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Warren gets EXCEL Certificate
Photo courtesy of Georgia Department of LaborState Labor Commissioner Mark Butler, left, presents an EXCEL Certificate of Leadership Development to Shalynda Warren, assistant manager of the Georgia...
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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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Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church, 2966 Ebenezer Road, located on the Savannah River at the end of Ebenezer Road, has Sunday school for adults and children...
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July 30, 2004Plans for a major development comparable to Godley Station in Pooler were approved this week by the Effingham County Planning Board despite some residents’ concerns about traffic and other...
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“As long as you yell racist every time something doesn’t go your way, true integration will never happen. The NAACP is doing its best to keep segregation alive.”“Honey Ridge Road is a scenic byway and...
View ArticleEditorial" Commissioners: Take a look upstairs
We can’t blame the city of Springfield for being gun shy in having their audit performed by the same auditor that performed the recent county audit.The council voted recently to hire a new firm to...
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From incident reports at the Effingham County Sheriff’s Office:July 16: A man buying a house on Huger Street in the Rincon area said he found a moonshine still set up in the back yard. A deputy...
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Effingham Cadets find "Downed Aircraft"
Three cadets from the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) Effingham Cadet Squadron, located a “downed aircraft” at a recent Search and Rescue Exercise (SaREx) hosted by the Brunswick Senior Squadron. C/2d Lt. Bates...
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SEHS hosts mini-cheer camp
The South Effingham High School cheerleading squad hosted a mini-cheer camp from Tuesday to Friday last week.The camp was attended by 91 girls from kindergarten to 7th grade. Those that attended the...
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Rincon considers selling golf course
Concerned that taxpayers are subsidizing a golf course that many don’t use, Rincon City Council Member Reese Browher brought up the possibility of selling the property. Browher asked that the issue be...
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IDA panel approves Medient master plan
The property committee of the Effingham County Industrial Development Authority has approved the master plan for Medient’s movie production studio and entertainment complex.Medient’s engineers met with...
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Effingham Sheriff's Office hunting fugitive
The Effingham County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in finding a fugitive.Deputies are searching for Wesley Mark Miller, 32, of Savannah, who is also on federal probation.Miller fled...
View ArticleFla. child porn suspect with Effingham ties allowed to travel
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Six years ago, a computer technician alerted Kenneth City police to a customer's graphic images of sexually exploited boys.Federal charges followed in 2010, threatening a minimum...
View ArticleHabitat for Humanity 5K Run/Walk is tomorrow
Habitat for Humanity of Effingham County will host the Blandford Trail 5K Run/Walk starting at 9 a.m. on Saturday, July 27. The Blandford Trail is a wooded course located next to Blandford Elementary...
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Effingham Family Medicine welcomes new physician
Effingham Family Medicine at Goshen welcomed a new physician this month. Dr. Xiaofeng “Frank” Zhong, who recently completed his residency requirements at Memorial Health University, will practice full...
View ArticleCOUNSELOR'S CORNER: Imagine this
When I was 4 or 5, I discovered that a toddler will run screaming out of the backyard toward the house if his big sister pretends something huge is chasing her.(Do not try this at home.)At that age, I...
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From incident reports at the Effingham County Sheriff’s Office:July 25: A woman said she returned home to find her husband watching a pornographic video and talking to another woman on the phone. She...
View ArticleBill Tyson: Be on the Lookout for Fall Webworms
Are you noticing webs in some of the trees throughout your yard? I always get multiple calls during the late summer and early fall about webs in trees and worms crawling on everything. The fall webworm...
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Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church, 2966 Ebenezer Road, located on the Savannah River at the end of Ebenezer Road, has Sunday school for adults and children...
View ArticleArea Deaths
Bobby Clyde Arnsdorff SPRINGFIELD — Bobby Clyde Arnsdorff, 67, passed away peacefully at home on Monday, July 22, 2013. He was born September 15, 1945, to the late Alton Gordon Arnsdorff Sr. and...
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