Transportation tops agenda at annual retreat
A bill to allow some use of medical marijuana is likely to pass in Georgia next year, according to State Rep. Bill Hitchens.Hitchens made his remarks at the annual two day Effingham Community Retreat...
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Effingham Health presents Helmey Award
EFFINGHAM HEALTH PRESENTS HELMEY AWARDDenise Driggers, lab manager at Effingham Health System, was presented the C. Edward Helmey Humanitarian award Monday morning at the hospital.The award is named...
View ArticleUPDATE: Medient Studios OKs reverse stock buy-back, changes name
A reverse stock split and name change are in the works for Medient Studios, Inc.The company is planning a film studio on 1,500 acres at Interstate 16 and Old River Road in Effingham County.Medient CEO...
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VIDEOS: Learn how to pickle and can vegetables in this week's Savannah How
In this week's Savannah How, Savannah Technical College's Culinary Arts Instructor Chef Gearry Caudell walks you through the simple steps of canning and pickling. Also don't miss professional dog...
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Guyton man pleads guilty in sex case involving 14-year-old cousin
A mentally challenged Guyton man pleaded guilty today to sexual exploitation of children in a case involving his 14-year-old cousin.Effingham County Superior Court Judge F. Gates Peed set a sentencing...
View ArticleEffingham Sheriff's reports: Wrong-way driver; Elderly scam
From incident reports at the Effingham County Sheriff’s Office:Aug. 4: Several juveniles were caught on video breaking into the weight room of the clubhouse at Park West subdivision. They took chairs...
View ArticleRincon Police: Fake firefighter; funny money
From incident reports at the Rincon Police Department:Aug. 8: An officer stopped a truck with flashing red emergency lights on Seventh Street. He didn’t recognize the truck and there were no fire calls...
View ArticleSpringfield Police: Speeders; Slow chase
From incident reports at the Springfield Police Department:Aug. 12: An officer tried to stop a car with a broken brake light at W. First Street and Ga. 119 S. The driver drove more than a half-mile, in...
View ArticleDUI dragnet continues
The statewide DUI dragnet that began on Aug. 24 continues through Friday, Aug. 29.The DUI enforcement campaign from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety, includes law enforcement agencies in...
View ArticleEffingham sheriff warns about driveway scam
The Sheriff’s Office is warning residents of Effingham County about a couple who are going door-to-door, offering to pave driveways.Spokesman David Ehsanipoor said the Sheriff’s Office has received...
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Rincon Boy Scout earns national award
Rincon Boy Scout Jeffrey Madere has received the national Hornaday Conservation award.Madere earned the award for his Eagle Scout project building a corral for a three-legged deer and other...
View ArticleUPDATED SEARCH: Effingham County health inspection scores
Health inspection scores and grades for Effingham County food establishments have been updated through today.Search out database for grades and scores by restaurant, school, hospital and/or city, grade...
View ArticleRincon raises fire, sanitation, water and sewer fees
Rincon City Council members agreed unanimously on Aug. 25 to raise fire, sanitation, water and sewer fees as of Oct. 1.Residential fire fees have been $24 a year for the last 14 years. The new rate...
View ArticleRincon woman killed in Sunday crash
A Rincon woman was killed in an early Sunday morning accident when her car flipped and landed upside down in a ditch.Nija Jones, 19, of Rincon was pronounced dead on the scene, according to Effingham...
View ArticleSpringfield woman killed in crash
A Springfield woman was killed in a car accident on Sunday afternoon.Evelyn Tebeau, 96, was traveling on Old Tusculum Road when she ran into a ditch and struck a utility pole, according to initial...
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Salzburgers celebrate 280 years
The Salzburgers celebrated the 280th anniversary of the landing of the Salzburgers in Georgia on Monday.Held on the grounds of Jerusalem Lutheran Church in Rincon, the festival featured heritage crafts...
View ArticleArea Deaths
Evelyn Trowell Tebeau Springfield – Evelyn Trowell Tebeau, 96, passed away Sunday, Aug. 31, 2014.The Effingham County native was a member of First Baptist Church of Springfield where she was pianist...
View ArticleCommunity connecting for a cause
GUEST COLUMNThank you to everyone for making United Way’s third Annual Back to School Blowout a successful event.This was the first year we didn’t need shelter from the rain. Although I think many of...
View ArticleLooking Back
LOOKING BACKAug. 15, 1909Sand Hill Missionary Baptist Church was organized on this date. The first building was built on a half-acre tract of land donated by L.B.Nease just north of the Sand Hill...
View ArticleFFA members awarded American FFA Degree
Ashley Sapp and Casey Weredyk, members of the South Effingham FFA chapter in Guyton, will be awarded the American FFA Degree at the 2014 National FFA Convention & Expo Oct. 29-Nov. 1 in Louisville,...
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