Carjacking at Habersham and Bay
“At approximately 8:36 p.m. Sunday night, Savannah- Chatham Metropolitan Police officers responded to a report of a carjacking in the area of Bay Street and Habersham Street,” police say. “Two victims were getting into their Honda Accord. Two armed black males approached the victims. After robbing the victims, the suspects took the car and fled…
Man murdered Christmas Day at 40th & Reynolds
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department’s Violent Crimes detectives are investigating a Friday night shooting near Reynolds and East 40th street that claimed the life of Randy Hooks, 53. “Just before 8 p.m. Metro responded to a ShotSpotter alert. Once on-scene, Metro officers found Hooks deceased in a pick-up truck,” police say. “Preliminary investigation also showed that…
Investigation ordered into death of man at Skidaway State Park
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department’s Violent Crimes detectives “have initiated a death investigation after a body was found inside of a tent at a Skidaway Island State Park camp site on Tuesday,” police say. “At about 4:10 p.m. Metro officers discovered the body of Craig Flaherty, 39 of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The Georgia Bureau of Investigations…
Three charged in October triple murder on Lynah Street
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Violent Crimes detectives have charged two suspects, “as one remains at large in an October homicide that claimed the lives of Kiana Marshall, 21, Alexis Kitchens, 19, and Isaiah Martin, 18, in a residence on the 800 block of Lynah Street,” police say. On Monday and Tuesday, James Angelo Hampton, 22, and…
Three charged in 2013 Rebecca Foley murder
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department’s Violent Crimes detectives served warrants to Kevin Lenard Smith, 23, Roderick Demione Parrish, 22, and Jordan Lamar Campbell, 23, “each charged in a 2013 shooting that claimed the life of Rebecca Foley, 21, at an apartment complex on the 11000 block of White Bluff Road,” police say. A Chatham County Grand…
Editor’s Note: Big announcements, after the election
I’m not the only one frankly perplexed at the timing of all these very important announcements. Reading the tea leaves, you really wonder what was going on behind the scenes.
Davenport House: Happy New Year, from 1820
ONE OF Savannah’s premier house museums—and the original inspiration for Savannah’s downtown preservation movement—the Davenport House usually offers fun living history holiday-themed tours by candlelight. And they usually try to have a different twist every year. “Oh, we always have twists!,” says executive director Jamie Credle. “This year we’ve done some more research on the…
Do people actually hurt themselves running with scissors?
A quick search soon turns up the recent case of a scissors-wielding three-year-old Australian boy who tripped and fell while running, thereby introducing the blades into his frontal lobe via the left eye socket. (He, too, pulled through OK.)
How to eat like a pirate
BEFORE he became an award-winning barbecue chef, Andrew Trice III wanted to be a pirate. “When I was around eight, my dad had a reproduction of a flint lock pistol, and I’d filch that and go off to play,” recalls Trice, who crossed the high seas for real at 17, albeit not by ship. His…
I.C.E., StandxOff, Forced Entry, The Toxic Shock @Sulfur Studios
Hitting hard as hell and speaking with brutal, confident honesty.
40th Annual Christmas Concert & Jam Session @Savannah Station
The concert is a benefit for the Coastal Jazz Association.
Serendipity on St. Catherine’s
A FEW months ago, I gazed awestruck at the earthly remains of a woman who quite possibly could have been among the first of her people to see Europeans. And when I say “earthly remains,” I mean they were still in the earth! Archaeologists were hunched over, carefully brushing away the dirt from the bones…
Quattlebaum’s Homecoming Concert @Sulfur Studios
Though he may be a resident of Portland now, his childhood home shines through in the swampy tones and sleepy Southern lilt of his banjo and melodies.
Year In Review: Theatre
“THE STANDOUT for me was not only being able to play the lead Dr. Vivian Bearing in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play W;t, but even topping that was to have the playwright Margaret Edson come into town at the invitation of The Collective Face Theatre Ensemble to give a talk on the play, then to see…
Owens-Thomas House shows evolution of Christmas traditions
In the 1820’s no one was really giving gifts in celebration (mass production of toys and other consumer goods wasn’t a thing yet), but a big feast was common.
Take me to church
I’m a flower-worshipping daughter of Israel, but I sure do adore the Christmas story, with all the kindness and frankincense. And I’ve always had a major girl crush on Our Lady of Guadalupe, which is what’s bound to happen when you grow up the only Jewish feminist on the block in Tempe, Arizona.
