Fort Stewart News

CAIR and back-to-school fairs, coming to Fort Stewart on Thursday, will provide one-stop opportunities for soldiers and families to learn more about the communities and schools surrounding the posts.

Dana Ingram, executive director of JC Vision and Associates, said this area has seen the 12th-highest growth in serious delinquency rates, out of 381 MSAs nationwide.

To demonstrate its commitment to the military community, Armstrong State University will waive all mandatory student fees for active-duty military starting in the fall semester.

Staff Sgt. Isabel Ruiz, right, the electronic warfare specialist for 703rd Brigade Support Battalion, 4th IBCT, 3rd ID, shows soldiers how to operate and troubleshoot the Duke V3, an electronic-warfare system used to counter radio-controlled improvised explosive devices.

The Georgia Department of Corrections, in conjunction with the Georgia National Guard, will host several law-enforcement and public-safety agencies for a military personnel career fair from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursday, July 24, at the 1BCT, building 705, on Fort Stewart.

Ar'Zerrick Gabril Thomas was born at 11:20 p.m. June 21 to Koneechwa Brown of Hinesville and Albert Thomas of Fort Stewart.

Maryella Haynes hugs Army Sgt. Brandon Ziegler of the 3rd Sustainment Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division.

Doctors and experts at the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center want health care providers to try treating sleep disorders caused by traumatic brain injury with some common sense such as a quiet bedroom and staying away from coffee or energy drinks at bedtime.

Andrea Renee Wilson had her life sentence for murdering her toddler cousin affirmed in a re-sentencing hearing Monday in Liberty Superior Court.

Armstrong State University will waive all mandatory student fees for active duty military starting in the fall semester of 2014.

A woman got a strange surprise after snapping photos of her granddaughter at a fireworks display in Georgia with her family last week.

Between 6 p.m. Tuesday and 10 a.m. Wednesday, three structure fires were reported in Liberty and Long counties.

Editor , I saw an item in Friday's paper informing me about the fireworks at 9:30 p.m. at Cottrell Field on Fort Stewart.

The blaze broke out at the Wyngrove Apartment complex off of Grove Point Drive, not far from the Veterans Parkway entrance to Fort Stewart.

Vice Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. John F. Campbell spent July 1 on Fort Stewart meeting with senior leaders to discuss the Army's Ready and Resilient Campaign.

Children enjoy playing games and spending time with new friends at the Hineshouse Project Inc.'s free summer learning camp, held daily through July 18 for 6- to 13-year-olds.

C OASTAL GEORGIANS know the importance of Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield to their communities.

A Fort Stewart soldier and a woman face numerous charges after they were arrested Thursday for allegedly illegally selling alcohol and tobacco products from a Walthourville home.

Third Infantry Division soldiers fire cannons to represent all 50 U.S. states and eight territories during Friday's Independence Day celebration on Fort Stewart.

Fireworks and the American spirit flew through the air all day throughout the country, and towns in our area celebrated just like everyone else.