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Holy Week and Easter services

Lenten ServicesPastor Joseph Copeck and the congregation of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church invite you to attend the Lenten Services. Wednesday night's Lenten services with a light meal will be held a...

April 14, 2011 | Staff Report | Church

A hands-on lesson

Russ Hillman is building his eighth kayak with his architectural drawing and design class at the Effingham Career Academy to show them that if they can draw it, they can build it. This incarnation...

April 14, 2011 | Staff Report | Education

Rincon Police joins the social media age

The Rincon Police Department is joining the social media ranks - and it's looking for some new friends. City council members gave Chief Mike Bohannon the go-ahead to start a Facebook page for the ...

April 14, 2011 | By Patrick Donahue | Local

BoE revenues holding steady

Although property tax collections declined in February and March, the Effingham County Board of Education continues to draw closer to meeting its budgeted revenue of approximately $26 million. Feb...

April 14, 2011 | By Calli Arnold | Education

County sets minimum for conservation use assessment

Effingham County commissioners have unanimously approved setting a minimum number of acres landowners can set aside in a conservation use assessment. Commissioners unanimously approved setting the...

April 14, 2011 | By Patrick Donahue | Local

Madrac Farms to deliver farmer’s market to your door

Fresh, local, seasonal produce will soon be available for home delivery from the county's only farm that delivers. Madrac Farms in Rincon will begin taking orders Saturday at the Olde Effingham Day...

April 14, 2011 | Staff Report | Business

ECMS to host Battlefront Miniatures tournament

Effingham County Middle School in Springfield will be sponsoring a regional Battlefront Miniatures Tournament Saturday from 9 a.m.-7 p.m. at ECMS. Battlefront Miniature clubs are found nationwide....

April 14, 2011 | Staff Report | Education

Treutlen portrait unveiling a part of OED events

The official state portrait of the first constitutional governor in the state of Georgia, John Adam Treutlen, is hanging in the courtroom of the recently restored Effingham Courthouse. The portrait...

April 14, 2011 | Staff Report | Lifestyle

RES parent of the month

Rendi DeGenaro has been selected as Rincon Elementary's April Parent of the Month. She is employed at I'll Be Your Best Friend Academy and is the mother of Kaden-Deen, Pre-K student at RES; Camryn...

April 14, 2011 | Staff Report | Education

Daddy and me

On April 2, the Effingham County Pre-K Parent and Child Together program collaborated with the Rincon Branch of the Effingham County Library for this year's second "Daddy and Me" session. Among ot...

April 14, 2011 | Staff Report | Education

SEHS art students accept SCAD Showcase Challenge

Elizabeth Heyden and Marlie Smith, both juniors at South Effingham High School, recently participated in the Savannah College of Art and Design's "SCAD Challenge," an international 2-D and 3-D art ...

April 14, 2011 | Staff Report | Education

Career Academy team members introduced to container logistics

Team members from the Effingham Career Academy's Architecture and Design lab and students from business classes at both high schools recently participated in a new project organized by local logist...

April 14, 2011 | Staff Report | Education

Around the world with Rotary

Craig McIntosh, a Georgia Rotary Student Program student from New Zealand, was the guest speaker at the Effingham Rotary Club. McIntosh was a student at Victoria University of Wellington where he ...

April 14, 2011 | Staff Report | Around Town

State school board to do away with graduation test

The State Board of Education approved State School Superintendent Dr. John Barge's plan to phase out the Georgia High School Graduation Test (GHSGT). Students who enter high school in fall 2011 wil...

April 14, 2011 | Staff Report | Education

GSU to welcome back two noted alumni as graduation speakers

Georgia Southern University will welcome two of its alumni back to campus as Chick-fil-A President and Chief Operating Officer Dan T. Cathy and Georgia Chamber of Commerce President Chris Clark hav...

April 14, 2011 | Staff Report | Education

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