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Asking them to make the call

Word spread quickly when two Effingham County High School rising seniors were killed after the car carrying them and four others flipped multiple times on Stillwell Clyo Road more than two weeks ago.

July 12, 2010 | By Calli Arnold | Local

Concert raises funds for families’ hospital expenses

Abundant Life Church hosted a gospel benefit concert Saturday night and raised approximately $3,000 for the six families with teens involved in the crash on Stillwell-Clyo Road 16 days ago.

July 12, 2010 | By Calli Arnold | Local

Heidt trial scheduled for mid-August

The trial of an Effingham County man accused of killing his father and brother is slated to begin next month.

July 12, 2010 | Staff Report | Local

Dasher decides to run for seat again

James Dasher is running for re-election to his District 4 seat on the Effingham County Board of Education.

Dasher, who has served two terms, initially said he did not plan to run.

"I had always planned to serve two terms while my daughters were in school and then step aside to allow other parents the opportunity to participate at this level," he said.

Dasher said many people came to him after he announced his intention not to seek re-election and asked him to run again.

"I decided to see if any other parents with school age children would qualify and ...

July 08, 2010 | Staff Report | Local

Rincon makes plans to deliver post office to city hall site

The city of Rincon hopes to bring its old post office to a new home soon.

Council members agreed to move forward with plans for moving the old post office to city hall property, perhaps to the front right-hand corner of the tract, according to City Manager Michael Phillips.

The city will pay for the materials and local builder Freddy Long will perform the work on a donated basis, Phillips said. The city has set aside $25,000 for the work.

"It is intended to be as close to what it looked like as possible," Phillips said.

Also, Verizon's ...

July 08, 2010 | By Patrick Donahue | Local

Speaker praises House for tough work in session

State lawmakers should be commended for passing a balanced budget in difficult economic times and for a host of other achievements, Speaker of the House David Ralston said.

Ralston (R-Blue Ridge) met with Savannah area Republicans on Tuesday and boasted of the job legislators did with a quickly and severely shrinking budget.

"I think we did a pretty good job of steering the ship between the rough waters," he said.

Ralston praised the work of the 180-member House in passing the $17.9 billion budget.

Higher education took a cut of $140 million, and the quality basic education formula suffered ...

July 08, 2010 | Patrick Donahue | Local

Sheriff glad for new traffic laws on the books

The state's new laws for motorists have found a fan in Effingham County Sheriff Jimmy McDuffie.

McDuffie applauded the host of measures regarding activity behind the wheel, including a ban on texting for all drivers, a prohibition on teenage drivers using cell phones while driving and a provision calling for all drivers to wear their seat belts.

"Multi-tasking is not a good thing to be doing behind the wheel of a car," McDuffie said. "You multi-task behind a computer screen. When you're driving a car, you need to be concentrating on what you're driving. There's entirely ...

July 08, 2010 | By Patrick Donahue | Local

Walking a fine line

One by one, teenagers tried to walk a straight and narrow line at the Rincon Police Department on Thursday morning. However, it wasn't easy.

And that's precisely what Sgt. Philip Scholl had in mind.

Sgt. Scholl employed the Fatal Vision simulator for several teenagers, letting them experience just how it feels to be behind the wheel and have impaired vision and judgement.

"It's really scary," said Ciara Wolfe, who led the teens in the class. "I could not imagine trying to walk that line with the legal limit of alcohol.

It's not even worth it. It ...

July 08, 2010 | By Patrick Donahue | Local

Hugs and cheers rule the day at Camp Buddy

As soon as she heard the cheers, "Yay, Ella," Molly Marchese came rushing in the room video camera in hand, beaming.

"Are you playing basketball, Ella?" she said, eager to capture this success on video for her husband to see later that evening.

Melinda Hawkins held Ella's waist as she balanced on a blue, angled step. Molly's 4-year-old, then threw a cantaloupe-size ball, hitting the ring of a child's basketball goal. The room cheered once more as Ella's arms reached upward excitedly.

Ella is one of eight children who attended the two three-day sessions of the ...

July 08, 2010 | By Calli Arnold | Local

Flood insurance policies resume

ATLANTA-Insurance Commissioner John W. Oxendine said the National Flood Insurance Program has been reauthorized by Congress, and flood policies are again available through your homeowners insurance agent or company.

