Pizza delivery man shot during robbery
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police detectives are investigating a shooting and armed robbery that occurred at approximately midnight, Feb. 14, in the 1400 block of East Duffy Road. “Jeffrey Willard, 20, was completing a pizza delivery in the area. Once he returned to his vehicle, the suspect approached him, brandished a weapon and demanded money. The victim…
UNIT arrests 3, seizes drugs, cash
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police conducted several operations overnight Feb. 9-10 which led to the arrest of three suspects and the seizure of a substantial amount of drugs. The Undercover Narcotics Investigation Team (UNIT), assisted by members of SWAT and violent crimes task force officers, took down a vehicle that led to the apprehension of David James…
Fatal Yamacraw Village shooting suspect charged
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department’s Violent Crimes detectives have charged Travarius Gray, 21, with one count of felony murder, one count of malice murder and possession of a firearm/knife in the commission of a crime in the death of Jimmy Temple. “Gray was served warrants at the Chatham County Detention Center, where he was being held…
Task Force conducts 16 felony, 33 misdemeanor arrests
The Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department’s Violent Crimes Task Force conducted 16 felony and 33 misdemeanor arrests Feb. 5-9 as part of an initiative focused on local crime prevention through the removal of violent offenders, drugs and illegal weapons. The 16 felony arrests consisted of five possessions of a controlled substance, three possessions of a controlled…
Editor’s Note: Addressing blight
The City’s Blight Ordinance is as precisely and carefully written as it is long overdue. It boils down to raising property taxes sevenfold on offending properties, until the offenses are addressed, after which the rate returns to standard. “Tax incentive” in this case is a euphemism for “tax disincentive.”
Have we reached Peak Bike?
When I started commuting by bicycle in 2005, it was a lonely experience
Autism conference features workshops, toolkits and Dr. Temple Grandin
ONE IN 68. That’s the latest statistic from the Center from Disease Control, which estimates one in 68 American children have been identified with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD.) It’s a condition that covers a wide range of symptoms and crosses all ethnic and economic boundaries. ASD is almost five times more prevalent in boys than…
Funk You @Barrelhouse South
The six-piece has a way of getting even the shyest wallflowers out on the floor
Savannah Book Festival: Gail Lumet Buckley, daughter of Lena Horne, speaks
GAIL LUMET BUCKLEY is the daughter of the great jazz singer Lena Horne, and the former wife of film director Sidney Lumet. She is also an acclaimed author in her own right, and will talk about her excellent new memoir, The Black Calhouns: From Civil War to Civil Rights with One African American Family. The…
Sounds & Spirits: Kurt Ollmann @Unitarian Universalist Church
Ollmann easily transitions between musical comedy and opera, earning him great favor in the eyes of iconic composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein
Protomartyr: Detroit’s finest headline Dad Joke’s One-Year Anniversary celebration
“SOCIAL PRESSURES EXIST,” sings Joe Casey on Protomartyr’s 2015 gem of a record, The Agent Intellect. “And if you think about them all the time, you’re gonna find that your head’s been kicked in. You’re gonna do it all for the grind.” Casey would know. He’s the frontman of one of the most talked-about bands…
Ladies of the Blues @Tybee Post Theater
The ladies will offer their takes on classic American blues from Etta James to Janis Joplin to Bessie Smith
Agent Orange, The Wave Slaves @The Jinx
Pioneers of punk-surf rock fusion, Agent Orange was born out of the late-70s SoCal hardcore scene
Head, Heart and Feet @Armstrong State University Fine Arts Auditorium
Get ready for an evening that’ll get the gears turning in admiration of the players’ talent
Georgia Day: Faces of history
IT’S A well-known fact that history is owned by the victors.And by victors, what we mean is the rich white guys. Oh, don’t get your jockstrap in a beta male bunge—this is not an attack, just an observation.
Savannah Book Festival: Pulitzer Prize winner Geraldine Brooks goes back to the Bible
FROM THE first pages of The Secret Chord, one thing is clear: The King David written about here is a lot more interesting than the one we learned about at Sunday school. In her fifth novel, Pulitzer Prize winner Geraldine Brooks presents the poetic shepherd boy with the uncanny aim who rose to become King…
Catch a ‘Fever’ with Miss Peggy Lee
FOLLOWING last year’s tremendous ode to Billie Holiday, Southern Holiday Jazz Band and friends are back to pay tribute to one of pop music’s most iconic women. Lee, born Norma Deloris Egstrom, got her start by singing on local radio during and after her high school years. At 17, she left home in North Dakota…
If cars go electric, how do we pay for highways without a gas tax?
Electric vehicles, while depriving the trust fund of a little bit of cash, won’t make the situation appreciably worse than it already is
Visions of masculinity revisited in new show
“My ideas about masculinity sort of unraveled,” the artist says.
Feel the love with Savannah Stage Co.’s Romeo and Juliet
IT’S THE greatest love story ever told, and Savannah Stage Company (SCC) wants to make sure all of Savannah can experience it live this Valentine’s weekend. Wesley Pridgen, a founder of Savannah Stage Company, and Ashley Cook will light up the casual elegance of Ampersand’s third floor, SCC’s mainstage, as Romeo and Juliet. Yes, Shakespeare’s…
The couple that eats together, stays together
No need for you two to crawl into bed, watch a Friends marathon and order pizza
Award-winning journalist Elizabeth Becker talks tourism to packed house; two more events tonight and tomorrow
“I’m not sure you’ve decided who you are and where you want to go,” she said.
Review: Deadpool
While other heroes eventually enter the fray, this is The Ryan Reynolds Show from beginning to end, with the actor clearly relishing the opportunity to rescue this character from being merely relegated to future Trivial Pursuit status.
Review: Zoolander 2
Juggling jokes that are predictable with gags that are idiotic.
Review: How To Be Single
With some tightening up of both characterizations and scenarios, this could have been a worthy entry in the rom-com genre.
