CEMA winter storm watch
The Chatham Emergency Management Agency (CEMA) tells us that “as cold artic air approaches Chatham County, precipitation will also be moving into the area from the Gulf States. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch for Chatham County advising that severe weather conditions are possible, including snow, freezing rain, and icy conditions;…
School’s out for snow/ice threat
Due to threatened winter storm conditions rolling into town Tuesday afternoon, Savannah-Chatham Public Schools will operate “on a ninety-minute early dismissal for students tomorrow (Tuesday, January 28).” Additionally, there will be no school for students and staff on Wednesday, January 29. All schools and administrative offices in Savannah-Chatham County will also be closed Wednesday. All…
GNC robbery suspect caught during SWAT drill
Police are “deliberating charges against a 20-year-old Savannah man identified as the suspect who robbed a health food store in an area where Metro SWAT and K-9 units were conducting a training exercise Thursday,” a spokesman says. The suspect was apprehended by an officer who was familiar with him from previous cases as the Special…
HSF accepting noms for Preservation Awards
Historic Savannah Foundation is now accepting nominations for the 2014 HSF Preservation Awards, “which recognize individuals and organizations demonstrating excellence in historic preservation,” the Foundation says. The deadline for HSF Preservation Award nominations is Friday, February 14. All entries must be postmarked by this date. Award winners will be announced at the HSF Preservation Awards…
Meth, guns found at Ogeechee Road rooming house
Savannah/Chatham Metro officers today charged “the owner/operator of a group rooming units with multiple charges after serving a search warrant this afternoon,” a spokesman says. Russell Stephen Varnedoe, 66, was charged with possession of methamphetamines, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of firearms by a convicted felon after the 12:45 p.m. raid on Ogeechee Road.…
Teen’s shooting death on Westside investigated
Detectives from the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department are investigating the shooting death of a 15-year-old found in west Savannah this morning. William Elijah Norman who had lived on the 1400 block of Staley Avenue was found dead in front of a house on the 900 block of West Victory Drive about 7:30 a.m. after residents…
Man charged with Jan. 15 murder on Waters
A 35-year-old Savannah man has been charged with murder and arrested by a federal and local police officers. Lashannon Jabar Green was arrested on the 2200 block of Ogeechee Road for the murder of Randy Brown on Jan. 15. Green was arrested by officers of he U.S. Marshals Service and members of the Central Precinct…
Editor’s Note: Time for some health problems in GA
Deal and other Obamacare opponents insist ACA is a “handout” to people who refuse to work for a living. But the entire point of the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion is to make health care available to the working poor.
Reader: Don’t sweat the Sand Gnats
“Whatever Savannah does will not have much say in the team’s affiliation, and blowing a fortune on a second stadium makes little sense.”
Bring on the boring!
In communities that have taken public safety seriously and dedicated resources accordingly, city cycling isn’t regarded as something only for people who are brave or bonkers.
Oscars: The Academy rewards
Fine films lead the Oscar slate, although Inside Llewyn Davis is left outside When the nominations for the 86th Annual Academy Awards were announced last week, the results were, for the most part, pretty predictable. And because of that, we’re guaranteed to have an Oscar race that should prove to be wholly unpredictable. As expected,…
It’s a West Coast tap takeover, y’all
Of the dozens of craft breweries based in the San Diego area, Ballast Point has distinguished itself by nurturing a passionate fanbase for its IPAs.
Seats of distinction
Local businesses, film buffs and sentimental citizens can own a piece of memorabilia from that elegant bygone era: Chairs from the historic Weis Theater are for sale in an effort to save them from the scrap metal yard.
Dr. Harold Black talks about the rotten tooth in Emory’s history
During Buhler’s “reign of terror,” prospective dental students had to check a box on their applications categorizing them as “Caucasian, Jew or Other.”
Lucero returns to the Jinx Jan. 27
“Since we started, there were kind of too many rules at the punk rock shows,” Nichols says. “If it didn’t sound like this then it wasn’t cool. If you weren’t dressed like this it wasn’t cool.”
Smokin’ in Sandfly
Keith Latture grew up in Memphis, a world-renowned home of barbecue, and brought that love of smoked cuisine with him to Savannah.
PULSE: Gabe’s clock of the heart
“It seems like so much new media nowadays involves lasers and stuff from Tron [laughs].”
PULSE: Adam Matta IS the beat
“I’m always coming from a more melodic place. Even if it’s just percussion, there’s a tone going on inside of me.”
Review: Jack Ryan, Shadow Recruit
The previous Ryan exploits were meaty endeavors, with plenty to engage our senses and our smarts — sub commander Sean Connery, Harrison Ford and black-ops leader Willem Dafoe teaming up, weary CIA specialist Liev Schreiber — but the dull Shadow Recruit is distressingly bare.
Review: Ride Along
It becomes clear that the flimsy script will offer the actors little in the way of choice quips or promising scenarios, forcing them instead to animate their characters through sheer star power alone.
Pot and coke and an assault rifle, oh my
The CNT executed a search warrant at 206 West Street on the Westside.
Two shooting victims die
Victims of two recent shootings have died, prompting homicide investigations by the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department. Just after 2a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 15, a critically injured Randy Brown, 39, was transported to Memorial University Medical Center where he died from gunshot wounds sustained during an incident on the 1000 block of East 34th Street. Twenty-four-year-old…
