Effingham County News

Rincon police have identified the body of a man found in a pickup truck parked in a Walmart parking lot on Saturday.

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

Effingham County sheriff's deputies have arrested a Sylvania man for possession of methamphetamine.

Lester Casey Griffin, 22, of Springfield was arrested Tuesday and charged in the death of a 3-year-old toddler.

A coalition representing a wide swath of Effingham County is coming together in hopes of securing federal aid to make the community drug-free. Local law enforcement agents, government officials, business leaders and nonprofit agencies are among those taking part in the Effingham County Drug Free Communities Coalition.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation and Springfield police are probing the death of a 2-year-old child who died at home Sunday afternoon.

Five Effingham County high school golfers were named this week as Savannah Morning News players of the year.

Effingham County commissioners delayed setting the millage rate and approving next year's budget at a called meeting Friday morning.

A Wednesday meeting at Savannah Technical College's Effingham campus about landing a job at EFACEC drew 450 people.

Industrial development projects in Bryan and Effingham counties, as well as others across the state, received more than $16.2 million Wednesday in state grant and loan awards to spur economic development in Georgia's most economically distressed communities.

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First-time filings of unemployment insurance claims in Effingham County are up 166 percent from one year ago, according to recently released figures from the Georgia Department of Labor.

Effingham County schools officials have gotten an unofficial look at local results from the state-mandated test that gauges yearly academic achievement among students.

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

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

Effingham County's EFACEC plant in Rincon played a role in Georgia recently winning the Silver Shovel award from Area Development magazine.

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.

Low-cost, spay-neuter center has prevented hundreds of thousands of unwanted dogs and cats from being born.

A Rincon man was arrested Thursday on a number of charges related to firing a gun.

Effingham County sheriff's deputies have made an arrest in the case of a number of armed robberies that have targeted Hispanic men in a mobile home park in Springfield.