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Bus driver charged with enticing girl in Port Wentworth
A former First Student bus driver has been charged with enticing a 14-year-old girl for indecent purposes in Port Wentworth.Robert Smith was also charged by Port Wentworth police with interference with...
View ArticleTuesday work on Veterans Parkway ramps at I-516 may cause delays
A contractor for the Georgia Department of Transportation on Tuesday will begin installing a temporary, single lane closure for repairing the guardrail on Veterans Parkway ramps at I-516 and S.R. 204...
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UPDATE: Some streets blocked, police direct traffic while signals down
Savannah-Chatham police are in intersections directing traffic on Abercorn Street/Ga. 204 in the King George area after winds knocked down several traffic lights.Police are advising motorists to take...
View ArticleOhio governor spares condemned obese killer
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The governor on Monday sidestepped a decision about whether a condemned inmate was too fat to be humanely executed by sparing the prisoner on the grounds that he had poor legal...
View ArticleSavannah man charged with shooting at hunter
A Savannah man has been charged with aggravated assault after firing a gun at a man legally hunting near his house, Savannah-Chatham police reported.David Hobbs, 56, who lives on Serenity Pointe was...
View ArticleGeorgia Power works to restore power to hundreds
About 3,300 Georgia Power customers in the Coastal area are presently without power after storms on Monday rolled through the region, downing trees and shutting down traffic signals.Georgia Power...
View ArticleDivers resume river search, seek clues about death of Glynn Co. commissioner
ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Divers have returned to the Frederica River, searching for evidence in the death of Glynn County Commissioner Tom Sublett.The Florida Times-Union reports (http://bit.ly/ZIpvao)...
View ArticleOPINION: 'Fiscal cliff' negotiations encouraging
With less than two weeks left before we approach the edge of the ‘fiscal cliff’ and a series of tax hikes kick in on Jan. 1, we are seeing encouraging signs of pragmatism and negotiation from President...
View ArticleOPINION: Savannah's autograph rock star
English-born Button Gwinnett had a high profile among Savannah’s early political leaders. Among other things, he represented Georgia in the Continental Congress in Philadelphia in 1776, the session of...
View ArticleCity reports minor sewer spill on East River Street
City of Savannah crews responded to a minor sewage spill at 502 East River Street on Monday.It's believed an aging main split, causing an estimated release of 1,300 gallons of sewage to spill into the...
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Fondarific wins training grant
Fondarific, a local company founded four years ago by Laura Darnall and Lois Judy, has been named one of two small businesses in the state to receive a grant from the Sam’s Club Giving Program and...
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Eat It and Like It: Back in the Day Bakery's banana pudding
Editor's note: This feature is the final part of columnist Jesse Blanco's "12 Days of Christmas" special presented by eatitandlikeit.com and SavannahNow.We can't really say we saved the best for last...
View ArticleFacebook users hit 'like,' stores jump into action
NEW YORK — Facebook isn't just for goofy pictures and silly chatter. Whether shoppers know it or not, their actions online help dictate what's in stores during this holiday season.After polling...
View ArticleKansas exhumes bodies of 'In Cold Blood' killers
LANSING, Kan. — Kansas officials have exhumed the bodies of two men executed for the 1959 slayings of a Kansas family made infamous in Truman Capote's nonfiction novel, "In Cold Blood."The Kansas...
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First Chatham Bank robber sought
Authorities are asking the public's help in identifying and locating a gunman who robbed First Chatham Bank this afternoon.FBI agents are investigating the 1:45 p.m. robbery of the Hodgson Memorial...
View ArticleTRAFFIC ALERT: Roadwork on I-95 tonight, tomorrow morning
A contractor for the Georgia Department of Transportation will be installing temporary double lane closure of the inside northbound travel lanes of Interstate 95 between mile post 106 and mile post...
View ArticleLongtime Chatham coroner replaced following resignation
Chatham County’s longtime coroner Dr. James C. Metts Jr. has been replaced after submitting his resignation.Metts, who is in his early eighties, cited his age and other personal matters as reasons for...
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Port Wentworth man arrested for child porn
A Port Wentworth man is in the Effingham County jail today, the 16th child porn arrest made by the sheriff’s office since June. Michael Butler, 55, was arrested at his home on Friday. A member of the...
View ArticleWild turkey fatally shot after attacking Jackson County deputy
A wild turkey that attacked a Jackson County deputy was fatally shot Sunday afternoon, the Athens Banner-Herald reports.The deputy was dispatched to a home off Georgia Highway 330, Bogart, about 1:30...
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VIDEO: 2 inmates escape from federal prison in Chicago
CHICAGO — Two convicted bank robbers were on the run after using a knotted rope or bed sheets to escape from a federal prison window high above downtown Chicago early Tuesday, a week after one of them...
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