Georgia Southern beats Idaho 47-24
STATESBORO, Georgia - Kevin Ellison ran for two touchdowns and threw for another in Georgia Southern's 47-24 victory over winless Idaho on Saturday night.
View ArticleBarrow, Allen spar over nasty ads in Ga. debate
STATESBORO, Georgia - Democratic Rep. John Barrow and his Republican rival blamed each other in a debate Thursday for lobbing unfair attacks in a flood of negative advertising during their...
View ArticleDemocratic Rep. Barrow works for GOP votes in Ga.
STATESBORO, Georgia - Touring his southeast Georgia farm in a pickup truck, Randy Branch gave a visiting congressman a crash course in agriculture as well as an earful about politics - namely how much...
View ArticleDemocratic Rep. Barrow works for GOP votes in Ga.
STATESBORO, Georgia - Touring his southeast Georgia farm in a pickup truck, Randy Branch gave a visiting congressman a crash course in agriculture as well as an earful about politics - namely how much...
View ArticleGa. banker to be sentenced on fraud charges
STATESBORO, Georgia - A former Georgia investment adviser who pleaded guilty in a fraud scheme that fueled a rural bank's collapse and cost his investors tens of millions of dollars is set to be...
View ArticleInvestment adviser sentenced to 30 years in prison
STATESBORO, Georgia - Nearly two years after a banker who vanished was wrongly declared dead, he was sentenced Tuesday to 30 years in prison as he faced angry investors who lost millions of dollars...
View ArticleFederal officials probing Georgia sawmill fatality
STATESBORO, Georgia - Federal labor officials are investigating the death of a sawmill worker in Statesboro.
View ArticleEllison leads Georgia Southern past Troy, 42-10
STATESBORO, Georgia - Quarterback Kevin Ellison had three short touchdown runs, and L.A. Ramsby ran for two more scores to help Georgia Southern rout Troy 42-10 on Thursday night.
View ArticleUS Rep. Barrow loses to GOP challenger in Georgia
SAVANNAH, Georgia - After a decade in Congress largely spent distancing himself from his own Democratic Party, U.S. Rep. John Barrow was defeated Tuesday by a Republican who told voters the...
View ArticleGeorgia Southern eases past Trinity (Fla.) 86-49
STATESBORO, Georgia - Jelani Hewitt and Trent Wiedeman scored 15 points apiece to lead Georgia Southern to an 86-49 win over Trinity Baptist (Fla.) on Tuesday night.
View ArticleDeliberations to continue in case of slain Ga. preacher
STATESBORO, Georgia - Deliberations are expected to continue Friday in the trial of two men accused in the death of a Wayne County preacher.
View ArticleJury convicts man in death of Statesboro preacher
STATESBORO, Georgia - A Bulloch County jury on Friday convicted a man in the slaying of a Statesboro preacher after prosecutors said the man plotted with the preacher's wife and stepdaughter from his...
View ArticleGeorgia Southern routs Div. II Johnson (FL) 97-41
STATESBORO, Georgia - Jelani Hewitt scored 19 points to lead five players in double figures as Georgia Southern routed NCCAA Division-II Johnson University (Florida) 97-41 on Saturday night.
View ArticleGeorgia Southern edges FIU in 78-72 win
STATESBORO, Georgia - Jelani Hewitt scored 33 points, including a trio of 3-pointers, to lift Georgia Southern to a 78-72 win over Florida International on Monday.
View ArticleGeorgia Southern beats SC State 71-58
STATESBORO, Georgia - Jelani Hewitt scored 23 points and Trent Wiedeman added 18 to lead Georgia Southern to a 71-58 victory over South Carolina State on Saturday.
View ArticleGeorgia Southern beats Louisiana-Monroe, 22-16
STATESBORO, Georgia - Matt Breida and Alfred Ramsby each ran for touchdowns in the fourth quarter as Georgia Southern posted a come-from-behind, 22-16 win over Louisiana-Monroe Saturday night.
View ArticleNCAA says Georgia Southern can't play in a bowl
STATESBORO, Georgia - Georgia Southern's appeal for bowl eligibility has been denied by the NCAA, ending the Eagles' season.
View ArticleGeorgia Southern defeats NAIA Truett-McConnell 90-57
STATESBORO, Georgia - Trent Wiedeman scored 18 points and had nine rebounds to help Georgia Southern beat Truett-McConnell 90-57 on Monday night.
View ArticleStatesboro man faces murder charge in East Dublin killing
EAST DUBLIN, Georgia - Authorities say a 38-year-old Statesboro man is facing a murder charge in connection with the New Year's Eve shooting death of a man in East Dublin.
View ArticleGeorgia Southern holds on to beat Texas State 40-36
STATESBORO, Georgia - Jelani Hewitt nailed a game-tying 3-pointer and made three free throws to seal the win as Georgia Southern came from behind to beat Texas State 40-36 on Saturday night.
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