Guyton News

As trash collecting goes, Mike Mullenix and Jeff Hart had a pretty good gig recently.

Effingham County isn't the only local government without a set millage rate for the coming budget year.

A Guyton man is in custody in the Effingham County Jail and has been charged in the death of a toddler.

Anticipation in 1950 was great for the Guyton July 4th picnic. Flyers were mailed throughout the county to rural and post office box addresses.

Woodrow Hodges celebrates his 90th birthday today. He was born July 1, 1919, in Effingham County to Claude and Carrie Hodges.

First Baptist Church of Rincon has scheduled its annual lineup of Sunday night summer movies.

A new pastor will shepherd the growing congregation at South Effingham Community Church beginning Wednesday.

The Effingham County Industrial Development Authority is short a member with the resignation last week of Delmons White.

Elizabeth Ashley Fowler, a 2005 graduate of South Effingham High School, graduated magna cum laude from Armstrong Atlantic State University on May 9 with a bachelor's degree in nursing.

Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church in Guyton will sponsor a one-day youth conference to empower area youth with information and encouragement through the power and spirit of God.

Quick work by Effingham County firefighters kept a fire from getting out of control overnight.

St. Mary Magdalene Orthodox Church, 1625 Fort Howard Road, Rincon, will have a yard sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

Leander K. Powers, M.D., died Saturday, June 13, at St. Joseph's Hospital after a brief illness.

Jeffery Hancock, center, valedictorian of the Class of 2009 at South Effingham High School, was recently honored, along with the state's other valedictorians, at a reception at the Governor's Mansion in Atlanta.

Voters in Effingham County municipalities will cast ballots for mayor in both Springfield and Rincon in November, as well as council seats in all three cities.

Frances Grace Long Turner died Tuesday, June 2, 2009. She was preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, Travis Franklin Turner, and her parents, Hettie Grace Thompson and Frank Hall Long.

Luke Phillips examines a carrot top he had just pulled from the ground. Phillips was one of about 60 children who visited Heritage Organic Farms in Gutyon Wednesday for some outdoor classroom time.DeAnn Komanecky/Effingham Now Students work on making compost during their trip to Heritage Organic Farms.DeAnn Komanecky/Effingham Now Jocelyn Varghese ...

Collegiate Baseball announced on Wednesday that Georgia's Colby May is a member of the Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America team.

The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning until 2:45 p.m. for Bulloch, Effingham and Screven counties in Georgia, and Hampton County in South Carolina.

Georgia Southern University has announced its president's list for the spring 2009 term.