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Family Connection Focus: Ready2CONNECT cuts ribbon on revamped space
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Ready2CONNECT Executive Director Destiny Bradshaw (standing left) and Diane Rogers of Concerted Services (standing right) talk in Ready2CONNECTs lab area during a celebration on Feb. 2. - photo by Mark Lastinger/staff
RINCON — Thanks to some hardworking volunteers and donors, Ready2CONNECT is more prepared than ever to help Effingham County residents improve their employment prospects. On Feb. 2, the nonprofit organization, formerly known as Effingham County CONNECT, conducted a ribbon cutting to celebrate its first year of independence at its renovated space at 711 Zitterour Drive. “I just want to see thank you all to my community partners and the (Ready2CONNECT) board,” said Destiny Bradshaw, Ready2CONNECT executive director before employing the scissors.
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‘They Ran Toward Gunfire:' Fort Stewart Soldiers Hailed as Heroes After Base Shooting
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Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll awards the Meritorious Service Medal to Sgt. Aaron Turner, who helped take down the armed soldier accused of opening fire during Wednesday morning’s shooting at Fort Stewart. (Pat Donahue / Coastal Courier)
A day after a soldier opened fire at Fort Stewart, Army leaders are praising those who stopped the shooter as investigators probe how a weapon made it on base. One soldier remains hospitalized. This report is from our Morris Multimedia sister newspaper, the Coastal Courier in Hinesville. Read how split-second heroism may have saved countless lives.
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