Dal Cannady
Bureau Chief
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Dal Cannady has been WTOC's bureau chief since 1996. But he's been a reporter in southeast Georgia since 1990. Before coming to the Southeast News Leader, Dal served as anchor/news director for the CNN/Headline News affiliate in Statesboro.
"But my first job in television was at the age of nine or ten at high school football games, carrying around film reels (who remembers those?) for my uncle who was a TV news director in Albany, Georgia," he recalls. "I was paid with a bag of popcorn, a Coke and some M&Ms."
In his decades at WTOC, he's covered everything from politics to agriculture to severe weather catastrophes to our local military's service in places like Afghanistan, Kuwait, and humanitarian work in Haiti.
A graduate of Georgia Southern University, Dal has lived in Statesboro since 1985. A father of three grown children, and grandfather of four, Dal is active in his church and is usually at Paulson Stadium on Saturdays in the Fall to cheer on the Eagles.
Updated: Nov. 23, 2022 at 6:30 PM EST
|By Dal Cannady
Wednesday evening will be one of the busiest stretches of the long weekend.
Updated: Nov. 23, 2022 at 3:28 PM EST
|By Dal Cannady
A researcher from Georgia Southern will team with Ogeechee Riverkeeper to measure the environment in and along the part of the river in our community.
Updated: Nov. 22, 2022 at 6:36 PM EST
|By Dal Cannady
A Thanksgiving tradition in Statesboro also means the end of a popular season.
Updated: Nov. 22, 2022 at 5:34 PM EST
|By Dal Cannady
The beginning of a new career could be just a few clicks away.
Updated: Nov. 21, 2022 at 5:38 PM EST
|By Dal Cannady
Fifteen families are displaced Sunday after an apartment complex fire in Vidalia.
Updated: Nov. 21, 2022 at 5:06 PM EST
|By Dal Cannady
Volunteers from Christian Social Ministries say this week’s food drop includes the non-perishables that everybody needs along with some of the holiday extras that everybody wants.
Updated: Nov. 18, 2022 at 4:19 PM EST
|By Dal Cannady
Thanksgiving comes less than a week from now. For families who’re struggling financially, the traditional holiday meal might be out of reach.
Updated: Nov. 18, 2022 at 2:53 PM EST
|By Dal Cannady
Tune in to CBS Sunday morning this weekend and you might see a familiar face.
Updated: Nov. 17, 2022 at 4:57 PM EST
|By Dal Cannady
A group in Statesboro will hold their monthly food drop this Saturday.
Updated: Nov. 17, 2022 at 4:01 PM EST
|By Dal Cannady
Crowds came through the afternoon for a free up-close look at the Budweiser Clydesdales.
Updated: Nov. 15, 2022 at 5:29 PM EST
|By Dal Cannady
An electronic “sewer rat” is helping city crews in Metter look for problems in the waste water lines before workers start to dig.
Updated: Nov. 14, 2022 at 6:32 PM EST
|By Dal Cannady
Students at Ogeechee Technical College hope others will join them this month in helping some of the youngest victims of domestic abuse.
Updated: Nov. 14, 2022 at 4:13 PM EST
|By Dal Cannady
South Georgia farmers have a few final challenges to finish what’s been a good year so far.
Updated: Nov. 11, 2022 at 6:41 PM EST
|By Dal Cannady
Organizers of Statesboro’s Veterans Day observance say it’s important to gather and honor those who’ve served - rain or shine.
Updated: Nov. 11, 2022 at 4:03 PM EST
|By Dal Cannady
The Veterans Day program at William James Middle School marked the return of something these students had never been a part of here.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2022 at 5:33 PM EST
|By Dal Cannady
Georgia cotton farmers say this might be their best crop in years, but the part that’s still in the field could certainly be damaged as Nicole passes through.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2022 at 3:38 PM EST
|By Dal Cannady
Georgia Southern University is recognizing students this week with military connections as part of Veterans Week.
Updated: Nov. 7, 2022 at 6:07 PM EST
|By Dal Cannady
Championship excitement carried on Monday in Statesboro. Pro soccer team Tormenta FC won their first League One title Sunday night.
Updated: Nov. 7, 2022 at 4:43 PM EST
|By Dal Cannady
An automotive parts company will establish a plant in Bulloch County just up the interstate from the massive Hyundai plant being built.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2022 at 5:54 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
Staff members and volunteers teamed up today at Ogeechee Area Hospice to raise money and awareness for an agency that helps patients in Bulloch and surrounding counties.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2022 at 4:37 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
Coaches and team owners could not be more ecstatic to be playing for the USL League One cup this Sunday and be one of the final two teams playing.
