Caterpillar to start hiring workers for Ga. plant
ATHENS, Ga. — Officials at Caterpillar Inc. are seeking applicants for jobs at the company's new plant being constructed in northeast Georgia.The openings represent the latest milestone in the...
View ArticleGov. Deal backs guns for school administrators
ATLANTA — Gov. Nathan Deal announced Wednesday he will offer legislation to beef up the state’s review of mental-health records for gun permit applicants.He also predicted passage for a bill that would...
View ArticleSLIDESHOW: Interactive digest on hot topics in the news
View an interactive digest about: data visualizations, questions and answers on the flu; Facebook with information about a new search feature being offered; Apple Inc. updated with the latest market...
View ArticleSavannah's Benjamin Eichholz ordered to repay retirement funds
A judge has ordered former Savannah attorney Benjamin S. Eichholz and the Eichholz Law Firm P.C. to restore losses and interest to the firm’s retirement and pension plans, according to a U.S....
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Savannah man charged with growing marijuana at residence
A Savannah man is in custody following a seizure of multiple marijuana plants by the Chatham-Savannah Counter Narcotics Team.Gregory Paul Sucher, 56, was arrested Tuesday without incident and charged...
View ArticlePresident Obama unveils $500 million gun control package
WASHINGTON (AP) — Braced for a fight, President Barack Obama on Wednesday unveiled the most sweeping proposals for curbing gun violence in two decades, pressing a reluctant Congress to pass universal...
View ArticleSavannah man indicted in October drug-related slayings, shooting
A Savannah man today was indicted on murder and related charges in the October slaying one man in a drug-related incident and the slaying within days of a witness to the slaying. Eddieard Konta...
View ArticleSEARCH: Chatham County child support dockets
Chatham County child support dockets have been updated through January 12, 2013.Begin searching the child support database now to see which individuals have not been paying their assigned amounts, and...
View ArticleVIDEO: Three-legged dog caught stealing food from store
A crafty three-legged dog has become a star in New Zealand after being filmed stealing pet food from a shop. The 10 year-old German short-haired pointer, named Oscar, was caught in the act by the...
View ArticleGa. woman may face charges in laughing gas abuse
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Athens-Clarke County police say a 48-year-old dental office worker may face charges after she was found sedated with a nitrous oxide mask on her face.The Athens Banner-Herald...
View ArticleDO: Find an event for Thursday, January 17
“Walkable Cities: Planning to Walk Again”5:30 p.m. Jan. 17. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd. Rick Hall, a registered transportation engineer specializing in walkable transportation design, presents...
View ArticleUPDATE: Teen killed in Rincon-Stillwell Road crash; road remains closed
One person has been pronounced dead at the scene of a single vehicle accident on Rincon-Stillwell Road reported about 7:30 p.m. The vehicle was traveling south on Rincon-Stillwell road when the driver...
View ArticleGeorgia tailback Ken Malcome to transfer
ATHENS — Georgia is down to just “Gurshall” heading into spring practice among tailbacks that were recruited to the school on scholarship.Redshirt sophomore Ken Malcome, the team’s third-string...
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UPDATE: Effingham High School student drowned in Wednesday wreck
An Effingham County High School senior drowned after being ejected from a car in a single-vehicle accident Wednesday on Rincon-Stillwell Road.Christian Cowan, 18, of Rincon, was pronounced dead at the...
View ArticleGeorgia jobless rate up in December
ATLANTA – The Georgia Department of Labor announced today that Georgia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased to 8.6 percent in December, up one-tenth of a percentage point from 8.5 percent...
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MusicFile: Savannah's Whaleboat sails off on new record, tour
In 2011, Brent Collins was landlocked. The Georgia native had uprooted and moved to Texas, leaving his beloved coastal hometown with the bluesy rock group Mantis to pursue a lifelong dream of playing...
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Conrad Bain of 'Diff'rent Strokes' dead at 89
NEW YORK (AP) — Conrad Bain, a veteran stage and film actor who became a star in middle age as the kindly white adoptive father of two young African-American brothers in the TV sitcom "Diff'rent...
View ArticleWATCH LIVE: Gov. Deal to deliver State-of-the-State speech at 11 a.m.
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal will soon deliver the annual State-of-the-State speech to the General Assembly.Click here to watch Gov. Deal's address starting live at 11 a.m.The Republican...
View ArticleAP IMPACT: Deficient levees found across America
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Inspectors taking the first-ever inventory of flood control systems overseen by the federal government have found hundreds of structures at risk of failing and endangering people and...
View ArticleSLIDESHOW: 10 things to know for Thursday
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today.Click here to launch the slideshow.
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