Al Hackle

Bulloch County commissioners were slated to act Tuesday to amend the water and sewer agreement with Bryan County so that Bulloch can buy 250,000 gallons per day sewage disposal capacity at the new North Bryan treatment plant.

County Engineer Ron Nelson, after collecting facts for an update of Bulloch County's policies for road and bridge projects, noted Tuesday that some dirt roads here have been in a petition and right of way acquisition process for more than 20 years without getting paved.

Following a May directive from the Bulloch County Board of Commissioners, county staff members – and now also the Planning and Zoning Commission – have proposed an amendment to remove all permissive references to data centers, as well as regulations allowing “crypto mining” from the county zoning ordinances.

For four days this week, 50 incoming Georgia Southern University first-year students who enlisted in the BUILD program divided into smaller teams and did volunteer work at various nonprofit sites, from campus to downtown Statesboro and beyond.

By a 5-0 vote Thursday evening, the Bulloch County Board of Education is proposing a property tax millage that represents a full rollback to offset annual inflation in assessed values.

Statesboro City Council recently accepted both a $1.4 million state grant through the Georgia Department of Transportation for engineering of the Creek on the Blue Mile Trail project and an unrelated, roughly $800,000 agreement for continued operation of the city’s bus system.

The Georgia Forestry Commission, with assistance from the Bulloch County Fire Department, has fought a wildfire off Buie Driggers Road through the last week of July. Now the county commissioners will meet Friday to vote on this year’s second temporary outdoor burn ban.

The Georgia Forestry Commission, with assistance from the Bulloch County Fire Department, fought a wildfire across 400-plus acres of brushy woodland off Buie Driggers Road through the last week of July. Also hearing of other fires, the county commissioners met in emergency session Friday and imposed this year’s second temporary outdoor burn ban.

Developers are seeking a zoning change to build a two-story data center, with about 115,000 square feet of area per floor, on an almost 27-acre site just inside Statesboro’s city limits on Burkhalter Road.

Before the doors opened for children, Bulloch County’s new superintendent of schools, Dr. Torian White, arrived at Stilson Elementary School around 7:05 a.m. Monday for his first campus visit on what turned out to be a smooth first day of the 2026–27 school year.