Statesboro Herald

10/10/2025

Savage Trails supporters ask county to let shuttered ‘mud park’ reopen
Commissioners table raft of new zoning regs, including those for ATV trails, till November

About two dozen people who enjoyed camping or riding their ATVs at Savage Trails RV park turned out at the Oct. 7 Bulloch County commissioners meeting to express support for reopening the park, closed by a county zoning enforcement action since the Friday before Labor Day.

10/09/2025

Fun at the annual Mill Creek Fishing Rodeo

The Gary Oglesby Youth Fishing Rodeo at Mill Creek Regional Park attracted dozens of children and their families from the region and provided prizes, food and a chance to catch some whoppers.

10/09/2025

Statesboro faces big region showdown vs. Brunswick at Womack Field

The Statesboro Blue Devils are in a spot they haven’t been in a while. The Blue Devils are currently 4-2 overall and 3-1 in region play. They have already matched, or surpassed the win totals from the past four seasons and are two victories away from the first winning season since 2013.

10/09/2025

Portal heads to Twin City to battle ECI

It's been a season of ups and downs so far for Portal. Following a few weeks of rough outcomes on the scoreboard despite plenty of positive notes, the Panthers broke through with an overtime victory over Savannah two weeks ago before last week's bye.

10/09/2025

SEB hits road to take on Jenkins in key region match-up

The Jackets will be playing their third-straight road game and are currently clinging to the fourth and final playoff spot as they go up against the Jenkins Warriors Friday.

10/09/2025

This week's Locally Owned featured business is Josh D. Tucker Law Firm!

When the unthinkable happens and a loved one is lost due to the negligence or misconduct of another, the right to seek justice falls primarily on the shoulders of immediate family members. In the realm of wrongful death claims, spouses, children and parents of unmarried children are often at the for...

10/09/2025

City Council votes forward new massage and salon ordinances
Not enacted yet, but final adoption could occur Oct. 21

City Council on Tuesday voted forward from a first reading a “Massage Establishment Ordinance” proposed to replace Statesboro’s 1994 “Massage Ordinance” and also advanced a proposed “Salon Ordinance” to regulate nail and hair salons and similar cosmetology places in accordance with sta...

10/09/2025

New store brand coming to Bulloch – 'ampm'
Convenience store/gas station/travel center to open at Burkhalter/Hwy 80 intersection
https://www.statesboroherald.com/local/new-store-brand-coming-to-bulloch-ampm/

10/08/2025

Yarbrough - Remembering a group of heroes

It was just a small paragraph buried in the news briefs inside the paper stating that the U.S. was drawing down its mission in Iraq under an agreement with the Iraqi government. A Pentagon spokesman says the drawdown reflects "our combined success in fighting ISIS." There were no details on the numb...

10/08/2025

Two state Public Service Commission seats also on ballot

The early voting opportunity begins Tuesday, Oct. 14, for the Nov. 4 election that includes Bulloch County’s countywide FLOST and E-SPLOST referendums and also – for Statesboro city residents only – a mayoral race.

10/08/2025

Herald hosting 7 p.m. event at the Averitt Center

The Statesboro Herald will host a forum Tuesday, Oct. 14 for the two candidates running for mayor of Statesboro, offering voters the opportunity to hear from them in person before voting.

10/07/2025

WJMS's Amy Smith named runner-up as 15 teachers honored

Alison Hardin, fifth-grade English language-arts teacher at Brooklet Elementary School and a lead teacher for the county's New Teacher Professional Development Program, emphasizes teamwork. She has been a cheerleading coach more than once. Now, she's the Bulloch County Schools' 2025–2026 district-...