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Blandford Students celebrate Dr. Seuss
Students at Blandford Elementary School in Rincon recently celebrated Dr. Seuss Week. To help students get excited about this celebration, they were encouraged to read Dr. Seuss stories with their...
View ArticleCOUNSELOR'S CORNER: Blowing things up
The other day while listening to the radio, I heard a fellow accuse another of blowing things up way out of proportion. It got my attention because I have heard that expression used in various...
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Effingham County High School Class of 1968Members of the Effingham County High School Class of 1968 will gather for a dutch treat lunch at noon, Saturday, April 9, at Carey Hilliard’s Restaurant at 198...
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Goshen Road Baptist simulcastGoshen Road Baptist Church in Rincon will host a Priscilla Shirer simulcast on Saturday, April 23. Doors open at 8 a.m. The event will begin at 9 a.m. and end at 4:30 p.m....
View ArticleEMS Eagles win Region Championship
The Ebenezer Middle School Lady Eagle Soccer team beat William James Middle School 3 – 1 to win the 2016 Coastal Empire Region Soccer Championship. Led by Captains Grace Cunningham, Kaitlyn Ladner, and...
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South Effingham clinches North subregion title
South Effingham baseball coach Ron Womack said his players “didn’t play terrible” in a Game 1 loss to Statesboro in a best-of-three series last week.But the Mustangs took their not-terrible play and...
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Rincon Recreation holds preseason tourney
RINCON RECREATION HOLDS PRESEASON TOURNEYRincon Recreation Department recently had their first preseason tournament of the spring, featuring the Flea Girls, Mite Boys, Midget Girls and Junior Boys age...
View ArticleLooking Back
LOOKING BACKApril 3, 1990Effingham County commissioners on this day agreed to build a 48-bed jail. The estimated cost was $2 million. Commissioners delayed selecting an architect until they could...
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T.M. Strait: The tie that binds --it's coming off
My relationship with the necktie goes way back.I wore a tie to school virtually every day my junior year (this was during Earth’s Paleolithic Era). Part of it was because I was class president. Part of...
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“$155 to have your teeth cleaned is ridiculous.”“If it makes sense to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour, why doesn’t it make sense to raise it to $50 and solve all the problems?”“I cannot believe...
View ArticleCrime roundup
From incident reports at the Springfield Police Department: Angry boyfriend March 22: A Springfield woman said she had an argument with her boyfriend while they were on I-95. She said she stopped and...
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Springfield Police: Man breaks windshield during highway argument
From incident reports at the Springfield Police Department:Angry boyfriendMarch 22: A Springfield woman said she had an argument with her boyfriend while they were on I-95. She said she stopped and he...
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Rincon Police: Woman leaves messages on former boyfriend's vehicle
From incident reports at the Rincon Police Department:March 21: Someone vandalized unlocked restrooms at Macomber Recreation Park.March 21: A 20-year-old Savannah man stole computers worth $818 from...
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Effingham Sheriff: Man cleaning gun shoots himself, dog
From incident reports at the Effingham County Sheriff’s Office:March 13: A resident of an apartment on Goshen Commercial Park Drive said someone stole her bottle of prescription hydrocodone pills,...
View ArticleEffingham man cleaning gun shoots himself, dog
A 44-year-old Clyo man accidentally shot himself and his dog while he was cleaning his gun.Todd A. Crouse was talking on the phone with a friend and cleaning his gun when the accident occurred at his...
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