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."
A graduate of Georgia Southern University, Dal has lived in Statesboro since 1985. A father of three children, ranging in age from toddler to teenager, Dal is active in his church and is a struggling "do-it-yourselfer" around the house.
Updated: 23 hours ago
|By Dal Cannady
The fireworks show for the Mill Creek Park annual Firecracker Festival has been canceled due to an incident at a separate show this weekend.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2022 at 4:35 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
A new study says Georgia Southern University had an economic impact to our region of just over $1 billion in Fiscal Year 2021.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2022 at 4:23 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
The official holiday travel period starts Friday evening and lasts a little over three days.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 4:28 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
Some of us may still be in summer mode, but others are focusing on Back To School. The cost of supplies can stress out parents and teachers.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 4:25 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
Twin brothers living in Statesboro have now walked in three states to call attention to what they say is a broken system for helping children without families.
Updated: Jun. 29, 2022 at 6:07 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
With the announcement of an electric car plant headed to Southeast Georgia, some existing companies wonder how they’ll impact roads, rails, and other infrastructure already in high demand.
Updated: Jun. 28, 2022 at 4:25 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
Eastern Europe can feel like a world away from Toombs County. But, the community has come together to help people in Ukraine one bucket at a time.
Updated: Jun. 27, 2022 at 3:52 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
Most parents wouldn’t imagine leaving their kids inside the car on these hot summer days. But one K-9 handler urges pet owners to think the same way about their animals.
Updated: Jun. 24, 2022 at 3:25 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
You could be able to catch a bus across town in Statesboro starting this fall.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2022 at 6:21 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
The WTOC Books to Kids project made its way to May Howard Elementary on Thursday.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2022 at 5:25 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
A camp at Georgia Southern University is helping some high school students better acclimate to their classes back home.
Updated: Jun. 21, 2022 at 6:07 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
As Bulloch County commissioners work to finalize their next budget, they heard pleas for help from both ends of the spectrum.
Updated: Jun. 21, 2022 at 3:53 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
Polls across Georgia opened today for runoffs in several state and some local primary races.
Updated: Jun. 20, 2022 at 6:48 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
Scorching temperatures over the last week or so - and more on the way this week - has some farmers concerned for their crops and livestock.
Updated: Jun. 20, 2022 at 4:42 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
County commission chairman Roy Thompson says they’ll ask Bulloch County voters to continue the transportation sales tax to keep doing what they’re doing and funding it the way they’re funding it.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2022 at 5:45 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
People are gathering in Metter to remember a teen shot and killed this week.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2022 at 3:30 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
Families in need in Bulloch County have the chance to pick up a week’s worth of food tomorrow.
Updated: Jun. 16, 2022 at 3:49 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
If you live in Statesboro, you could soon have a place to show off your green thumb.
Updated: Jun. 16, 2022 at 2:22 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
Bulloch County deputies using the hallways of one school this summer to prepare for the threat of an active shooter.
Updated: Jun. 15, 2022 at 4:18 PM EDT
|By WTOC Staff and Dal Cannady
A shooting in Metter on Tuesday night has left two people injured.
Updated: Jun. 14, 2022 at 5:36 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
Gate numbers at Splash in the Boro go up with the temperatures.
Updated: Jun. 14, 2022 at 3:10 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
With costs going up for everything from fuel to food, plenty of people are looking at options for extra income.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2022 at 6:09 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
Leaders of the Bulloch County NAACP chapter will consolidate their Juneteenth observance in Portal this year.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2022 at 4:34 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
Industrial development leaders in Bulloch County say it could be a natural fit for suppliers to the Hyundai Motor Group’s plant to set up shop here.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2022 at 5:00 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
Eight years ago, Chris Wiggins was shot and killed at the Santa Claus Mini Mart gas station on U.S. Highway 1 in Toombs County.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2022 at 4:05 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
Just a few days ago, Georgia Southern and Statesboro saw thousands of visitors come to town as they hosted an NCAA regional for the first time in school history.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2022 at 4:57 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
Georgia Southern University will begin testing a high-tech device next week to get campus drivers’ attention to pay unpaid parking tickets and do so any time of day or night.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2022 at 3:57 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
A corridor of Statesboro that’s been under construction for all of 2022 is beginning to show progress.
Updated: Jun. 7, 2022 at 6:30 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
As mayor and council try to finalize what’s likely to be an $87 million budget, they caution that they’re facing some of the same financial challenges as families in the community.
Updated: Jun. 7, 2022 at 3:23 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
Police officers in Statesboro will soon have valuable mental health training available.
Updated: Jun. 6, 2022 at 5:51 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
Hospital crews know time is of the essence when it comes to cardiac cases.
Updated: Jun. 6, 2022 at 4:33 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
Much of Metter and Candler County gathered Monday to celebrate the high school’s recent state baseball title.
Updated: Jun. 5, 2022 at 9:05 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
After a rainout Friday night, the Eagle baseball team and Eagle fans were ready to get on the field in this regional.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2022 at 4:06 PM EDT
|By WTOC Staff and Dal Cannady
The Georgia Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service have confirmed Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in Toombs County.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2022 at 3:46 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
Restaurants around Statesboro could be busier than usual this weekend as potentially thousands of college baseball fans come to Statesboro.
Updated: May. 31, 2022 at 6:21 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
Investigators in Tattnall County say a case of mistaken identity prompted two men to abduct and assault a neighbor they thought was stealing.
Updated: May. 31, 2022 at 1:26 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
Folks who travel on a busy road in Bulloch County have been requesting-even demanding- a red light before the state widened to four lanes.
Updated: May. 30, 2022 at 7:06 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
Offer up an extra Eagle football game in November or December and local merchants would be thrilled at the chance for more business.
Updated: May. 30, 2022 at 6:02 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
Not even rainy weather could keep people from showing up for the Memorial Day program at the Glennville Veterans Cemetery, especially when it’s the first in three years due to the pandemic.
Updated: May. 30, 2022 at 5:09 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
Ben Hilliard’s onions roll down the belt for grading. He’s a first generation farmer who started only a decade ago.
Updated: May. 26, 2022 at 5:59 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
Georgia Southern University broke ground on a new $50 million multi-purpose arena on the Statesboro campus today.
Updated: May. 26, 2022 at 3:31 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
Each year as school winds down, many districts start implementing plans to make sure students can get healthy meals even while they’re on break.
Updated: May. 25, 2022 at 3:10 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
Bulloch County’s Board of Education will see two familiar faces return but two new faces as well
Updated: May. 24, 2022 at 5:29 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
In addition to the statewide races, voters must decide such as Governor, Lt. Governor, and others.
Updated: May. 23, 2022 at 6:37 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
Carson Foskey has been farming almost his entire life. He started on a family member’s farm at age ten.
Updated: May. 23, 2022 at 5:22 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
A powerful set of patriotic displays returned to Georgia Southern University’s campuses this month.
Updated: May. 22, 2022 at 4:10 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
GSP is investigating a fatal motorcycle crash.
Updated: May. 20, 2022 at 4:18 PM EDT
|By WTOC Staff, Dal Cannady, Sean Evans, Flynn Snyder and Alyssa Jackson
Governor Brian Kemp and Hyundai Motor Group Executive Char Euisun Chung announced today that the Hyundai Motor Group will open its first fully dedicated electric vehicle and battery manufacturing facility.
Updated: May. 19, 2022 at 4:56 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
Many in Bulloch County gathered this morning to remember a deputy killed in the line of duty more than two decades ago.
Updated: May. 18, 2022 at 7:29 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
A longtime state senator from Jackson, Georgia hopes to be the state’s next Lt. Governor.