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Summer Heat snares 7 locals
Aaron Green Web
Aaron Green
Holli Deal Saxon
For the Effingham Herald
Updated: Jun 16, 2025, 2:33 PM
Published: Aug 18, 2016, 1:58 PM
Seven Effingham County residents were among 39 men arrested in a 10-week online sex sting investigation – Operation Summer Heat - that ended last week. “The Effingham Sheriff’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children Unit went hunting for individuals that would target our children for sexual exploitation,” said Effingham County Sheriff’s Office Inv. Joe Heath, who posed as both male and female juveniles during the operation.
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Rincon City Council Election 2025: Candidates Announced for Mayor, Three Council Seats
Rincon 2025 Election
Mayor Kevin Exley has qualified to run for reelection in the November Rincon municipal election. (Submitted photo)
Updated: Aug 22, 2025, 1:42 PM
Published: Aug 22, 2025, 1:40 PM
Rincon voters will decide the mayoral post and three at-large city council seats in the November election.
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