BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo announced it will have early access on Friday, April 4, at 9 a.m. exclusively for Southern University ...

Speaker of the House Jon Burns and House Majority Whip James Burchett issued a statement mourning the loss of Freedom, ...

They wrote, “For more than 20 years, he has symbolized pride and resilience, uniting Eagle Nation. Rescued in 2004, he found ...

STATESBORO, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Beloved Georgia Southern University mascot, Freedom has died, according to school officials. School officials said Freedom passed away Saturday.

Georgia Southern University and all of Eagle Nation are mourning the death of what has become an iconic part of the university for the past two decades. Freedom, the university’s live eagle mascot, ...

Freedom the bald eagle was rescued from Florida with a broken beak and deemed unfit to live in the wild. He was then ...

Many in the Georgia Southern community, including football coach Clay Helton, shared memories of live eagle mascot Freedom ...

Southern Illinois University, just 40 miles north ... “It’s a great day to be a Saluki,” SIU President Dan Mahony said, referencing SIU’s canine mascot, at a February celebration of that promotion.

Freedom became a part of the Georgia Southern community in 2004 when he was found knocked out of a nest in Maitland, Florida.