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New Hampstead sweeps South Effingham
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South Effingham's Mallori Jenkins prepares to fire a pass to Cianne Trenary, who is breaking to the basket in Tuesday's game against New Hampstead. - photo by Mark Lastinger/staff
Mark Lastinger
Updated: Feb 1, 2018, 3:08 PM
Published: Feb 1, 2018, 3:45 PM
GUYTON -- New Hampstead, led by guards Valery Colon and Veana Price, carved up South Effingham in the closing stretch of their girls basketball game Tuesday night. Colon and Price sliced and diced their way to the basket repeatedly in the fourth quarter, combining for 15 of the Lady Phoenix's final 16 points in a 50-44 victory. The teams went toe to toe for 3 1/2 periods before the guards' offensive outburst.
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‘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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