Man shot on basketball court in City park
Detectives of the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department are investigating the shooting of a Savannah man in a city park on Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 28. Kelvin Frazier, 28, received a...
View ArticleMan sought for questioning in Jan. 17 murder
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police detectives are asking the public to help locate a man wanted for questioning in a Jan. 17 fatal shooting. Ezra Shane Owens, 23, is being sought for questioning in...
View ArticleTwo arrested in West Chatham carjacking
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police have charged a 19-year-old male and his 13-year-old accomplice after the robbery and carjacking of a woman in the Highlands area Wednesday night. Carlos Maurice...
View ArticleBull Street Library shooting, Wells Park shooting linked; vehicle sought
Detectives of the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department are seeking help from the public in identifying suspects "who opened fire in city parks on two successive days," a spokesman says. One...
View ArticleGA Power awards $20K to ASU for STEM initiatives
Cathy Hill, vice president of Georgia Power’s Coastal Region, recently presented Armstrong State University president Dr. Linda M. Bleicken with a check for $20,000 from the Georgia Power Foundation...
View ArticleTwo separate weekend shootings investigated
"Investigations are underway into the shootings of two men in separate incidents over the weekend," police say. Ronald Lee Williams, 61, reported he was shot in front of his house on the 2000 block of...
View ArticleMen sought in Bay Street robbery, beating of tourists
Detectives are "seeking help from the public in identifying a group of males who attacked and beat a Florida couple on Bay Street Monday morning," police say. The man and woman from Riverview, FL,...
View ArticleWSAV anchor helps collar PetSmart perp!
Citizens took action Monday night "when a man robbed a pet store, chasing the suspect into the middle of Victory Drive and holding him for arriving police," a police department spokesperson says....
View ArticlePlot thickens in Bay Street attack; charges now considered against victims
"New information on the reported attack on a Florida couple on Bay Street Monday morning has Metro Police investigating the possibility of charges against the reported victims," a police department...
View ArticleUGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography brings new focus to marine trash issue
University of Georgia researchers are "hoping to find a consistent way to record the marine debris—particularly pieces of plastic—crowding Georgia's beaches as part of an effort to find a solution for...
View ArticleFormer chief Lovett sentenced to 7.5 years
Former Savannah/Chatham Metro Police Chief Willie C. Lovett was sentenced today to 90 months in federal prison, seven and a half years, for his conviction in gambling and extortion charges. He was...
View ArticleMan killed in house on Barnard; roommate says shooting stemmed from robbery
Detectives are investigating the fatal shooting of a Savannah man "at a house he was renovating on Barnard Street near Victory Drive Friday night," a police spokesman says. The man died after being...
View ArticleTwo shooting incidents on Westside
Investigations are underway "after two men escaped serious injury in shooting confrontations Sunday night," police say. One man was transported for treatment of a gunshot wound and a second was...
View ArticleBob Dylan performs April 14; tix on sale Feb. 20
Bob Dylan performs at the Johnny Mercer Theatre at 8 p.m. Tuesday April 14.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleResidents help in arrest of teens
Residents in the Olin Heights/Ardsley Park area "teamed up with saturating police officers to effect the arrest of three juveniles Wednesday night," police say. Residents near East 54th and Battey...
View ArticleNew Jersey murder suspects arrested in SAV
Police and agents of an FBI task force identified a second suspect in a second homicide Thursday morning after arresting a murder suspect from New Jersey. Ranig Deishon White, 27, was arrested this...
View ArticlePolice body cams expanding to Downtown Precinct
The roll out of body cameras throughout the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department entered its second phase Friday when training classes were scheduled in the Downtown Precinct."More than 60...
View ArticleBicyclist dies after collision with SUV
Police are investigating the collision of a bicycle and an SUV that left a Savannah woman dead Sunday morning. Theresa Mae Moultrie, 56, was pronounced dead at Memorial University Medical Center after...
View ArticleFireworks prompt 'erroneous report'
Fireworks being discharged in Daffin Park "led to erroneous reports on a Savannah television station that shots had been fired near a private school Tuesday afternoon," police say. Central Precinct...
View ArticleThe Grey, Back in the Day named James Beard Award semifinalists
The Grey on MLK Boulevard is a semifinalist for "Best New Restaurant" and Back in the Day Bakery's baking duo of Cheryl and Griffith Day are semifinalists for "Outstanding Baker" in the 2015 James...
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