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Move to appoint Strickland public safety director stalls
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GUYTON — A motion to appoint a public safety director died on the Guyton City Council table on Jan. 9.Steve Collins, the Post 1 council member, answered Mayor Jeff Lariscy’s call for a motion to name Stacy Strickland public safety director during a regularly scheduled council meeting. The motion was greeted with silence by Franklin Goldwire (Post 2), Joseph Lee (Post 3) and Michael Johnson (Post 4), effectively killing the measure without a vote. Strickland has been serving as Guyton's public safety director on an interim basis since the mayor fired Kelphie Lundy in February 2016.
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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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