Bulloch County News

One Bulloch County business wants to a share a meal with veterans next week. Owners of the Teapotter's Cafe will host their second annial Veteran's Day meal.

Portal/Metter Highway will be closed beginning Monday, Nov. 9, for bridge replacement, according to spokespersons form the Georgia Department of Transportation.

The Bulloch County Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is celebrating a national milestone at their annual banquet this Saturday.

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

Three men were stabbed Halloween night after two apparently unwelcome guests drew knives, said Bulloch County Sheriff Lynn Anderson.

Bulloch County Sheriff's investigators are seeking information about a convenience store armed robbery that took place last week.

Local school construction has become a real economic stimulus for Bulloch County resulting in a collective sigh of relief for many connected with large scale commercial construction in this area.

Five school districts have filed suit against the state of Georgia claiming that the creation and operation of the Georgia Charter Schools Commission is unconstitutional.

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.

Arnold Ray Akins Arnold Ray Akins, former Bulloch County Sheriff, age 70, died Saturday, October 24, 2009, at The Doctors Hospital of Tattnall in Reidsville.

The National Weather Service in Charleston, S.C., has issued a TORNADO WARNING until 7:15 p.m. for: a NORTHWESTERN BRYAN COUNTY a SOUTHWESTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY a SOUTHEASTERN BULLOCH COUNTY a NORTHWESTERN LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... At 6:20 p.m., radar indicated a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado 10 miles southwest of ...

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 man facing Statesboro Municipal Court Judge J. Lane Johnston Tuesday apparently didn't like the sentence handed down for probation violation, so he bailed.

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.

When local drug agents confiscated a cell phone from a man arrested on drug charges, they likely didn't anticipate finding text messages from the man's customers.

In spite of rainy weather that nixed the fair parade Monday and dampened the fairgrounds Wednesday, record attendance Tuesday, paired with hopefully decent weather the rest of the week, could help recoup any losses, said Kiwanis Ogeechee Fair Chairman Darrell Colson.

* Wrist stamp for $18 allows bearer to unlimited rides. These stamps will not be good for readmission to the fair if you leave.

Early voting for the Statesboro city council election is under way as citizens prepare to select two council members and a mayor for new four-year terms.

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.