Jeff Whitten

Richmond Hill High School’s graduating Class of 2024 entered Glynn County Stadium on Friday night to the traditional strains of Pomp and Circumstance.They exited roughly 90 minutes later, diplomas in hand, to something more 21st century, as the stadium’s lighting flashed on and off and spectators in the stands waved cell phone flashlights.

By Jeff Whitten, correspondent. Bryan County Commissioners approved a number of construction projects during their June 11 meeting in Richmond Hill.

Pardon this trip down memory lane, but when I was 4 or 5 years old up in South Carolina my paternal grandfather – he was known to us as Papa – would plop me down on the hood of his LTD somewhere next to the hood ornament, hand me a bucket of marbles and a sling shot and drive me slowly around the hills on the outskirts of Pendleton, S.C., looking for rabbits to shoot. This was in the 1960s, of course, when you could get away with stuff.

Effingham County’s 2023 region football title wasn’t a first for the Rebels, but it was the first in a long time.

Jeff Whitten, Correspondent. Water continued to recede– though slowly in some areas–and recovery efforts continued Wednesday in parts of

Howdy and welcome to Week 2 of the Pembroke Mafia Football League, the world’s foremost authority on all things that start with the letter ‘B’. That means we in the PMFL are individually and collectively expert witnesses (certified to testify in court) on billygoats and beans, and bananas, and beets, and bustenhalters, and bats and belfries, and Bryan counties and Boston butts and Bigfoots.

South Effingham football coach Loren Purvis talks to an official during a recent game against Toombs County. Purvis must keep his players in a positive mindset after a 49-6 loss to Lakeside Evans Sept. 13. (Mark Lastinger for the Effingham Herald.)

Jeff Whitten, Correspondent. As property assessments go up, Bryan County’s millage rate keeps going down.

Jeff Whitten, Correspondent. Bryan County Commissioners approved three related measures during a brief called meeting Tuesday in Richmond Hill to help move ahead on debris cleanup after Tropical Storm Helene.

Jeff Whitten, Columnist. Welcome to another installment of the Pembroke Mafia Bait, Tackle and Beer Football League, or PM+BT+BFL for short, and