Updated: Nov. 3, 2022 at 5:32 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
People in Statesboro who need transportation are just a few weeks from a public bus system hitting the streets.
Updated: Nov. 2, 2022 at 5:39 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
The eyes of the soccer world will be on Statesboro this Sunday night.
Updated: Nov. 2, 2022 at 3:27 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
For these high school students, this might be about competition Wednesday but also possibly meeting your first boss as well.
Updated: Nov. 1, 2022 at 6:06 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
County leaders say they have to find the happy medium of an attractive benefits plan for employees and one that’s affordable for taxpayers.
Updated: Nov. 1, 2022 at 3:27 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
Plenty of people have had today’s date circled on their calendar to get tickets for one of Statesboro’s biggest events of the year that also helps a worthy cause.
Updated: Oct. 31, 2022 at 6:02 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
Colby Cromley calls the cab of his tractor his “office” this time of year.
Updated: Oct. 28, 2022 at 7:14 PM EDT
|By Gracie Thompson, Dal Cannady and Dylan Smith
Whether this is your first look at the expo, or you’ve made the trip all 44 years, we’re bringing you that family feel as WTOC Goes to the Sunbelt Ag Expo.
Updated: Oct. 28, 2022 at 5:00 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
Bulloch County has a new fire chief, someone from within the department. The county announced their choice just this morning.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2022 at 6:11 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
October is Domestic Violence Awareness month. One agency in Statesboro wants to spread the message that victims can get help.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2022 at 4:14 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
One small town festival that celebrates rural history returns this weekend in Bulloch County.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2022 at 5:31 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
As early voting continues, a temporary voting site on Georgia Southern’s campus gives thousands of people a different convenient option to the usual polling place in downtown Statesboro.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2022 at 5:28 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
Excitement for our region continues after Hyundai officially broke ground for the multi-Billion dollar plant in Bryan County.
Updated: Oct. 25, 2022 at 6:27 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady, Sarah Winkelmann, Flynn Snyder and Alyssa Jackson
Tuesday marks the beginning of a huge project in Bryan County and the state of Georgia.
Updated: Oct. 25, 2022 at 5:55 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
A team of students at Statesboro has more than a big game on their agendas.
Updated: Oct. 24, 2022 at 9:50 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
Communities that could see growth from the plant and its suppliers are getting ready.
Updated: Oct. 24, 2022 at 3:28 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
In Statesboro, economic leaders are looking at how new industry in our area could change the region.
Updated: Oct. 21, 2022 at 4:29 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
Thousands of people will be heading out to the Kiwanis Ogeechee Fair in Statesboro as it wraps up this weekend.
Updated: Oct. 14, 2022 at 6:05 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
Neighbors and loved ones of a Statesboro World War II veteran gathered with him this afternoon to celebrate his birthday.
Updated: Oct. 14, 2022 at 5:29 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
Starting next summer, Georgia Southern University will welcome hundreds of high school students for honors studies and an inside look at college.
Updated: Oct. 13, 2022 at 6:31 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
This afternoon, Fort Stewart celebrated the ‘official’ arrival back home of one of its brigades.
Updated: Oct. 13, 2022 at 3:14 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
As election workers prepare, the staff in one county is advising voters to be prepared for a slight challenge.
Updated: Oct. 12, 2022 at 5:15 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
In Metter, high school students have traded pranks back and forth during homecoming week for decades
Updated: Oct. 12, 2022 at 4:22 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
More than two dozen face charges from Claxton to Savannah for forging checks and costing business owners thousands.
Updated: Oct. 11, 2022 at 5:37 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
Georgia Southern alum Cole Swindell brings the big concert feel to the town where he started playing bars and parties.
Updated: Oct. 11, 2022 at 3:15 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
Sometimes we can take something like the local library for granted until we don’t have it. In Screven County, a fire next door to the library left it closed for months.
Updated: Oct. 10, 2022 at 10:15 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
Homeowners in Southern Bulloch County will meet with commissioners today to talk about their worries of over-development in their community.
Updated: Oct. 10, 2022 at 6:45 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
A Bulloch County farmer carries on his family’s tradition in agriculture.
Updated: Oct. 7, 2022 at 5:51 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
One community is shining a spotlight tonight on the backbone of our region’s economy - agriculture.
Updated: Oct. 7, 2022 at 4:09 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
A group in Statesboro known for helping neighbors in need has turned its attention to Florida to help those hurt by Hurricane Ian.
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