Effingham County News

Vision Effingham Breakfast When: Thursday, 7:30 a.m. Where: Rincon United Methodist Church Family Life Center, Fort Howard Road RSVPs: 754-3301. news@effinghamherald.net The Effingham County Chamber of Commerce will hold its Vision Effingham breakfast Nov.

Emergency Room on a report of an individual who had been stabbed. Deputies made contact with the victim, George Gibbs, of Clyo, who indicated he had been stabbed in the 200 block of Mt.

Ebenezer Road at the railroad tracks will be closed for an extended period of time as Effingham County sheriffa s deputies are on the scene of an accident involving a truck and a train.

Effingham County commissioners may adopt a 2009 millage rate at a special called meeting Monday.

Hospital Authority members are planning an modernization and expansion of the 40-year-old Effingham Hospital.DeAnn Komanecky/Effingham Now Patients are prepped for surgery in this room and have to pass through a public hallway near a nurse station coming from and to the operating rooms.

Effingham County Sheriff's deputies have arrested a teenager on a false robbery report, after the teen said he was held up Sundaynight.

" An Effingham County man remained behind bars Monday after falsely reporting to authorities he had been robbed.

One man is behind bars tonight after shooting another man in the leg. It happened late Saturday night at a house on Hawthorne Street off Highway 30 in Effingham County.

Only voters within the Effingham County municipalities of Rincon and Springfield will go to the polls Tuesday, and only those residents in southern Effingham County will vote in the House District 159 special election.

Effingham County Sheriff's deputies have arrested a suspect in connection with a shooting which occurred late last night in south Effingham County.

An Effingham couple is trying to scare up some help for folks in need. They are transforming their home into a haunted house and this year the scares are for a good cause.

Effingham County commissioners face a deadline today to apply for a state Gateway grant.

An alleged hit and run driver accused of running over an Emanuel County Sheriff's deputy and hitting another person has been caught.

The National Weather Service in Charleston, S.C., has issued a SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING until 8:15 p.m. for: a CENTRAL BRYAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA a WEST CENTRAL CHATHAM COUNTY a EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL EFFINGHAM COUNTY a CENTRAL LIBERTY COUNTY Some locations in the warning include Walthourville, Allenhurst, Hinesville, McIntosh, Flemington, ...

With just days to go before the Oct. 31 deadline extension allowed by the state Department of Community Affairs, the city of Rincon has delivered a new proposal for service delivery strategy to Effingham County officials.

The director of the Effingham County Health Department and two other employees have been placed on administrative leave.

SPRINGFIELD a ' Katie Herndon, a freshman at Effingham County High School, was awarded top honors in the cattle show tonight at the Effingham County Fair.

Amber Cronk , a 20-year-old from Effingham County, celebrated her graduation form Savannah Tech's Gateway to College program on Saturday.

Jason Piche, an Effingham County High School freshman, and Chris Tuten, a senior at ECHS, took the top honors at the Effingham County Fair's swine show Wednesday night.

District Gov. Clyde Taylor visited the Effingham Sunrise Rotary Club on Tuesday.