Ballethnic tix available NOW
We just got word that free General Admission tickets for “Flyin’ West” the Ballet, performed by the Ballethnic Dance Company on Tuesday, February 4, as part of the 25th Annual Savannah Black Heritage Festival, are available now at the following locations: Savannah Civic Center Box Office; Lester’s Florist, 2100 Bull St., & Cumulus Broadcasting, 214…
Man shot on MLK
Detectives from the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department are investigating a shooting of a Savannah man this morning. Marvin Hills, 24, of the 1700 block of East 31st Street was found with a gunshot wound in a car that had stopped on the 2700 block of MLK Boulevard about 3:11 a.m. when off-duty officers investigated shots…
MLK Parade street closings announced
Downtown traffic will be rerouted for several hours Monday as Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police close down streets and intersections for the Martin Luther King Day Parade, scheduled for 10 a.m. Road closures throughout the staging area will begin at 6:30 a.m. The staging area runs from East Broad Street to Price Street and Liberty Street to…
New jail complete
A dedication ceremony is planned to signal the completion of the Chatham County Detention Center expansion project. In 2004 Sheriff St Lawrence “issued a needs assessment to the county,” a county spokesperson says. “In 2006 voters approved a Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax to fund a jail expansion. In December 2010 County Commissioners awarded…
Man shot on East 34th
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police are investigating a shooting that left a 39-year-old man in critical condition this morning. Randy Brown was transported to Memorial University Medical Center after the 2:07 a.m. shooting on the 1000 block of East 34th Street. Central Precinct Patrol officers found him injured when they responded to a “shots fired” call. Anyone…
Burglary + crash = arrests
A man and woman have each been arrested after Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police interrupted a burglary in unincorporated Chatham County and “followed a getaway car until it crashed Wednesday afternoon,” police say. Arlecha Mycole Dickerson, 19, and Devone Marquell Osborne, 21, both of the 1000 block of Stark Avenue, were arrested after separate foot pursuits following…
How much would it cost to outfit and run your own pirate ship & crew?
A 27-meter replica of the Black Pearl, with room for 70 tourists, eight crew, and six bronze cannons was listed for sale online at $2 million but later reduced to $750,000.
Drive it like you stole it
A man was under guard at a hospital after “crashing a stolen car in an attempt to avoid a police officer who was not pursuing him.”
The Wormhole: Sound advice
“The main issue is that the code does not provide any parameters. One part of the code does. But then they have another code that says you cannot have any sound across your property line at all.”
Meet Meklit Hadero
“I like to think of myself as a paragraph, rather than a sentence.”
A new beginning for Dope Sandwich
“When you calculate all the money each of us has spent on our own recordings, we’ve already paid for the studio time. So now it’s like investing the money to get the word out.”
Mountainfilm: Chasing water in Africa
There’s been a subtle but noticeable shift in the subject matter of the outdoor-themed movies that visit us every year via Mountainfilm on Tour, the national arm of Telluride, Colo.’s Mountainfilm Festival. Wildlife, beautiful landscapes and thrilling adventures like snowboarding and mountain climbing have always been blended with more ecology-minded short subjects. In its fifth…
Archaeology at the Davenport House
“This was a tenement far longer that it was a home for the Davenports,” reminds Director Jamie Credle. “Everything can add to our inventory of information.”
MLK’s dream: Be nice and keep marching
Bringing everyone into the fold is the aim of the MLK Celebration, which centers around the cacophonous annual parade this Monday, Jan. 20.
The healing power of horses
“When it comes to therapeutic riding, it’s not the size of the horse, it’s their mind,” explains Karrie Henry, founder of Hoofs 4 Healing, a new therapeutic horseback riding facility.
Viva Colombia!
Rafael Reilitz, from Cali, Columbia, has brought together the recipes of his mother, grandmother and aunts, along with the considerable kitchen skills of his wife Yulima.
Tybee Restaurant Week begins
… and other foodie news from around town.
Editor’s Note: Bars and the blue law
Forcing bars to stay closed on Sunday makes even less sense after the approval of retail alcohol sales on Sundays in package shops, convenience stores, and grocery stores.
Police sweep arrests 32
Two nights of a “show of force operation netted significant results, highlighted by four felony arrests and recovery of two stolen weapons Thursday and Friday nights,” police say. Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police, bolstered by the FBI Violent Crimes Task Force, Savannah-Chatham Counter Narcotics Team and Savannah Impact Program (SIP) officers, executed 32 total arrests, issued 143…
Man charged in December murder
A 52-year old Savannah man has been charged with murder in the death of a another man found dead on December 7. Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police detectives have charged John Cope of the 800 block of East Anderson Street in the death of 57-year-old Moses Mack. Mack was found deceased inside of 827 E. Anderson St.…
AASU prof Finlay honored posthumously as Ossabaw Fellow
The Ossabaw Island Foundation recently honored the late Armstrong Atlantic State University History professor Dr. Mark A. Finlay as an Ossabaw Fellow at the non-profit organization’s annual meeting on Jan. 9. At the time of his death in October of 2013, Dr. Finlay was completing research for a book on the environmental history of coastal…
HSF to donate to Habitat for Humanity
Historic Savannah Foundation will present a check donation to the Coastal Empire Habitat for Humanity as part of their recent partnership to help bring forth Habitat’s latest project, a three-bedroom home on West 42nd St. in Savannah, Ga. The new, single-family Habitat home is in the Cuyler-Brownville neighborhood, a National Register Historic District. Through the…
Youth turkey hunt weekend at SAV NWR
The Savannah National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) and the National Wild Turkey Federation are partnering to provide 10 youths “an opportunity to learn about turkey conservation and experience hunting turkey with a guide.” This structured hunt and educational event will be held March 28, 29 & 30, 2014 and will focus on the development of turkey…
‘Savannah Disputation’: Laughs & the Lord
“Faith,” declared the Boston Globe in its review, “is a complicated business — and even sometimes, a funny business, too.”
