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Ex-Ga. doctor sentenced in drugs-for-sex scheme

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:33:56 -0400

SAVANNAH, Georgia - Department of Justice officials say a former Savannah psychiatrist has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for trading addictive prescription medications for sex.

Quarantine to be lifted at Georgia animal shelter

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:56:41 -0400

SAVANNAH, Georgia - A 14-day quarantine at the Savannah-Chatham animal control shelter is expected to be lifted early next week.

Savannah man sentenced to life in rape case

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:23:24 -0400

SAVANNAH, Georgia - A Savannah man accused of strangling a woman and raping her in front of her 1-year-old daughter has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.

Conference set to settle Savannah dredging suits

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:57:59 -0400

CHARLESTON, South Carolina - A federal judge has scheduled a hearing to formally settle lawsuits challenging the $650 million deepening of the Savannah River shipping channel.

Atlanta mayor: Savannah harbor will get deepened

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:58:35 -0400

SAVANNAH, Georgia - Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed says a $652 million plan to deepen the shipping channel to Savannah's seaport remains very much on President Barack Obama's radar.

Metro Atlanta unemployment drops to 7.6 percent

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:34:22 -0400

ATLANTA - State officials say metro Atlanta's unemployment rate has declined to 7.6 percent in April.

Citi Trends 1Q profit drops, misses estimates

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:34:44 -0400

SAVANNAH, Georgia - Clothing and accessories company Citi Trends said Wednesday that its first-quarter net income dropped 39 percent as cooler weather dampened sales in the beginning of the period.

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.