SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Student complaints of being served moldy bread and finding bugs in mac and cheese at a campus food court led Savannah State University to close its student center, where health inspectors later reported finding "many dead roaches" in the kitchen.

The university said in a statement to news outlets that its student union, closed since Jan. 30, "is in the final stages of cleaning and maintenance" and could reopen within the week.

University officials decided to close the building the day before inspectors from the Georgia Department of Public Health arrived, the Savannah Morn...