16-year-old killed, man hospitalized after Saturday night shooting
Savannah-Chatham Police are investigating a double shooting Saturday night that left a 16-year-old teen dead and a 23-year-old man hospitalized. Quahfee Murphy died after the 9 p.m. shooting on the 3800 block of Bull Street and Allen Moore, who lived in the house where the shooting took place, was hospitalized at Memorial University Medical Center.…
Georgia Ave. shooting investigated
Detectives from the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department continue to investigate the shooting of a Savannah man on Savannah’s eastside Saturday afternoon. Stefphon Young, 23, was transported to Memorial University Medical Center with non-life threatening wounds after the shooting on the 1500 block of Georgia Avenue.
Hit & run driver sought
Traffic investigators from Savannah-Chatham Police are searching for the vehicle that struck a pre-teen bicyclist and fled the scene Saturday night. Malik Pridgen, 11, was transported to Memorial University Medical Center with serious injuries after being struck by a vehicle near East 35th and LeGrande streets just before 8:30 p.m. “He was riding a bicycle…
SAV Philharmonic announces 2014-2015 season
The Savannah Philharmonic, under the direction of Peter Shannon, has unveiled its ambitious 2014-2015 season, its sixth in operation. “Our last season was a landmark one for the Philharmonic. Sold out halls, increased giving, and an orchestra and chorus that continue to go from strength to strength are a few of the wonderful things to…
Judges for Jonathan Toubin’s Soul Clap and Dance Off announced
Dollhouse Productions announces the Judges Panel for Jonathan Toubin’s Soul Clap and Dance Off, happening Saturday May 10. The dance contest will begin at midnight and will last about 30 minutes followed by more soul music and dancing from Toubin. Space for the contest is limited to the first 50 attendees who get their numbers…
WSAV wins Murrow Awards
WSAV-TV, the local NBC affiliate, has been honored with five Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for excellence in television journalism. The announcement came Tuesday by the Radio Television Digital News Association which has been honoring outstanding achievement in electronic journalism with the Murrow Awards since 1971. Among the honors is the Murrow Award for Overall…
Live in hope, not fear:
During the first of 12 weekly sessions, participants were asked to describe their fears about their own health.
Locals only!
While your blood might have to run blue to be deemed native around here, anyone can become an instant local by supporting the artisans, shops and services within an arm’s reach.
Runway wunderkind
When he’s not in class or manning the host station at SOHO Café, the burgeoning fashion designer spends every spare minute working on his new clothing collection, gracing the runway Thursday, May 1 during Savannah Fashion Week.
Shootout at the Overtime
Hardy was in the parking lot of Overtime in the 4600 block of Skidaway “when shots were fired between him and men working security at the club,” police say.
Editor’s Note: Memorializing MacPhail – or not?
It was a typical politician’s non-solution solution: Split the difference, avoid as much responsibility as possible, and move on. But here’s the surprise…..
High tide for Savannah Philharmonic
“I said to Savannah, if you want to keep me, you’re going to have to allow me to work. And they really did want me to look for other opportunities.”
Wings. Beer. Sports.
The vibe is heartily masculine, and even includes the infamous Blazin’ or Bust Challenge:
Effingham’s mission to Mars
To put things in perspective, 1957 was the year of The Bridge on the River Kwai, Jailhouse Rock and An Affair to Remember.
‘Horses built this city’
The timing of the incident couldn’t be worse for the national carriage tour industry.
Are we not Man? We are Astro-Man!
The band started in Auburn, an otherwise conservative college town where bizarre-ness was often met with intense gratitude from students hungry for quirky diversions.
Monkeys, monogamy, and morality
How many Americans will experience lifetime monogamy? Answer: less than half. As of 2011 for every 6.8 marriages there were 3.6 divorces—a 53 percent rate. This is significantly more than just ten years earlier.
‘Everything is poetry’: Spoken Word Festival
“What’s the point of writing something if it’s never gonna be heard? Or read, or seen. Why do yourself the injustice?”
Review: The Other Woman
There are enough bright elements that allow the film to occasionally rise above the mire, and chief among them is Leslie Mann.
Review: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Anderson has concocted a fanciful tale marinated in whimsy and tinged with ruefulness.
