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February is Black History Month. That has many communities looking back at the journey that’s brought them to today.

New Claxton High School on schedule for next school year New Claxton High School on schedule for next school year By Dal Cannady | February 4, 2021 at 5:32 PM EST - Updated February 4 at 6:08 PM CLAXTON, Ga. (WTOC) - The new Claxton High School moves closer to opening this fall. Students and teachers at Claxton High School enter the home stretch of the year and the end of an era, while construction on the new high school continues on schedule and under budget. Crews inside and out moved the new campus closer to completion. “Tentatively, we’re looking at a May 30 finish date and an Au...

Bryan County News More By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. School board seeks pay raise and asks for nonpartisan BoE elections The Bryan County Board of Education is asking state lawmakers to pass legislation to give its members a pay raise for the first time since 2009 and also make future school board elections nonpartisan. The BOE made the request in a pair of resolutions Jan. 28 at the board’s meeting in Richmond Hill. One resolution notes school board members cur...

Tattnall Co. school bus overturns A Tattnall County school bus overturned in Evans County. (Source: Evans Co. Sheriff Mac Edwards) By WTOC Staff | February 1, 2021 at 3:04 PM EST - Updated February 1 at 3:04 PM EVANS COUNTY, Ga. (WTOC) - A Tattnall County school bus overturned on Bay Branch Road near Daniel Pond Road in Evans County according to Evans County Sheriff Mac Edwards. The driver and one child were in the bus at the time of the accident. Both the driver and child are being treated for injuries. This is a developing story. WTOC will provide updates as they come available. Copy...

Posted By: newsroom January 13, 2021 U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue visited Evans County last week to announce expansions to broadband Internet in round two of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) ReConnect Program. Perdue announced Thursday morning that Pembroke Telephone Company/Pembroke Advanced Communications Fiber was awarded a $4.6 million grant in round two to provide high-speed broadband services to underserved areas of Evans and Tattnall Counties. During a ceremony to announce the grant Perdue stressed the importance of high-speed...