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Winner of Effingham Orchestra Raffle announced
Tyler Beale was the winner of a Fender Acoustic Guitar pack in the Effingham Community Orchestra annual fundraising raffle. Orchestra musicians and volunteer sold the tickets in September through...
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Effingham Parkway gets $44 million state funds
ATLANTA — A long-delayed highway designed to boost economic development is among the state’s priorities, Effingham County officials and business leaders learned Monday, along with improvements at an...
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Burgess runs for chief magistrate in Effingham
Bryan Burgess, a sergeant with the Springfield Police Department, has announced he is running for chief magistrate in Effingham County.Burgess will face incumbent Scott Hinson in the Nov. 8 election....
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Adopt us -- Effingham animal shelter
Two Jack Russell Terrier mixes are up for adoption this week at the Effingham County animal shelter.Molly is a 3-year-old female that was given up by her owners because they could no longer care for...
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Seven Effingham elementary schools will get security doors
The Effingham County Board of Education agreed unanimously to spend $127,300 to install security doors at seven elementary schools.South Effingham Elementary School already has the electronic security...
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Effingham commissioners honor Jaguars youth football team
Effingham County commissioners recognized the Jaguars youth football team by proclaiming a day in their honor on Jan. 19. The 10-and-under players completed an undefeated season by beating the Calhoun...
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ECHS holds honor roll luncheon for athletes
Effingham County High School recently hosted their first honor roll luncheon honoring players who made the honor roll for the first or second nine weeks of school.At the event 44 students on the...
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Raisin Bread baked for legislators
BREAD BAKED FOR STATE LAWMAKERSVolunteers gathered at Ebenezer Middle School on Thursday to bake Salzburger raisin bread to deliver to state lawmakers during Effingham Day at the Capitol in Atlanta on...
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Camp Davis 2073Camp Davis No. 2073 meets the second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. in the former Boy Scout hut down the hill from the Effingham Historical Society, formerly the old county jail in...
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Chiz Rider Trumpet ConcertChiz Rider, nationally acclaimed, Emmy Award winning professional trumpeter, will perform at Rincon United Methodist Church, Friday, Feb. 5, at 7 p.m. Rider has an exciting...
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Area Deaths
William Floyd ‘Billy’ Reese Jr. Savannah – William Floyd “Billy” Reese, Jr., 42, passed away Jan. 24, 2016, at St. Joseph’s Hospital.The Chatham County native was employed in the auto glass repair...
View ArticleJulia Cochran: 'It don't come easy'
I think it was Ringo Starr who sang that, a long time ago. Maybe he wasn’t singing about the same “it” that this column is about, but there are a lot of things that don’t always come easy.In Ringo’s...
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Sam Ingram: Millipedes in the home
In the past week, the Extension office has received calls from local homeowners concerned with insects massing in and around their homes. Most of the sightings have been around driveways and patios...
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Effingham Co. boys putting last season in rearview mirror
SPRINGFIELD — Shooting guard Deshaun Wilkenson explains his Effingham County basketball team’s success in rather large terms.“We’re global now,” he said.Huh? How so?“In the past, it was just one or two...
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High School Sports Briefs
GIRLS BASKETBALLSEHS 47,CAMDEN 32Shae Leverett 17Faith Harris 14 Jordan Bisard 7Mallori Jenkins 5Diera Newberry 2Cheyenne Boswell 2ECHS 42,BRUNSWICK 69MaKayla Robinson 18Alayja Connelly 11Shaquira...
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T.M. Strait: Let my people drink: Safe and clean water
I grew up near one of the largest bodies of fresh water in the world, beautiful Lake Huron. It is a pure lake, fed from glacial waters.In Saginaw County, we got our water from this mighty lake. It was...
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“With her demonstrated parenting skills, Sarah Palin would be a great Secretary of Health & Human Services in the Trump cabinet.”“The solution to the current Oscar awards is to treat the juvenile...
View ArticleEffingham County making good progress
Great news came from Atlanta Monday morning when the announcement that the state would provide $44 million in state funds and support the Effingham Parkway project.This project has been in the works...
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Ebenezer Middle School student wins Effingham County Spelling Bee
Effingham County has a new spelling champion.Zachary Smith, a sixth grade student at Ebenezer Middle School, won the county contest, correctly spelling “hydrology.”Winners of individual school spelling...
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SLIDESHOW: Million dollar homes for sale in the Coastal Empire
The market is full of million dollar homes for sale. While it's impossible for many of us to be able to afford such a home, every one can day dream.Click through this slideshow to view houses, prices...
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