Flood coverage is federally backed by the NFIP. The National Flood Insurance Extension Act extends the NFIP through September 30 of this year, and is retroactive back to June 1. The program had been inactive since May 31.

Oxendine said a flood policy can be a valuable addition to standard homeowners coverage.

"Purchasing flood insurance is an important consideration for Georgia consumers, even if you think a flood is unlikely ...

July 08, 2010 | Staff Report | Local

Rincon on the road to cut out dirt roads

The number of dirt roads in the city of Rincon is expected to dwindle after council members approved a bid at their meeting Monday night.

Council OK'd a bid of $197,785 from Clifton Construction Company for a street paving project that will include Byrd Street, Savannah Avenue, Chatham Avenue, Middleton Street, Middleground Road and Old Middleground Road.

"All those are dirt roads that are going to be brought up," said Tim Baumgartner of EMC Engineering.

The city also has questions about some of those roads, namely, who owns them. Council members wondered how much of the road belonged ...

July 05, 2010 | By Patrick Donahue | Local

MAPP project to hold state of health meeting

Effingham County residents can voice their concerns about health issues at a town hall meeting.

The state of Effingham's health town hall meeting will be held July 12 at Effingham Hospital at 6:30 p.m. It's part of the Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships process, led by Russ Toal of Georgia Southern University's Jiann-Piang Hsu College of Public Health.

"It is to give people who have not heard of the MAPP process the chance to learn more about it," said Betty Dixon, clinical nurse manager for the Coastal Health District. "If it's a ...

July 05, 2010 | Patrick Donahue | Local

County lends its support to hospital

Effingham Hospital Authority members are expected to approve a resolution from the county commissioners supporting their plans for hospital expansion and modernization.

Commissioners, in a 5-1 vote, agreed to a resolution backing the hospital's proposal for a $30 million modernization and expansion.

Commissioners were scheduled to vote on the resolution at a special called meeting Friday, and the resolution was hammered out in the minutes before the vote.

"I don't anticipate any issues," Hospital Authority Chairman Rick Rafter said. "I think this is a good project for the county."

Should the Build America bond package, issued by the ...

July 05, 2010 | By Patrick Donahue | Local

Community copes with grief

Before the second vigil of the week in memory of a teenager killed in a June 28 accident on Stillwell Clyo Road last week, Austin Seckinger took the microphone and asked for donations to the Neil Morgan Memorial Trust Fund.

Those who donate $20 or more get a T-shirt and/or a window decal–designed and donated by Teezers Team Sports. A member of the Effingham County High School tennis team, Morgan's friends decided to surrounding a tennis ball all capital letters read "Neil Morgan Dec. 14, 1992-June 30, 2010." All proceeds go into the trust and will be ...

July 05, 2010 | By Calli Arnold | Local

Hospital wins commissioners' support

In an agreement hammered out just minutes before the final vote was taken, Effingham County commissioners approved a resolution Friday to back the Effingham Hospital's modernization and expansion plans.

July 02, 2010 | By Patrick Donahue | Local

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Archive By Section - Local

Asking them to make the call

Concert raises funds for families’ hospital expenses

Heidt trial scheduled for mid-August

Dasher decides to run for seat again

Rincon makes plans to deliver post office to city hall site

Speaker praises House for tough work in session

Sheriff glad for new traffic laws on the books

Walking a fine line

Hugs and cheers rule the day at Camp Buddy

Flood insurance policies resume

Rincon on the road to cut out dirt roads

MAPP project to hold state of health meeting

County lends its support to hospital

Community copes with grief

Hospital wins commissioners' support

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Oktoberfest takes a break

Effingham 4-H members participate at State 4-H Council

Lightning catches Rincon home on fire

Emancipation Diploma Bill in effect

Music of Johnny Cash to fill Mars Theatre Saturday night

Rincon water issue a major problem for City Council

Billy Beckett ready to work

Five arrested during drug bust in Effingham County

Camp Buddy gets kids moving, learning

Effingham Living hosts Most Fab Awards

Hill offers Georgia budget update

ECMS FFA awarded 'Grants for Growing' from Tractor Supply Company

Parker's awards scholarships to six high school students

Auxiliary donates $2,000 to Effingham Health System

Mahany wins award for book translation

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