Georgia Southern breaks ground on shooting education center
STATESBORO — Georgia Southern University has started work to build a state-of-the-art $7 million shooting sports education center on campus.Ground was broken Thursday morning for the 25,000-square-foot...
View ArticleSavannah man, 74, charged in hit-and-run
A 74-year-old Savannah man faces felony charges after police say he fled the scene of a wreck in which he struck a bicyclist on the city’s westside.Slaten Armstrong, of the 1000 block of East 32nd...
View ArticleSEARCH: 24-hour jail bookings for Savannah-Chatham County
24-hour jail bookings for Savannah-Chatham County are now posted. Visit booked.savannahnow.com to view photos and information.All information has been obtained from the Chatham County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleSpotted®: Arty Party in Telfair Square
The 19th annual Telfair Art Fair kicked off on Friday night with the Arty Party in Telfair Square. The outdoor event featured art displays and catering provided by local restaurant Form. Click here to...
View ArticleSpotted®: Taste of Savannah wraps up inaugural Food and Wine Festival
Savannah's inugural Food and Wine Festival concluded on Saturday afternoon with Taste of Savannah, an outdoor event in Ellis Square which featured hundreds of wine exhibitors and local food booths....
View ArticleLOCAL HOOPS: Armstrong rallies past Carver Bible 84-78
VALDOSTA — The Armstrong Atlantic State University men’s basketball team overcame a one-point halftime deficit to defeat Carver Bible College, 84-78, on Saturday evening at the Valdosta State...
View ArticleSavannah volunteers win philanthropy awards
Families, individuals and corporations were on the list of award winners announced earlier this month on National Philanthropy Day during an event hosted by the Association of Fundraising Professionals...
View ArticlePublic safety summary
A two-alarm fire destroyed an abandoned building on Savannah’s eastside and extensively damaged a second building Saturday night.Firefighters were called to the initial fire about 8:15 p.m. at the...
View ArticleKayakers, swimmer rescued off Tybee Island
Emergency responders on Tybee Island rescued two kayakers and a swimmer who had been pulled into the ocean Sunday morning.Shortly before 10:30 a.m., a combination of kayakers and swimmers was pulled...
View ArticleFire destroys Cloverdale home
Family members are helping a west Savannah man today after an early morning fire destroyed most of his Cloverdale home.Savannah firefighters arrived at the man’s home at 1610 Rosemary St. just before...
View ArticleGas prices rise in metro Savannah
Average retail gasoline prices in Savannah have risen 7.2 cents a gallon in the past week to $3.24 a gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 262 gas outlets in Savannah. The national...
View ArticleUPDATE: Savannah-Chatham police officer taken to hospital after wreck
A Savannah-Chatham police officer has been taken to an area hospital for observation after the vehicle he was driving collided with a truck on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard on Monday afternoon.Just...
View ArticleBloomingdale woman charged after standoff
A Bloomingdale woman has been charged with terroristic threats and simple battery after police locked down her neighborhood to talk her out of her residence Saturday.Stacy Anne Key-Swindell, 41, was...
View ArticlePort Wentworth police continue crackdown on underage alcohol sales
Police in Port Wentworth conducted a follow-up undercover operation Friday targeting sale of alcohol to minors after a sting last month netted several arrests.“The department received several...
View ArticleGa. high court upholds convictions for one in SCAD student's slaying,...
The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday issued an opinion on the convictions of Alex Cowart and John Andrew Adams, sentenced in 2011 for the 2010 slaying of Savannah College of Art and Design student Sean...
View ArticleChatham County deputies arrest man on gun, drug charges after foot chase
Chatham County deputies arrested a 19-year-old man who was on probation for gun and drug charges after a foot chase Monday and jailed him on gun and drug charges.Carlos Richardson was on felony...
View ArticlePolice: Savannah man dies after accidentally shooting himself
A 20-year-old Savannah man has died after accidentally shooting himself while handling a revolver Friday night, police say.Zachary Hindri of the 200 block of Croatan Street was transported to Memorial...
View ArticleFresh Point to pay $4.2 million to settle government claims
FreshPoint Inc., a Denver-based company with operations in Savannah, has paid the United States $4.2 million to settle allegations it submitted false claims for the sales of fresh fruit and vegetables...
View ArticleSEARCH: 24-hour jail bookings for Savannah-Chatham County
24-hour jail bookings for Savannah-Chatham County are now posted. Visit booked.savannahnow.com to view photos and information.All information has been obtained from the Chatham County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleToday's radar hot spot: Abercorn Street
Savannah-Chatham Metro police will be operating radar hot spots along Abercorn Street.Police remind drivers there is zero tolerance for speeding in school zones.
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