Top Secret: Georgia keeps practices off limits to spectators
ATHENS — Fans of Florida, Mississippi State and South Carolina are allowed entry into at least some of their team’s preseason football practices.Don’t expect Georgia coach Mark Richt to allow an...
View ArticleBengals QB seeks late-game improvement
FLOWERY BRANCH — Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton hopes to build a late-game resume similar to Falcons QB Matt Ryan’s.Ryan, despite coming up 10 yards short of winning the NFC championship last season,...
View ArticleYnoa sparkles in Sand Gnat victory
Gabriel Ynoa added another stellar pitching performance to a season of gems as the Sand Gnats’ right-hander beat visiting Charleston 1-0 Tuesday and improved to 13-4 on the year.Ynoa, a 20-year-old...
View ArticleRed-hot Braves down Nationals 2-1
WASHINGTON — Hit by a pitch two innings after homering, Bryce Harper jawed and pointed at Atlanta’s Julio Teheran, and the dugouts and bullpens emptied, but the only haymakers thrown during the NL...
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 ArticleVIDEO: President Obama talks Savannah harbor deepening with Jay Leno
President Barack Obama appeared on "The Tonight Show" on Tuesday and spoke with host Jay Leno on a variety of topics, specifically mentioning Savannah's port during a discussion about...
View ArticleSavannah warrant search nets drugs, suspects on southside
Four people are in custody this afternoon after Savannah-Chatham police officers executed a search warrant at a southside Savannah apartment complex.Arrested were Deshae Jones, 25, on two counts of...
View ArticleMill Creek house destroyed in fire
A Mill Creek home was destroyed today by a fire this morning and another was damaged.Bluffton firefighters arrived on the scene about 7:15 a.m.The firefighters broked into two groups and ran two...
View ArticleWATCH LIVE: Savannah-Chatham Public School Board meeting
The Savannah-Chatham Public School Board will hold its regular monthly meetings today. Click here to watch live now.
View ArticleSavannah man indicted in May murder
A 22-year-old man charged with a Westside Savannah murder and the shootings of two others was indicted Wednesday by a Chatham County Grand Jury.Mark Allen Adkins Jr. was indicted on charges of malice...
View ArticleTwo arrested after Garden City drug bust
Two people are in custody following a large seizure of marijuana by the Chatham-Savannah Counter Narcotics Team, said CNT spokesman Gene Harley. Earlier this week, CNT, along with officers from the...
View ArticleSavannah mayor meets with neighborhood leaders
About two dozen neighborhood leaders showed up at the Savannah Civic Center Wednesday morning to discuss their concerns, at the invitation of Mayor Edna Jackson.Jackson said she scheduled the informal...
View ArticleHealth advisory issued for Tybee's Polk Street Beach
The Chatham County Health Department has placed Tybee Island’s Polk Street Beach under advisory because of possible risk of illness associated with water contact at that location.Routine water quality...
View ArticlePolice look for Savannah bank robber
The FBI and Savannah-Chatham police detectives are searching for a man who robbed a branch of The Savannah Bank at gunpoint Wednesday morning.At 9:47 a.m., both agencies responded to reports of a...
View ArticleAtlanta Falcons' Lamar Holmes gets first start against Bengals on Thursday night
FLOWERY BRANCH — The matchup to watch in tonight’s Falcons-Bengals preseason opener will be Atlanta right tackle Lamar Holmes against Cincinnati defensive end Robert Geathers.Holmes will start after...
View ArticleStatesboro's De'Quan Daniels looking for fresh start with Savannah State...
Freshman running back De’Quan Daniels has been in Savannah State’s football camp for less than two weeks and he’s not taking anything for granted.“I’m just hoping I can get on the field, get some...
View ArticleGeorgia football team flat in scrimmage
ATHENS — And on the seventh day, they scrimmaged.The seventh day of Georgia’s preseason, that is, brought the Bulldogs to Sanford Stadium on Wednesday morning and brought coach Mark Richt to spit a...
View ArticleBraves GM: Tweet at Harper was 'inappropriate'
WASHINGTON — Atlanta Braves general manager Frank Wren said Wednesday that a tweet directed at Bryce Harper was “an inappropriate attempt at humor,” even as both teams wondered when or if there would...
View Article3rd ID soldier dies after being wounded in Afghanistan
3RD ID SOLDIER DIES FROM INJURIES SUFFERED IN AFGHANISTAN ATTACKSpc. Nickolas S. Welch, 26, of Mill City, Ore., died Aug. 6 in Bethesda, Md., of injuries suffered July 23 when enemy forces attacked his...
View ArticleBraves get 3 runs in 8th, win 6-3 to sweep Nationals
WASHINGTON — Jason Heyward singled and Justin Upton doubled in a three-run eighth inning Wednesday night in the Atlanta Braves’ sweep-capping 6-3 win over the Washington Nationals, a game played nicely...
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