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News Articles: Statesboro

Nevils Denmark Road in Bulloch County near Georgia State Route 46 as seen on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024.

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  • Weather

‘We didn't know that it could flood out here’: Georgians recover from Debby, brace for more flooding

Debby was “completely different,” a Statesboro pastor said, from any other storm he had experienced.

August 09, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
Ellen Murphy, a representative for the Georgia Southern University students, reads a list of demands in protest the institution abruptly discontinuing programs designed to lessen discrimination against LGBTQIA+ people. April 29, 2024, in Statesboro, GA.

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Georgia Southern students protest termination of LGBTQIA+ program

Students and faculty members at Georgia Southern University’s main campus held a sit-in rally on Monday to protest the termination of a program aimed at reducing discrimination against LGBTQIA+ people.

April 30, 2024
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  • Justin Taylor ,
  • Craig Nelson ,
  • and 1 more
Georgia Southern University's Statesboro campus

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Georgia's only environmental science Ph.D. program is launching. Hear from two of its first students

Georgia Southern University's new interdisciplinary program comes as a first for the Peach State.

August 17, 2023
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  • Benjamin Payne
Georgia Southern University's main campus in Statesboro, with two academic buildings in the background and a pond with fountains and tallgrass in the background.

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Georgia's only Ph.D. program in environmental science to launch at Georgia Southern University

A new master's degree will also be offered, with an accelerated option for select undergraduates.

July 10, 2023
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  • Benjamin Payne
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Where is it hardest to gain ‘compassionate release’ in America? Georgia.

Federal judges in Georgia’s Middle and Southern districts are the least likely to approve releases for prisoners fearing COVID sickness, data shows.

September 16, 2022
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  • Jake Shore
aerial photo showing a damaged highway overpass struck by a truck

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Westbound Lanes Of I-16 Reopen After Damaged Bridge's Removal

Crews have removed the damaged bridge over I-16 in Middle Georgia, allowing a single westbound lane of traffic through.

July 16, 2021
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  • Emily Jones
Georgia Southern University

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College Communities In Georgia Emerge As COVID-19 Hot Spots

The top 10 metro areas in the nation for the highest rates of COVID-19 cases over the past two weeks are all college towns.

The list, as compiled Monday by the New York Times, includes two Georgia college towns: Milledgeville, where Georgia College is located, which is No. 5. It’s followed at No. 6 by Statesboro, the home of Georgia Southern University. 

September 01, 2020
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  • Andy Miller
Ricardo Gomez (6) and the rest of South Georgia Tormenta FC are preparing for a home opener on Saturday in front of a live crowd in Statesboro.

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UPDATE: South Georgia Tormenta FC Game Postponed After Positive COVID-19 Tests

Saturday's game between South Georgia Tormenta FC and the Richmond Kickers has been postponed after two positive COVID-19 tests.

July 16, 2020
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By:
  • Taylor Gantt
Satsuma oranges ready for sale from Franklin's Farms in Statesboro

Citrus Industry Growing In Georgia

Think oranges and you probably think Florida. Now Georgia farmers are hoping to make you think again as a disease kills trees next door in the sunshine...

April 29, 2020
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  • Josephine Bennett
Some Georgia Southern University students burned the book of after its author spoke on the school's Statesboro campus.

For Journalism Students, Campus Book Burning Is Real-Life Training

Students of Georgia Southern University gathered Wednesday night for a difficult conversation about race, free speech and tolerance. It comes after a...

October 17, 2019
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By:
  • Rickey Bevington and
  • Sophia Saliby

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