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Producer ready for the challenge of movie on coaching legend Erk Russell
ATHENS — In some ways, Beau Turpin has spent his life preparing for his next project.The 27-year-old Albany native grew up a college football fan in the heart of Georgia and has built a career in the...
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To quote Shakespeare, there’s a great many people qualifying as “ the idiot upon the stage full of sound and fury signifying nothing.”We absolutely wouldn’t suggest all adults in schools being armed....
View ArticleChristmas morning fire forces Savannah family from home
A house fire on Savannah’s west side forced a family from its home on Christmas Day.American Red Cross Disaster Action Team members responded to the fire at 4305 Liberty Parkway Tuesday morning where a...
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SEARCH: 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...
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Snowstorm heads east after South twisters; 3 dead
MOBILE, Ala. — An enormous storm system that dumped snow and sleet on the nation's midsection and unleashed damaging tornadoes around the Deep South began punching its way toward the Northeast on...
View ArticleState Patrol: 17 road deaths during holiday
ATLANTA — Authorities say 17 people died in traffic crashes on Georgia roads during the Christmas holiday period.The Georgia State Patrol reported the numbers early Wednesday. The State Patrol based...
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ILA, management to talk one more time
Meeting an effort to avoid work stoppage SundayIn a last ditch effort to avert a strike that would cripple U.S. commerce, the International Longshoremen’s Association and management will meet one more...
View ArticleVIDEO: Milk prices could spike to $6 a gallon without 'Dairy Cliff' solution
MILWAUKEE - As the nation inches toward the economic "fiscal cliff," anxiety is growing in farm country about an obscure tangent of the Washington political standoff that reaches into the dairy...
View ArticleHistory Channel program probes Mayan presence in north Georgia
Tonight at 10 p.m. on History Channel’s H2, “American Unearthed” will address the question on whether the Mayans established villages in north Georgia. The program keys on a site in Towns County known...
View ArticleDouble-decker bus group asks for postponement as opposition mounts
Council meeting is at 10 a.m. ThursdayA business group wanting to bring double-decker tour buses to downtown Savannah has asked City Council to delay a vote until Jan. 10.Council was scheduled to vote...
View ArticleEDITORIAL: Cliff countdown: Reid must lead
GEORGIA’S TWO Republican senators, Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson, should be prepared to cut a deal today and Friday to prevent the nation from hurtling over the fiscal cliff next week.But that...
View ArticleHinesville man cited after crashing car into house
HINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say a 30-year-old man is facing charges of DUI and drag racing after plowing into a house early Tuesday morning.WTOC-TV (http://bit.ly/Vj4AaY) reports Garvari...
View ArticleStorm whips into Northeast bringing snow, rain
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A powerful winter storm was expected to drop one to two feet of snow on parts of the Northeast just a day after it swept through the nation's middle, dumping a record snowfall in...
View ArticleMetro Savannah's jobless rate drops to 7.7 percent
State labor officials say metro Savannah's jobless rate has dropped to 7.7 percent, down two-tenths of a percentage point from 7.9 percent in October and 8.4 percent a year ago.The November rate...
View ArticleVIDEO: Clemson student's turtle project takes dark twist
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson University student Nathan Weaver just wanted to put together a project to help figure out the best way to assist turtles in crossing the road.But he also ended up with a...
View ArticleINTERACTIVE: Measuring up metro Savannah unemployment trends against the rest...
Savannah's jobless rate declined to 7.7 percent in November, down two-tenths of a percentage point from 7.9 percent in October and 8.4 percent a year ago, according to data released Thursday by the...
View ArticleNo deal in sight as deadline for fiscal deal nears
WASHINGTON (AP) — Progress toward avoiding the "fiscal cliff" seemed stalled Thursday, as the Senate's top Democrat accused Republican House Speaker John Boehner of acting in dictatorial ways that...
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Teddy bears donated to Savannah-Chatham police
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Salvation Army on Thursday donated 91 teddy bears to Savannah-Chatham police.Major Larry Branson, commander of the SCMPD Investigations Division, accepted the bears on...
View ArticleVIDEO: Ala governor says state compiling storm losses
PRICHARD, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley says officials aren't sure whether the state will qualify for federal aid to help with recovery from the Christmas Daytornado outbreak.Bentley's...
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Three arrested in connection to manufacturing meth
Three people are in custody following the seizure of a methamphetamine lab by the Chatham-Savannah Counter Narcotics Team.Billy Tetley of Ludowici, 30; Travis Stacey, 24, of Richmond Hill; and Jeffrey...
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