Party time!
A rundown of some of the great things in store for the Savannah area after dark on Dec. 31.
‘Up the Cup’ debuts New Year’s Eve
So what does that ginormous to-go cup you’ve heard about look like? The big reveal will happen at 8:30pm on Tuesday, December 31 in front of Wet Willies. The six-foot cup will be unveiled and raised to the starting platform for the midnight countdown. Those Cats will kick off the celebration right after the reveal…
Man struck by SUV
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police are investigating an accident in which a 74-year-old man was seriously injured when struck by an SUV this morning. Luis Venegas was transported to Memorial University Medical Center after the 8:54 a.m. accident on Landings Way South at Water Witch Crossing in the Landings subdivision. “He was walking his dog when he…
Edgemere shooting leaves one dead
Detectives are sorting out the details of a shooting that left one man dead in the Edgemore neighborhood of east Savannah Thursday night. Antonio Terrell Heyward, 21, was transported to Memorial University Medical Center where he died after the 6:05 p.m. shooting in the 1300 block of East 55th Street. Patrol officers found him in…
Sheriff’s deputy held in sex offender case
CCSO Deputy Held Without Bond Rick Hall, a Chatham County Sheriff’s Department deputy charged with aggravated child molestation, was denied bond and his case bound over to a Superior Court Judge. Hall has been a deputy with the Chatham Sheriff’s Dept. since 1987. In June of 2013 he was assigned to Court Services, a position…
Parker’s robbers sought
Savannah-Chatham Police and Bluffton Police are requesting the community’s assistance in the capture of two subjects in two armed robberies of Parker’s Company convenience stores on Saturday, Dec. 20. The Savannah incident occurred at 9:25 p.m. at Victory Drive near Truman Parkway. There were two subjects involved. Security cameras showed one subject jump over the…
Christmas eve shooting leaves one dead
Police are investigating a double shooting Christmas Eve that left a man dead and a woman injured. Michael John Polite, 38, and Angela Johnson, 44, “were involved in a conversation with a man in an SUV near their residence on the 800 block of Elliott Street in west Savannah about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday,” police say.…
Christmas jazz, New Year’s snazz: A musical week
It started in the 1950s, when black and white jazz musicians, who in those days played pretty much on opposite sides of the tracks, came together for one smokin’ Yuletide session at the Flamingo Club.
Year in Review: Ben Tucker, 1930-2013
“He found an accountant he wanted to hire. And she said ‘Mr. Tucker, I have to go and ask my husband if I can work for a black person.'”
Review: The Wolf of Wall Street
It’s a step back for Scorsese: Replace the violence in his gangster flicks with the copious nudity here, and it doesn’t feel like the needle’s moved much.
Review: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
For all its humanist swagger, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty feels only slightly less synthetic than Velcro.
Review: Grudge Match
The pitch probably had Hollywood suits salivating: Sylvester Stallone and Robert De Niro play former pugilists who plan to get back into the ring 30 years after their previous bouts.
A refugee family’s first Christmas
Often, the season can leave many feeling like strangers in a strange land. For a family I met last week, that feeling is no analogy but reality.
Charges in Biancosino/Pickel murders
Walter Terry Moon, 32, of the 1500 block of East 50th Street, was charged this past Friday
The Bier Haus’s ‘Public House’ philosophy
Pub culture is unique in its own right, and fills a niche that Marshall Urstadt felt was missing in many of Savannah’s existing bars and restaurants.
Year in Review: Local news
“They gave everyone two hours to change voicemail, clean up and secure the buildings,” Amy Ochoa, a ranger at Savannah National Wildlife Refuge.
Year in Review: Local movies
Self might, however, have the last laugh. In November, hewas hired as director of corporate affairs by Medient Studios, the multi-million dollar global film production company that’s soon to set up shop in Effingham County.
Year in Review: Paula Deen’s bad 2013
Deen’s legions of fans fronted a backlash of their own, professing their loyalty by the thousands on “We Support Paula Deen” Facebook pages and mailing origami-folded butter wrappers to the Food Network in protest.
Year in Review: The music scene
Band of Horses played a surprise show at the Wormhole in October.
