Two shooting victims die
Victims of two recent shootings have died, prompting homicide investigations by the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department. Just after 2a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 15, a critically injured Randy...
View ArticleMan charged with Jan. 15 murder on Waters
A 35-year-old Savannah man has been charged with murder and arrested by a federal and local police officers. Lashannon Jabar Green was arrested on the 2200 block of Ogeechee Road for the murder of...
View ArticleTeen's shooting death on Westside investigated
Detectives from the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department are investigating the shooting death of a 15-year-old found in west Savannah this morning.William Elijah Norman who had lived on the...
View ArticleMeth, guns found at Ogeechee Road rooming house
Savannah/Chatham Metro officers today charged "the owner/operator of a group rooming units with multiple charges after serving a search warrant this afternoon," a spokesman says.Russell Stephen...
View ArticleHSF accepting noms for Preservation Awards
Historic Savannah Foundation is now accepting nominations for the 2014 HSF Preservation Awards, "which recognize individuals and organizations demonstrating excellence in historic preservation," the...
View ArticleGNC robbery suspect caught during SWAT drill
Police are "deliberating charges against a 20-year-old Savannah man identified as the suspect who robbed a health food store in an area where Metro SWAT and K-9 units were conducting a training...
View ArticleSchool's out for snow/ice threat
Due to threatened winter storm conditions rolling into town Tuesday afternoon, Savannah-Chatham Public Schools will operate "on a ninety-minute early dismissal for students tomorrow (Tuesday, January...
View ArticleCEMA winter storm watch
The Chatham Emergency Management Agency (CEMA) tells us that "as cold artic air approaches Chatham County, precipitation will also be moving into the area from the Gulf States. The National Weather...
View ArticlePULSE sked changes due to weather
Today Telfair Museums, which comprises the Jepson Center for the Arts, the Owens-Thomas House, and the Telfair Academy, will close at 3 p.m. All three sites will remain closed tomorrow, Wednesday,...
View ArticleChatham County gov't closing Wednesday
Due to forecast poor weather conditions, Chatham County Government offices will be closed Wednesday. "Employees that are not directly supporting snow and ice response are directed to stay at home," a...
View ArticleCity suspends 'non-essential' services Wednesday
Because of the ice storm warning from today at 5 p.m. through Wednesday, Jan. 29, at 5 p.m., "all non-essential City services, including Sanitation pick-up, will be suspended on Wednesday," a spokesman...
View ArticleCEMA weather update
The Chatham Emergency Management Agency (CEMA) is advising residents that extreme winter weather will be approaching the area as early as this evening. The Winter Storm Warning from the National...
View ArticleIslands Expressway bridge closed; other road updates
Latest update from Savannah/Chatham Police as of 10 a.m. — The Islands Expressway drawbridge is closed due to icing until further notice. — Icing reported on Talmadge Bridge.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe...
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Avett Brothers to do second show at SAV Music Fest; Isbell, LaFarge, Train...
The Savannah Music Festival has added a second show by The Avett Brothers at the Johnny Mercer Theatre to its slate for the 2014 edition of the Festival. The second show is Thursday, March 20, 8:30...
View ArticleStopover unveils final lineup, venues, including all-ages shows & discount pass
The Savannah Stopover Music Festival has now unveiled the full schedule of shows by date, time and venue for the March 6-8 event. Headliners include Wye Oak on March 6, Those Darlins on March 7, and...
View ArticleFormer Mayor Floyd Adams Jr. passes away
Floyd Adams Jr., Savannah's first African-American mayor, former City alderman, and a longtime local newspaper publisher, passed away earlier today at Candler Hospital, according to a hospital...
View Article'Sentry Savannah' puts jets over your head
The largeste Air National Guard exercise of its kind, Sentry Savannah 14, has begun. More than 1000 airmen from units across the nation will deploy to Savannah during February "to fight air battles off...
View ArticleAttempted robbery suspect sought
Detectives are searching for the gunman who attempted to rob a Savannah gas station just after 10:30 Saturday morning. The incident occurred at the BP Gas Station at East DeRenne and Bull Street.…[...
View ArticleDodd-Ramirez leaving Step Up Savannah
Daniel Dodd-Ramirez, executive director of Step Up Savannah, Inc., announced that he’s resigning to accept a new position in Washington, D.C. He served as leader of the city’s poverty reduction...
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GA Ports fire stops some downtown traffic
A large fire in a Georgia Ports Authority warehouse at Ocean Terminal No. 3 on West River Street has stopped traffic on West Bay Street between West Lashrop and Fahm streets and has greatly slowed...
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