Pat Donahue

Thomasville

Editor and General Manager at Coastal Courier

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Fort Stewart, Hinesville honor lost soldiers

2 weeks ago | statesboroherald.com | Pat Donahue

Hinesville City Council members held a moment of silence at the start of their April 3 meeting in recognition of Fort Stewart’s four 3rd Infantry Division soldiers who died during a deployment to eastern Europe. The four crew members of a M88 Hercules armored recovery vehicle perished as their track sank into a bog near a Lithuanian training area. They had been dispatched to retrieve a vehicle that had become immobilized. The soldiers who died as a result were Staff Sgt. Edvin Franco, Staff Sgt.
Schools salute military-connected kids, nearly a quarter of all students

2 weeks ago | coastalcourier.com | Pat Donahue

The Month of the Military Child is taking on new meaning throughout the Liberty County School System. The school system and Bradwell Institute celebrated the Month of the Military Child during a ceremony April 1 at Bradwell, with children of soldiers donning purple — the color of the military child — and reflecting on the symbol of the military child, the dandelion. Dandelions are chosen since those plants can thrive wherever they are planted.
More than 30 apply to be next superintendent

2 weeks ago | coastalcourier.com | Pat Donahue

Liberty County school board members and their search firm are going through the list of applicants for the school system’s top job. Applications to be the next superintendent of Liberty County schools closed March 2, and board Chair Verdell Jones said the system received more than 30 applications. The Georgia School Boards Association is helping with the search. “Board members are in the process of reviewing a great amount of applicants,” she said at Thursday’s town hall.
Hinesville council OKs 22-acre annexation

2 weeks ago | coastalcourier.com | Pat Donahue

Hinesville is growing this time with another 22 acres and possibly another 100 homes. Council members approved the annexation request from RTS Home to annex 22 acres of land off Ruben Wells Road and to rezone the land from agricultural to planned unit development. The tract is between Griffin Park and Fort Stewart and is the last undeveloped piece in that area, Liberty Consolidated Planning Commission director Jeff Ricketson told council members.
Students aren’t using pouches, but not using phones in class, either

3 weeks ago | coastalcourier.com | Pat Donahue

Students aren’t using the Yondr cell phone pouches — but cell phone use in schools is down. Several students who took part in a town hall meeting, put together by school board member Dr. Marcus Scott, said they and their fellow students don’t use the pouches the school system purchased to keep cell phones out of students’ hands during the school day.
First Preparatory Christian marks 50 years in education

3 weeks ago | coastalcourier.com | Pat Donahue

First Preparatory Christian Academy celebrated 50 years as a school and honored its longtime faculty and staff. What started as a preschool, kindergarten and elementary school added middle and high school grades in 2006. That year, school leaders also broke ground on the main building on Court Street, adjacent to the church. The first senior class graduated in 2009. The school changed its name from First Presbyterian Christian Academy to First Preparatory Christian Academy in 2020.
County administrator hailed after 33 years in the position

3 weeks ago | coastalcourier.com | Pat Donahue

Even before his retirement began, Joey Brown was getting advice on how to adapt to his time off. The messages delivered to him at a farewell event carried the same theme: don’t answer the phone. Brown is leaving his post as county administrator after 33 years. In all, he worked for the county for 43 years. Past and present county commissioners, county department heads, former co-workers and plenty of others from around the community gathered at a farewell event Thursday at the east end complex.
Local vets mark 50 years since U.S. involvement in Vietnam ended

3 weeks ago | coastalcourier.com | Pat Donahue

Veterans gathered at the American Legion post in Hinesville on Saturday to thank those who helped bring the The Wall to the community – and to make a plea to remember those fought in the war The Wall recalls. March 29 is Vietnam Veterans Day and Vietnam vets came to American Legion Post 168 to reflect and remember.
3rd ID, Army mourn loss of four Fort Stewart soldiers

3 weeks ago | effinghamherald.net | Pat Donahue

By Pat Donahue, Special to the Herald The four U.S. Army soldiers assigned to 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry found deceased near Pabradė, Lithuania have been identified. The Army has confirmed the four soldiers who died when their vehicle sank into a bog as Sgt. Edvin Franco, Sgt. Jose Duenez, PFC Dante Taitano, and Staff Sgt. Troy Knutson-Collins. "First and foremost, we offer condolences to the loved ones of our soldiers,” said Gen.
Three missing Fort Stewart soldiers found dead after accident in Lithuania

3 weeks ago | statesboroherald.com | Pat Donahue

Three soldiers from Fort Stewart’s 1st Brigade of the 3rd Infantry Division have died following a vehicle accident in Lithuania. Their M88 Hercules armored recovery vehicle and the four-man crew have been listed as missing since March 25 after they were dispatched to repair and tow an immobilized vehicle. Search teams located the vehicle in nearly 13 feet of water and encased in more than six feet of mud. Search and recovery operations continue for the fourth crew member.

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