Two teens shot on Westside
Detectives are investigating a shooting that injured two teens Wednesday afternoon Feb. 17. “At approximately 3:30 p.m., officers responded to the 4300 block of Worth Street, where a 15-year-old male was located suffering from a non-life threatening gunshot wound. Reportedly, the victim was shot at 48th and Bulloch streets, then transported by an unknown vehicle…
Man stabbed multiple times on Bay Street
Detectives are investigating an aggravated assault that resulted in serious injuries at approximately 2 a.m., Feb. 19, in the zero block of West Bay Street. “When Downtown Precinct officers responded to the scene, they found Case Johnson, 58, suffering from multiple knife wounds. Johnson’s wounds are considered serious, but he is in stable condition,” police…
Woman grazed by stray bullet
Detectives are investigating a shooting injury that occurred at 8:30 p.m., Feb. 19, in the 4300 block of Rockdale Street. “Sharon Fields, 57, was in her kitchen when she was grazed by a stray bullet following a shooting near her home. The victim was transported to Memorial University Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries,” police…
Man shot, killed on Church Street; suspect ID’ed and sought
Detectives are investigating a homicide that occurred at 10:40 p.m., Feb. 17, in the 1300 block of Church Street. “Officers responded to the report of a shooting in the area and discovered James Lamara Johnson, 37, deceased at the scene,” police say. “The suspect is described as a thin, dark-skinned, black male approximately 5’9” with…
Carjacking on West 36th
Detectives are investigating an armed robbery and carjacking that occurred at 8:30 p.m., Feb. 17, in the 100 block of West 36th Street. “Central Precinct officers responded to the area for an armed robbery that had just occurred. Two suspects reportedly approached the victim and one of the suspects struck him in the face. The…
Police make arrest in failed drug transaction
Detectives from the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department investigated a failed drug transaction turned robbery at approximately 9 p.m., Feb. 16, near a restaurant in the 2700 block of Montgomery Street. Lloyd Ramon Bellinger, 40, is charged with conspiracy to commit a drug sale of Percocet. SCMPD patrol officers, K-9, and detectives responded to the scene…
Tony Thomas Facebook posts prompt ethics complaint
AS MUCH more serious but as yet unproven allegations of sex offenses swirl around him, Savannah Alderman Tony Thomas now finds himself the subject of an ethics complaint filed against him by two citizens in his district. The complaint filed late last week by Debra Kujawa and Karen Thompson focuses on a series of increasingly…
Strung Like A Horse, Wood and Steel @Barrelhouse South
They’re a ramshackle, ragtag group of merry misfits creating a fascinating breed of fusion music
One year with Sulfur Studios
Thank goodness Emily Earl, Alexis Javier Perez, and Jennifer Moss saw its potential.
State of the Art: Telfair brings the artists to you
ACCORDING TO a 2014 report from the National Endowment for the Arts, there are over two million working artists in America. That means there are more artists at work today than ever before. So why are so many museums and galleries showing the same work from the same people over and over again? Where the…
Opera star Deborah Voigt lends an ear to 2016’s American Traditions Competition
Voigt’s memoir is an accessible and frank recollection of Voigt’s struggles with food addiction, alcoholism, and her gastric bypass surgery
Broken Glow shines with Filament
A monster of a rock ‘n’ roll record, Filament offers something for everyone
Tybee City Limits @Tybee Post Theater
That wild guitarist Eric Culberson has been entertaining Savannah and beyond for more than twenty years
Schlepping with ‘Sylvia’
WHEN I was a teenage anarchist sitting around my suburban bedroom plotting how to subvert the patriarchy without chipping my nail polish, I had a fabulous role model.Let’s just say I saw more to emulate in Sylvia than I ever could in Farrah Fawcett.
Challenging body image with gratitude
The statistics show that we spend trillions of dollars a year on products and waste hours obsessing over cellulite. Negative body perception can lead to fad dieting and other harmful behaviors; other studies show that body dissatisfaction can be a precursor to clinical depression.
Donna Ulisse and the Poor Mountain Boys @Randy’s Pickin’ Parlor
The award-winning performer had her a-ha moment while harmonizing with her in-laws on their front porch
He’s huge in Mumbai: Meet Taste of India’s new Chef Guru
This bundle of energy in a white jacket ran the kitchen at the renowned Tadka Indian restaurant in Atlanta and recently arrived in Savannah to infuse Taste of India with a new, expert perspective.
Don’t let Kinder Morgan and FERC turn us into another Houston
I KNEW that oil and gas companies enjoy generous tax breaks that subsidize healthy profits. But what I didn’t know until I started looking into Kinder Morgan’s expansion of Elba Island—awaiting federal approval to turn the dormant import terminal into a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility—is that the federal agency created to regulate natural…
Shonta’ Renée @Multicultural Arts & Crafts Show (Savannah Mall)
The Lowcountry vocalist fell in love with music at the age of five, singing along to Ella Fitzgerald and Anita Baker records
Police arrest teen in pizza delivery shooting
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department’s robbery detectives arrested a 13-year-old black female Feb. 15, in regard to the shooting and robbery of a pizza delivery driver that occurred at approximately midnight, Feb. 14, in the 1400 block of East Duffy Street. Damiria Phillips was transported to the regional youth detention center and is being charged, as…
Metro investigates shooting in Frazier Homes
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police violent crimes detectives are investigating a shooting that occurred at approximately 10:30 a.m., Feb. 14, near Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and West Anderson Street. Vencen Bentley, 23, was shot multiple times and is in stable condition at this time. The suspect is described as a black male in his earlier 20s,…
SCMPD investigates suspicious death
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department’s violent crimes detectives are investigating a suspicious death that occurred at approximately 9:45 p.m., Feb. 15. Ronald Forcier, 67, was found deceased with a gunshot wound in the driver’s seat of his vehicle. Officers initially responded to a suspicious vehicle call at East 35th Street and Ott Street, where they found…
Review: The Witch
Another winner in the indie-horror sweepstakes, joining the likes of The Babadook and It Follows in its ability to establish an unsettling atmosphere of dread and not let up until the light once more breaks across the auditorium.
Rock legends Boston to play Savannah May 1
40th anniversary tour hits Johnny Mercer Theatre
