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.
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The fireworks show for the Mill Creek Park annual Firecracker Festival has been canceled due to an incident at a separate show this weekend.
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A new study says Georgia Southern University had an economic impact to our region of just over $1 billion in Fiscal Year 2021.
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The official holiday travel period starts Friday evening and lasts a little over three days.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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You could be able to catch a bus across town in Statesboro starting this fall.
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The WTOC Books to Kids project made its way to May Howard Elementary on Thursday.
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A camp at Georgia Southern University is helping some high school students better acclimate to their classes back home.
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As Bulloch County commissioners work to finalize their next budget, they heard pleas for help from both ends of the spectrum.
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Polls across Georgia opened today for runoffs in several state and some local primary races.
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Scorching temperatures over the last week or so - and more on the way this week - has some farmers concerned for their crops and livestock.
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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.
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People are gathering in Metter to remember a teen shot and killed this week.
Families in need in Bulloch County have the chance to pick up a week’s worth of food tomorrow.
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If you live in Statesboro, you could soon have a place to show off your green thumb.
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Bulloch County deputies using the hallways of one school this summer to prepare for the threat of an active shooter.
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A shooting in Metter on Tuesday night has left two people injured.
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Gate numbers at Splash in the Boro go up with the temperatures.
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With costs going up for everything from fuel to food, plenty of people are looking at options for extra income.
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Leaders of the Bulloch County NAACP chapter will consolidate their Juneteenth observance in Portal this year.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A corridor of Statesboro that’s been under construction for all of 2022 is beginning to show progress.
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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.
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Police officers in Statesboro will soon have valuable mental health training available.
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Hospital crews know time is of the essence when it comes to cardiac cases.
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Much of Metter and Candler County gathered Monday to celebrate the high school’s recent state baseball title.
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After a rainout Friday night, the Eagle baseball team and Eagle fans were ready to get on the field in this regional.
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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.
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Restaurants around Statesboro could be busier than usual this weekend as potentially thousands of college baseball fans come to Statesboro.
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Investigators in Tattnall County say a case of mistaken identity prompted two men to abduct and assault a neighbor they thought was stealing.
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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.
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Offer up an extra Eagle football game in November or December and local merchants would be thrilled at the chance for more business.
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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.
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Ben Hilliard’s onions roll down the belt for grading. He’s a first generation farmer who started only a decade ago.
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Georgia Southern University broke ground on a new $50 million multi-purpose arena on the Statesboro campus today.
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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.
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Bulloch County’s Board of Education will see two familiar faces return but two new faces as well
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In addition to the statewide races, voters must decide such as Governor, Lt. Governor, and others.
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Carson Foskey has been farming almost his entire life. He started on a family member’s farm at age ten.
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A powerful set of patriotic displays returned to Georgia Southern University’s campuses this month.
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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.
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Many in Bulloch County gathered this morning to remember a deputy killed in the line of duty more than two decades ago.
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A longtime state senator from Jackson, Georgia hopes to be the state’s next Lt. Governor.