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Record amount of cargo passes through Ga. ports

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:38:25 -0400

SAVANNAH, Georgia - A record 2.4 million tons of cargo moved through the state's ports in April, Georgia Ports Authority officials announced Monday.

Several Republicans weighing challenge to Barrow

Mon, 20 May 2013 06:23:56 -0400

SAVANNAH, Georgia - Now that Rep. John Barrow has turned down a campaign for the U.S. Senate, the challenge ahead for the Deep South's last white Democratic congressman will be to defy the odds a second time by winning re-election in an eastern Georgia district that was drawn to ensure his defeat.

Savannah throwing a bicycle block party for kids

Sun, 19 May 2013 07:35:23 -0400

SAVANNAH, Georgia - City officials in Savannah are throwing a bicycle block party in hopes of coaxing more kids into playing outdoors.

Savannah mayor, councilman plan trip to Turkey

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:23:17 -0400

SAVANNAH, Georgia - Savannah's mayor and one member of its City Council are heading overseas to Turkey, where they hope to build relationships that translate to boosting trade and investment back home in Georgia.

SC, Ga. senators voice MOX support to White House

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:01:39 -0400

COLUMBIA, South Carolina - Republican senators from South Carolina and Georgia have called on the Obama administration to continue funding a program to turn weapons-grade plutonium into commercial nuclear reactor fuel, saying that slowing or ending the project would harm international and domestic relationships.

8 arrested in Savannah prostitution sting

Tue, 14 May 2013 19:14:36 -0400

SAVANNAH, Georgia - Police in Savannah say eight people have been charged in an undercover prostitution sting, including one man who tried running from police and was found with crack cocaine.

Ga. man arrested in Savannah parking lot shooting

Mon, 13 May 2013 15:47:25 -0400

SAVANNAH, Georgia - Police in Savannah say a man accused of shooting at another driver during a road rage incident has been arrested.

Report: Jekyll Island exceeded development limits

Sun, 12 May 2013 15:28:41 -0400

SAVANNAH, Georgia - A decades-old state law passed to protect Jekyll Island's unspoiled beaches, salt marshes and maritime forests seems simple enough, limiting development of hotels, golf courses and other amenities to just 35 percent of the island's land area.

2 die in fiery crash after fleeing Ga police

Sun, 12 May 2013 12:30:32 -0400

SAVANNAH, Georgia - Two people are dead after a fiery crash that began with a car fleeing Savannah police.

Savannah police to remember fallen officers

Sun, 12 May 2013 07:35:10 -0400

SAVANNAH, Georgia - Savannah-Chatham County police are preparing to remember fellow officers who have died in the line of duty since the Civil War.

Savannah area homeowners may see property tax hike

Sat, 11 May 2013 11:28:22 -0400

SAVANNAH, Georgia - Homeowners in Savannah and surrounding Chatham County could see their property taxes increase to help pay for a jail expansion.

Police seeking man who backed out of bank robbery

Sat, 11 May 2013 11:07:34 -0400

SAVANNAH, Georgia - Police are seeking a man who they say backed out of robbing a Savannah bank in the middle of his attempt.

Ga. man fatally stabbed in dispute with siblings

Fri, 10 May 2013 14:09:02 -0400

SAVANNAH, Georgia - Police in Savannah say a man has died after being stabbed during a dispute with his siblings.

Police identify Ga. man fatally struck by SUV

Thu, 09 May 2013 16:48:12 -0400

SAVANNAH, Georgia - Police in Savannah have identified a man who died after being hit by a SUV as 28-year-old Abdulla Smith Givan.

Savannah police open $4.5M administration center

Thu, 09 May 2013 04:02:05 -0400

SAVANNAH, Georgia - Savannah-Chatham County police are moving some of their personnel into a new $4.5 million Administrative Services Center built on land once used as a federal agency's bug farm.

Illness prompts quarantine of Ga. animal shelter

Wed, 08 May 2013 19:24:50 -0400

SAVANNAH, Georgia - State officials have approved cat and dog adoptions at an animal shelter although it was quarantined following an outbreak of upper respiratory illnesses.

Barrow says he won't run for open US Senate seat

Tue, 07 May 2013 16:48:23 -0400

SAVANNAH, Georgia - Rep. John Barrow, the last white Democratic congressman from the Deep South, ended months of speculation about his political future Tuesday by announcing he won't run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Republican Saxby Chambliss.

Girl wounded by knife in Savannah middle school

Tue, 07 May 2013 06:27:52 -0400

SAVANNAH, Georgia - Authorities say a girl was taken to a hospital after an attack involving a knife inside a Savannah middle school.

Republican Ga. lawmaker to seek Kingston's seat

Mon, 06 May 2013 16:29:05 -0400

SAVANNAH, Georgia - A Republican state lawmaker from the Savannah area plans to run for the U.S. House seat being vacated by longtime GOP Rep. Jack Kingston.

Frontier fort from Revolutionary War found in Ga.

Sun, 05 May 2013 12:32:33 -0400

SAVANNAH, Georgia - Less than two months after British forces captured Savannah in December 1778, patriot militiamen scored a rare Revolutionary War victory in Georgia after a short but violent gunbattle forced British loyalists to abandon a small fort built on a frontiersman's cattle farm.

Ga. Air National Guard squadron marks 65th year

Sun, 05 May 2013 09:56:04 -0400

SAVANNAH, Georgia - Airmen assigned to a Savannah-based unit of the Georgia Air National Guard are celebrating a big anniversary.

Savannah man critical after being hit by pickup

Sat, 04 May 2013 13:47:11 -0400

SAVANNAH, Georgia - A 60-year-old Savannah man is hospitalized in critical condition after being struck by a pickup truck.

Ga. man hospitalized after falling from roof

Fri, 03 May 2013 18:50:26 -0400

SAVANNAH, Georgia - Police in Savannah have identified a man who was hospitalized after falling through a warehouse roof.

Prisoner collapses in jail yard, later dies

Fri, 03 May 2013 08:08:05 -0400

SAVANNAH, Georgia - Authorities say an inmate at the Chatham County Jail was pronounced dead after collapsing in the jail yard.

Kingston promises 'common sense' in Senate race

Thu, 02 May 2013 16:05:26 -0400

SAVANNAH, Georgia - Georgia's longest-serving Republican congressman announced his intention to run for the U.S. Senate Thursday with a speech focused on jobs, spending and defense that also included a single line aimed at two fellow U.S. House members who are now his political rivals.