The Savannah Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus announces that Executive Director David Pratt has accepted a position as executive director with the Santa Barbara Symphony, effective March 1, 2015. “David has […]
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Skidaway Institute scientist shares Gulf oil spill research grant
University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography scientist Catherine Edwards is “part of a research team that has received an $18.8 million grant to continue studies of natural oil seeps […]
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Art Rise Savannah receives $5K Cultural Affairs grant
Art Rise Savannah has been awarded a $5,000 Cultural Project Investment Program from the City of Savannah’s Department of Cultural Affairs to develop their program, the First Friday Art March. […]
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First Right Whales of calving season spotted
The season’s first sighting of North Atlantic right whales on the Georgia coast “underscores the fact that Georgia and north Florida are the only known calving grounds for these endangered […]
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Boy bites would-be Whitemarsh kidnapper, escapes
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police are trying to identify and locate a “man in an unusual van who was reported to have attempted to pull a child into his truck this morning,” […]
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East Broad bus stop shooting investigated
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police are investigating the shooting of a man at a bus stop this morning. Juan Ulmer, 39, of the 1000 block of Porter Street said “he was sitting […]
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Willie Nelson tix on sale Friday, 12/19
Willie Nelson & Family come to the Johnny Mercer Theatre March 1, 2015. Tickets go on sale Friday, December 19 at etix.com and savannahcivic.com.
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Summit to address ‘taboo issue of race’
Over 150 representatives from local government, social service agencies, law enforcement and the judicial system are meeting today at the Call to Action Summit. The summit is part of the […]
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2 arrested after shooting
Officers from various units of the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department coordinated to arrest both suspects after a man was beaten and shot at a hospital parking garage this morning. Marvin […]
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Man arrested for shooting of child during domestic dispute
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police have arrested the suspect in the shooting of a 6-year-old girl during a domestic dispute Nov. 20. Brandon Maurice Stewart, 20 was arrested this morning by Central […]
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Police interrupt rape of unconscious woman
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police charged a man with rape “after a visiting member of the military pointed them to a car where an unconscious woman was being attacked,” a department spokesman […]
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Stratton Leopold is Lighted Christmas Parade Grand Marshal
The annual Lighted Christmas Parade downtown happens Saturday, December 6 as part of First Friday & Saturday’s Christmas on the River. Stratton Leopold has been named the 2014 Grand Marshal. […]