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State and local leaders met with community members to comb over legislative priorities for 2023. Here's what you need to know.

With the emergence of the new BA. 5 strain, more people in our area are testing positive for COVID-19. So what does this mean for schools? We got answers.

Effingham schools join Bryan County government in making masks optional. Effingham County joins Chatham in mask mandates in government buildings.

Effingham County School District superintendent shed light on the district’s policy regarding political conversations in the classroom setting.

Virtual school is the pits, in this parent’s perspective. Yet one dad’s mantrap can be another’s paradise. Local school officials better take heed. Districts are announcing plans for next school year, and the tone is unmistakable: Leaders are as eager to abandon online learning as high school seniors are to turn the tassels on their graduation caps. Effingham County Schools Superintendent Yancy Ford said this week, “We do not plan to have a virtual option.” Never mind that 1,305 students — 10% of the population — are learning from home over an internet connection this year. Sav...