Rebel Playoff Preview
Girls Class AAAAAThomas County Central at Effingham County, 6:30 p.m.Effingham County has been red hot as the Rebels ride a 13-game win streak into the quarterfinals. Thomas County Central (18-10) beat...
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Jury selected in fatal wreck that killed two
Trial for Stone resumes a week from tomorrowAn Effingham County Superior Court jury was selected today in the case of Robert Patrick Stone, the driver of a car in a wreck that killed two teenagers in...
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Jury selected in July Fourth shovel death
Trial set for March 21 and 22A jury was selected today for Darrell Lee Lovett, who is accused of beating to death a man with a shovel last July Fourth in Effingham County. Lovett, who was 51 at the...
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SEHS Fashion Show
South Effingham High School students lit up the runway Saturday night during the annual fashion show.The show featured 58 original garments designed and sewn by SEHS students for this year’s theme,...
View ArticleSheriff wants drug forfeiture laws left alone
Effingham County Sheriff Jimmy McDuffie is lobbying against a proposed bill that he says would make it significantly harder for law enforcement officers to seize drug assets.McDuffie estimated his...
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The Effingham County Board of Education called meetingThe Effingham County Board of Education is holding a called meeting at 5 p.m. Feb. 28 at the home of board member Mose Mock. The home is located at...
View ArticleFAITH MATTERS
Zion Lutheran Church Lent ServicesThe congregation of Zion Lutheran Church invites the community to a “High Carb, Multisensory Lenten Experience — Bread for the Journey” on Sunday evenings at 5:30 p.m....
View ArticleSheriff's reports
Feb. 9: $2,500 generator, $1,200 air compressor and tools valued at a total of $2,230 stolen from garage on Eagle Drive in the Springfield area.Feb. 14: A Colt Python .357-revolver valued at $1,500 was...
View ArticleLetters to the editor
Currently, none of the school buses in Effingham county has a camera that can catch the license plate of a car. I know because I drive a bus and part of my route is on Ga. 21 in Rincon. I had sheriff’s...
View ArticleLooking Back
March 1, 1990Rebecca Boston of Springfield became director on this date of the Effingham County Department of Family and Children’s Services, replacing Ruth Lee who served in that post for 16 years....
View ArticleVox Populi
“When is the county ever going to pave the front end of Courthouse Road From Ga. 17 to Midland Road?”“Why is it okay to offend a Christian but not okay to offend anyone else? Put God back into this...
View ArticleKneeMail: Beautiful
You have probably heard the old adage, beauty is only skin deep. I remember one of my little brother’s high school girlfriends. She was very well liked. She was smart and she was talented. She was a...
View ArticleMusical enactment of the Last Supper to benefit charity
A musical enactment of The Last Supper will be presented at the New Ebenezer Retreat Center on Ebenezer Road on Friday and Saturday (March 1-2), March 8-9 and March 10.The Last Supper will be performed...
View ArticleLooking Back in Sports
From March 3, 2002BOYS SOCCEREFFINGHAM CO. 10, TOOMBS CO. 1SPRINGFIELD — Blake Harnage recorded four goals as Effingham County cruised to a 10-1 win at home against Toombs County. Matt Vickery added...
View ArticleMilitary News
Army Pfc. Kimberly D. Austin has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core...
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Effingham boys overwhelm Creekside 84-52
SPRINGFIELD — The game already was essentially over, but it was a 30-second span that basically told Creekside to forget it.With 3:45 to play in the second quarter, Effingham County’s DeAundray Rhett...
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Two arrested in Rincon following FedEx delivery of marijuana
A home delivery by FedEx of over three pounds of marijuana has resulted in the arrest of a Rincon couple.Effingham County Sheriff’s Office spokesman David Ehsanipoor said authorities in California...
View ArticleRequests for sales tax money are conservative
A judge will decide how to distribute $8.4 millionEffingham County is asking for the sales tax distribution to remain the same as it has been for the last 10 years. That’s according to County Attorney...
View ArticleOgeechee River still flooding; water should start going down Monday
The Ogeechee River was still above flood level Sunday afternoon in the Coastal Empire.The water level was at 13.64 feet early Sunday afternoon, said Kelly Harley, spokeswoman for the Chatham Emergency...
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Efacec builds 400-ton transformer
The Efacec Power Transformer facility in Rincon has announced it has completed, and is shipping, the largest electrical transformer made in the United States in the last 20 years. The transformer...
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