Your Thursday headlinesA three-vehicle crash has led to lane closures in Effingham County.According to the Effingham County Sheriff's Office, crews responded Thursday afternoon to Noel C. Conaway Road ...

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The suicide of a Georgia judge is making national headlines. After being appointed to a new seat on the Effingham County State Court in 2022, Judge Stephen R. Yekel died by suicide on the bench ...

The Effingham County Sheriff’s deputies said in a release that they found State Court Judge Stephen Yekel, 74, on Tuesday morning. He appears to have died by suicide, with a self-inflicted ...

A state court judge is dead after authorities say he took his own life at the Effingham County Courthouse. DOGE begins to freeze health-care payments for extra review Read Message In A Bottle ...

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Deputies discovered State Court Judge Stephen Yekel, 74, at the Effingham County Courthouse at around 10 a.m., the Effingham County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. Court was not in session ...

EFFINGHAM COUNTY, Ga. (WTOC/Gray News) - A Georgia judge was found dead inside a courtroom on New Year’s Eve, according to officials. WTOC reports State Court Judge Steve Yekel died by suicide ...