Brooklet News

Wednesday's first guests on the "Mornings unPhiltered" show were Julie Barnes and Statesboro Herald reporter Holli Deal Bragg, who helped start the Heart of Dixie Equine Rescue group.

Two vacated seats on the Brooklet City Council were filled Tuesday, and the incumbent was ousted from the third seat up for election.

It was Election Day Tuesday and, appropriately enough, the lone guest "Mornings UnPhiltered" was Bulloch County Chief Probate Clerk Patricia Lanier Jones.

Note: All information included in this report is taken from law enforcement incident reports and arrest records, which are public records and available for review at any and all local law enforcement agencies.

Tanita Peak, a fourth grade teacher at Brooklet Elementary School, was named Friday the 2010 Bulloch County School System's Teacher of the Year.

A Bulloch County woman has been charged in the June beating that led to the death of Devon Morris in August.

Brooklet resident Donna Hodges, 42, was arrested at her residence Friday for the June 8 beating and robbery of the late Devon Morris.

"My husband, friends and I attended the Mass community celebration in Brooklet. It was a renewal of faith, strength, love and living our best for the Lord." "Floyd Adams wants to pay parents to attend PTA meetings? No.

Customers who walk into a Clyde's Market or similar stores may think they see as many video cameras as they do jumbo drinks.

Claxton Police arrested a man suspected in four Bulloch County armed robberies after he robbed a Claxton convenience store clerk at knife point Sunday afternoon.

Four convenience store armed robberies over the weekend - three out in the county and one inside the Statesboro city limits - have Statesboro Police and Bulloch County Sheriff's investigators seeking information about possibly three suspects.

Friday's first guest on the "Morning's UnPhiltered" show was Keep Bulloch Beautiful's Jenna Lawson.

Brooklet Elementary School Counselor Raina Mallard's plate is very full. In addition to her classroom guidance time, Mallard spends a large part of the day involved in small peer counseling groups and individual counseling with students, parents and some staff.

On a sun-drenched Fall Saturday the Portal Heritage Society's 28th Annual Catface Turpentine Festival celebrated the town's history and offered a good time for all, as well.

The Effingham County Board of Education recognized a South Effingham High School student and master teachers at its meeting last Thursday.

Georgia Sen. Jack Hill was honored Monday by a "presidential citation" from Dr. Todd Gross, president of the Georgia Historical Society.

Demonstrating what makes a good anvil and what to put in a light summer stew, re-enactors at the annual Fort McAllister State Historic Park Labor Day program Saturday presented a variety of daily Civil War chores and trades.

Jay Williams left Brooklet United Methodist Church Thursday carrying something many people don't see outside of church, a tall wooden cross.

At the Statesboro High School campus, there is an amazing array of new technology.

Recently, Ryan Dasher, 14, had the time of his life performing as an opening act for country star Cledus T. Judd at the Clubhouse at Rye Patch.