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Pageant seeking contestants
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2017 Tiny Miss Effingham County Fair Saylor Hamilton - photo by Mark Lastinger/staff
Staff Report
Effingham Herald
Published: Oct 2, 2018, 2:05 PM

The Effingham County Fair Beauty Pageant is looking for contestants. Age categories start at birth and go to 23 years. 

The pageant will start at 3 p.m. Oct. 27 at the fairgrounds. 

Visit www.effinghamfair.org for an entry form. 

Contact Jayne Wood at 826-2777 or 659-0545 for more information.
‘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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