Half of artifacts from Confederate gunship returned to river
SAVANNAH | Leather boots, the hilts of swords — even a stray earring — were among the nearly 30,000 artifacts recovered this fall from the wreckage of the sunken ironclad Confederate gunship CSS...
View ArticleLiving with people they bite, Zika mosquitoes hard to fight
SAVANNAH | Mosquito-control workers are asking automotive retailers to get rid of old tires in the Florida Panhandle, lining up laboratories to test the insects for the Zika virus in New Orleans, and...
View ArticleCraigslist deal gone bad leads to gunfire at Georgia mall
SAVANNAH | The manager of a Savannah shopping mall says a "Craigslist deal that just went wrong" resulted in gunfire outside the food court.Savannah-Chatham County police spokeswoman Eunicia Baker says...
View ArticleSt. Patrick's parade kicks off 3-day Savannah street party
SAVANNAH | Green overcame gray Thursday as thousands celebrating St. Patrick's Day along the cobblestone streets and oak-shaded squares of Savannah saw light rain and thunder retreat before the opening...
View ArticlePolice: Savannah man fakes disappearance to escape child-porn charges
SAVANNAH | When Cody Magee's wife reported that her husband hadn't returned from a kayaking trip off the Georgia coast, the Coast Guard launched a two-day search by land and sea.Magee was eventually...
View ArticleJudge to decide if Georgia immune from slave descendant suit
BRUNSWICK | A federal judge said Tuesday she will decide soon whether Georgia agencies are immune from a lawsuit claiming discrimination and neglect have eroded one of the last Gullah-Geechee...
View ArticleGeorgia approves $7.5M for joint seaport with South Carolina
SAVANNAH, Ga. | The Georgia Ports Authority approved $7.5 million on Monday for the first big steps toward building a new seaport terminal on the Savannah River, to be operated jointly with South...
View ArticleGeorgia primary voters decide fate of challenged incumbents
Though nobody named Trump or Clinton was on the ballot Tuesday, Georgia voters still turned out to decide the fates of several incumbents in primary elections across the state.Returning to the polls...
View ArticleState Patrol: 5 killed in head-on crash west of Savannah
SAVANNAH | Five people died early Wednesday in a head-on crash between two cars on Interstate 16 west of Savannah.Investigators were trying to determine what caused a Ford Mustang traveling west to...
View ArticleZika mosquitoes all over Georgia; control agencies aren't
SAVANNAH | Mosquitoes that can carry the Zika virus are found in all corners of Georgia – from coastal marshes to northern mountains, in rural farm communities and crowded suburbs. Yet many of those...
View ArticleGeorgia prosecutor drops case against trucking firm involved in crash that...
SAVANNAH | A southeast Georgia prosecutor said Wednesday that he has dropped the criminal case against a trucking company charged in a fiery interstate crash last year that killed five nursing...
View ArticleConAgra salmonella case nearing end a decade after outbreak
SAVANNAH, GA. | Nearly a decade after hundreds of Americans got sick after eating Peter Pan peanut butter tainted with salmonella, ConAgra Foods appears close to settling a federal criminal case...
View ArticleMan charged in Georgia officer killing caught in car trunk
SAVANNAH | A man charged in the weekend slaying of a police officer in rural Georgia was arrested early Monday in Florida, where sheriff's deputies found the suspect hiding in the trunk of his sister's...
View ArticleSUV slams into and ignites gas pump, killing driver
SAVANNAH | An SUV lost control following a collision and slammed into a fuel pump at a gas station along one of Savannah's busiest roads Tuesday, causing the pump to burst into flames and killing the...
View ArticleJekyll Island reminds tourists of its alligator abundance
SAVANNAH | Known for sea turtles nesting on its beaches, wading shorebirds in the surf and white-tailed deer that roam its maritime forests, Jekyll Island has taken extra steps to make sure visitors...
View ArticleSea turtles shatter nesting records in Georgia, Carolinas
SAVANNAH, Ga. | Rare loggerhead sea turtles spent a busy summer laying eggs on beaches in Georgia and the Carolinas, where nest counts this year smashed previous state records by double-digit...
View ArticleHermine drenches south Georgia, but damage less than many feared
VALDOSTA | Hermine flooded roads and sent trees crashing into homes and power lines Friday across a wide swath of south Georgia, cutting electricity to more than 100,000 customers at one point as the...
View ArticleTrial of dad in boy's hot car death restarts 275 miles away
SAVANNAH, Ga. | Four months after the first attempt to seat an impartial jury failed, the trial of a metro Atlanta man charged with murder after his toddler son died in the back seat of a hot SUV is...
View Article2nd try at jury selection begins in Georgia hot car death
BRUNSWICK | A second attempt at jury selection in the trial of a metro Atlanta man charged with killing his toddler son began Monday, at a new courthouse 275 miles (440 kilometers) from the suburban...
View ArticleJury selection in final stage in Georgia hot car death trial
SAVANNAH, Ga. | As attorneys take the final step in seating a jury to decide the guilt or innocence of a Georgia man charged with killing his toddler son by leaving him in a hot SUV, decisions about...
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