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Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade
waitin for candy
Kids wait for candy to be tossed from the parade procession. - photo by Photo by Rick Lott
Staff Report
Updated: Jan 19, 2010, 2:35 AM
Published: Jan 19, 2010, 2:40 AM
Organizers couldn’t have asked for a nicer day for the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Parade.

People lined the streets of Springfield as the parade stepped off at 10 a.m., led by Springfield Mayor Jeff Northway, and marched up Laurel Street. Grand marshal Juanita Wood smiled and waved as her car passed by.

Several area churches took part in the parade as well as both Effingham high school bands. Several of the winners of the MLK Jr. Parade theme contest also participated in the parade.

Many of the entries threw or handed candy out to the kids and the Georgia-Pacific’s float handed out packs of their products to parade watchers.
‘They Ran Toward Gunfire:' Fort Stewart Soldiers Hailed as Heroes After Base Shooting
Ft. Stewart shooting
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)
By Pat Donahue
Special to Effingham Herald
Updated: Aug 7, 2025, 7:02 PM
Published: Aug 7, 2025, 7:03 PM
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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