on what will become STEAM’s permanent home. “We've got great schools here in Bulloch County that offer great educational opportunities,” County Commission Chairman David Bennet said.
