CAT announces Thanksgiving schedule
Chatham Area Transit officials announced that on Thursday there will be no fixed route bus, paratransit or Savannah Belles Ferry services available. CAT’s Administrative office, 610 West Oglethorpe...
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A Savannah man on Wednesday was indicted on a first-degree arson charge in a January fire at a boarding house.Joshua Trey Funke, 21, knowingly damaged the property at 740 E. 51st St. by fire on Jan....
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Preston Phelps admits killing father, gets life sentence
Sixteen-year-old Preston Cato Phelps on Wednesday pleaded guilty to malice murder in return for a life prison sentence for the brutal slaying of his father at their Talahi Island home.Phelps, who was...
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Chatham Area Transit officials announced that on Thursday there will be no fixed route bus, paratransit or Savannah Belles Ferry services available. CAT’s Administrative office, 610 West Oglethorpe...
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The Georgia Department of Transportation has suspended construction-related lane closures on the interstates, major state routes or roadways near major shopping centers until 10 p.m. Sunday.Some work...
View ArticleRichmond Hill police, GBI investigate deaths of mother, son
Authorities on Monday investigated what they are calling a “murder-suicide” in an upper-middle class neighborhood in south Bryan County.Police responded to a phone call about 8:30 a.m. and discovered...
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Savannah woman pleads guilty to manslaughter in newborn's death
A Savannah woman Tuesday pleaded guilty to reduced charges in the December 2011 death of her newborn who was found in a garbage truck.Anitra Hicks agreed to plead guilty to charges of voluntary...
View ArticlePolice seek witnesses to fatal Thanksgiving hit-and-run wreck
Savannah-Chatham police are seeking witnesses who may have been in the area where a pedestrian was struck and killed on Johnny Mercer Boulevard early Thanksgiving morning. Jonathan Edwards, 35, who...
View ArticleRincon couple indicted on child porn charges
The indictment of a Rincon husband and wife on child pornography related charges is one of several indictments handed down by an Effingham County Grand Jury on Monday.Michael Shepard, 38, and Rebekah...
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Savannah-Chatham police are seeking witnesses who may have been in the area where a pedestrian was struck and killed on Johnny Mercer Boulevard late Nov. 25 just before Thanksgiving morning.Jonathan...
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Carelessness caused a Savannah man to shoot himself in his pinky finger on Monday. Lying to police about it led to a host of charges after a foot pursuit from the hospital where he sought...
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U.S. Marshals capture suspected Savannah gang member charged in Coastal...
U.S. Marshals Friday captured an alleged Savannah gang member wanted for his involvement in a 2012 homicide and the Coastal Empire Fair shooting later that year.Marshals in Hampton County, S.C....
View ArticleOvernight shooting hospitalizes Savannah man
Savannah-Chatham police are investigating an early morning Friday shooting that hospitalized one man.The 46-year-old man was listed in critical but stable condition at Memorial University Medical...
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Man pleads guilty to manslaughter in Savannah car salesman's 2011 death
A Savannah man was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to a reduced charge in the June 2011 death of a local car salesman whose body was never found.Anthony Patrick Ingram, 41, agreed...
View ArticleMan in critical following overnight Savannah shooting
An overnight shooting in Savannah has left a man hospitalized in critical condition.Savannah-Chatham police are investigating after a man was found suffering from a gunshot wound about 1 a.m. Saturday...
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An overnight shooting in Savannah has left a man hospitalized in critical condition.Savannah-Chatham police are investigating after a man was found suffering from a gunshot wound about 1 a.m. Saturday...
View ArticlePolice: Two dead, three hospitalized after Saturday violence in Savannah
Police say violence in Savannah on Saturday left two people dead and three others hospitalized. One of those hospitalized is a teenage juvenile.Detectives do not believe the cases are related,...
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Confrontation between man, officers in Savannah leads to charges
What police in Savannah are calling a violent confrontation between a man and two officers Saturday morning led to all three being treated for injuries.Angar Derium Williams, 36, of the 1900 block of...
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What police in Savannah are calling a violent confrontation between a man and two officers Saturday morning led to all three being treated for injuries.Angar Derium Williams, 36, of the 1900 block of...
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Savannah woman struck by pickup on Ogeechee Road dies
Public safety summaryA 47-year-old Savannah woman died after a pickup truck hit her Monday night as she tried to retrieve something from an intersection.Donna Neal Sugg, of the 600 block of Abercorn...
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