Sylvania News

A frost advisory is in effect from 3 am tonight to 8 am tomorrow morning for the following areas in the Coastal Empire and Low Country Counties include Jenkins-Screven-Candler-Bulloch-Allendale-Hampton-inland Colleton- Including the cities of Millen Sylvania Metter Statesboro Allendale Hampton Walterboro.

One of the many things I enjoy at deer camp is visiting an old fellow who sells produce on a desolate corner of U.S. Highway 301 in Screven County.

Submitted Photo Staci Clark won Grand Reserve Goat at the Sunbelt Classic Jackpot Show.

James L. "Jim" McDonald was ordained deacon on Sept. 30 at St. Michael's Church in Waynesboro, Ga.

Sylvania Yarn Systems Inc. announced Wednesday afternoon that it will close its carpet yarn manufacturing plant by the end of the year, putting 150 full-time employees out of work and ending a 40-year history in Screven County.

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Rahn of Springfield are proud to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Janet Marie, to Matthew Richard McGhee, son of Connie McGhee of Dublin and Mr.

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Rahn of Springfield are proud to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Janet Marie, to Matthew Richard McGhee, son of Connie McGhee of Dublin and Mr.

Mark your calendar for the multi-family Yard Sale Extravaganza sponsored by Rincon United Methodist Church from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept.

Helen Rowse Dean, 87, died peacefully Tuesday, September 1, 2009, surrounded by her loved ones at Hospice House of Savannah in Savannah, GA.

It took at least three men and a police officer to subdue a 16-year-old Screven County High School student last week in an altercation in which a school principal was also bitten.

The Friends of Screven County Animals hope their "Change for a Change" rally can make a difference for animals in their community.

The Friends of Screven County Animals hope their "Change for a Change" rally can make a difference for animals in their community.

Hamilton mayor Bob Simcock has branded a call for a Waikato super council as "dead before it starts" just as residents overwhelmingly rejected the plan in an opinion poll.

A man has been arrested in Sylvania, Georgia in connection to a Tuesday night deadly hit and run in Richmond County.

Local Government Minister Rodney Hide has virtually ruled out any chance of a Waikato super-council being adopted next year along with Auckland city amalgamations.

A proposal calling for the Waikato region to also become a super city has been put before a select committee in Auckland.

A heat advisory is now in effect from 2 pm this afternoon to 8 pm edt this evening.

The Coastal Georgia Regional Development Center will have a second round of public workshops for the expansion of the Coastal Georgia Comprehensive Plan.

An accurate U.S. Census count is vital to Screven County. Those numbers will determine how many federal dollars will be available for Sylvania, Rocky Ford, Hiltonia, Oliver, Newington and other areas of the county.The word must get out to residents of the vitality of the 2010 Census and volunteers are sought to make that happen.

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