Effingham County News

County workers at the Effingham County Annex and other offices on Highway 119 North will be turning off county water and turning on Springfield water soon.

It was created in World War II, and actually prescribed by some doctors as a weight loss drug in the 1950's and 1960's. Today, users are losing more than weight, they're losing their teeth, losing their jobs, losing their freedom.

Oatmeal and cinnamon toast; cereal and toast; fruit or juice; choice of milk. Thursday Muffin and yogurt; cereal and toast; fruit or juice; choice of milk.

Hunter Tuttle with the Effingham County High School Junior ROTC Color Guard retires the colors during Veterans Day ceremonies Wednesday at the Effingham County Board of Education auditorium in Springfield.

As the Effingham Hospital marked its past Saturday afternoon, it did so with an eye toward its future.

Property tax bills could be in Effingham County residents' hands by the end of the month after Effingham County commissioners adopted a millage rate Monday night.

Every year the board of the Veteran's Memorial Park in Effingham County honors men and women who have served.

After five season as Effingham High School's head football coach Jack Webb stepped down Monday morning.

After five years on the sidelines, Ann Purcell is headed back to the state House.

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.