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Sixth graders join in a worldwide effort to be apart "Stack Up" Guinness Book of World Records Day at El Portal Elementary School in La Habra on Thursday November 12, 2009.

There is a history teacher at Portal High School who has quite a history, herself.

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.

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

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.

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.

The Georgia Department of Transportation is beginning construction for replacement of three bridges on County Road 223 in Candler and Bulloch counties.

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

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.

Saturday, October 3, 2009 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Parade led by the Bulloch County Sheriff Department's Honor Guards 11:00 - 11:15 a.m. Portal Mayor Larry Motes pays tribute to Sgt.

As many of you know, fellow Statesboro Herald columnist Holli Deal Bragg resides in the Portal area.

Ceremony planned for Saturday at 10:30 a.m. Special to the Herald The Georgia Department of Natural Resources - Historic Preservation Division reports that on Dec.

Portal Elementary School Principal Paul Hudson loves his teaching staff. Part of the reason that they are so good, he says, is the school has a group of paraprofessionals that are simply superb.

Consolidation of city and county government was the topic for discussion Tuesday afternoon as local officials from all across the county gathered at the Bulloch County Agriculture Center to receive information from the Carl Institute of Government and others.

Well folks, it finally came to pass. Your Weekly Whatuper and diligent sports editor Chad Bishop has flown the coop and moved on to new things.

Some local veterans are honoring a fallen hero from Statesboro. Sgt. Brock Chavers of the Georgia National Guard died July 6 in Afghanistan while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

The Statesboro city council reversed itself at Tuesday night's meeting when they voted unanimously to rescind funding for a study to look at consolidation of city and county governments.

After Bulloch County Commissioners voted Tuesday to take a step toward funding half the cost of a proposed consolidation study, Statesboro City Councilmen voted to rescind their July 7 decision to pay the city's half.