VIDEO: Savannah schools' drumlines duke it out
The beats ricocheted throughout the Savannah High School gymnasium Saturday afternoon as area high schools’ drum lines battled for supremacy.Percussionists from schools including Sol C. Johnson, A.E....
View ArticleMarlins end Braves' win streak
ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves’ 14-winning streak ended Saturday night with a 1-0 loss to the last-place Miami Marlins, who scored the lone run on reliever Jordan Walden’s wild pitch in the ninth...
View ArticlePolice: Zero tolerance in school zones as Savannah students return Monday
Zero tolerance in school zones means exactly what it sounds like — break any rules, even just a little bit, and you’ll be cited.It’s a message Savannah-Chatham police officers want to remind the...
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 ArticleState defers showdown on Ga. nuclear plant costs
ATLANTA — A debate over the rising cost of building a first-of-its-kind nuclear plant in Georgia will be pushed far into the future.Regulators at the Public Service Commission were facing a legal...
View ArticleGeorgia now tracking drugs to address abuse
Sylvia Dunham starts to list the painkillers she once took to combat the pain in her feet, then stops.“You name it, I’ve been on it,” she said. At one point, she was downing 20 to 30 pills a day. “It...
View Article12 hospitalized in south Ga. accident
LEESBURG, Ga. — Georgia state troopers say 12 members of a Lee County river cleanup crew have been hospitalized in a traffic accident.Trooper Andrew McKenzie told WALB-TV Saturday that a City of...
View ArticleFruit, vegetable prices up after rain floods crops
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Expect to pay the cost of the summer's above-average rain at the produce stand.Fields throughout the Southeast were flooded, destroying crops and inflating prices for fruit and...
View ArticleUPDATE: Police ID victims of fatal Chatham County wreck involving train
Two people are dead and two others hospitalized after the SUV they were in was struck by a train Sunday afternoon near Port Wentworth.Martha Newton, 57, of Westlake Avenue, the driver of the SUV, and...
View ArticleFreeman hits 3-run HR, Braves beat Marlins 9-4
ATLANTA — Freddie Freeman and Atlanta’s hitters made certain the end of a long winning streak would not be followed by a new streak of offensive futility.Freeman hit a three-run homer, Jason Heyward...
View ArticleNASCAR: Kyle Busch wins at Watkins Glen
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — There was no slipup on the final lap this time, so Kyle Busch’s victory celebration at Watkins Glen International was as sweet as it gets.Bumped aside a year ago by Brad Keselowski...
View ArticleUPDATE: Missing swimmer's body found
The body of an adult male has been found in the Ogeechee River.A search began for the swimmer about 5:30 p.m. Sunday following a report of man not surfacing after jumping into the river from Steel...
View ArticleMAJOR EMOTIONS: Dufner beats Furyk at PGA Championship
PITTSFORD, N.Y. — Jason Dufner finally cracked a smile, raised both arms and gave a slight pump of the fist, saving all that emotion for a big occasion.He won the PGA Championship.Dufner played the...
View ArticleBailey back, ready to play for Georgia football squad
ATHENS — Sterling Bailey has a big smile that expands when you ask him about starting in the Georgia football team’s season opener against Clemson.He perks up — his back a little bit straighter, his...
View ArticleToday's radar hot spot: Whitfield Ave.
Savannah-Chatham Metro police will be operating radar hot spots along Whitfield Avenue. Police remind drivers there is zero tolerance for speeding in school zones.
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 Article10 Things to Know for Monday
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:1. MOVE TO DISPERSE MORSI CAMPS POSTPONEDEgyptian authorities have postponed an advance against...
View ArticleGa. squirrel hunting season to open this week
SOCIAL CIRCLE, Ga. — Georgia Department of Natural Resources officials say squirrel hunting season will begin this week.Department spokeswoman Melissa Cummings says squirrel season begins Thursday and...
View Article'Whitey' Bulger found guilty of Boston gangland killings
BOSTON — James “Whitey” Bulger, the feared Boston mob boss who became one of the nation’s most-wanted fugitives, was convicted Monday in a string of 11 killings and other gangland crimes, many of them...
View ArticleUPDATE: Judge dismisses racial claims in Paula Deen lawsuit
A federal judge today dismissed claims of racial discrimination made by a former employee of Savannah celebrity chef Paula Deen.U.S. District Judge William T. Moore Jr., in a 20-page order filed today,...
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