Arrest in Wesley Franklin murder
Brandon Mackey, 26, was taken into custody by Savannah-Chatham Metro Police investigators and the Fort Worth Police Department in Watauga, Texas, last night. Mackay is charged with the murder of Wesley Franklin, who was shot and killed during a robbery at Deb’s Pub and Grub on Norwood Avenue in June 2012. Despite multiple video captures…
Dude shoots himself, lies to cops
A 22-year-old Savannah man is charged with two felonies and a misdemeanor after instigating a neighborhood search by telling Metro Police he was shot in a robbery. Dennis Gregory Johnson, 22, of the 1100 block of East 55th street, actually shot himself, police say. He has been charged with false report of a crime, false…
Review: Star Trek Into Darkness
J.J. Abrams’ second Trek film is an unqualified success, and it promises a bright future for this tireless franchise.
Brother kills brother
‘The confrontation between the two brothers escalated to the point that Emmanuel Graham was injured and William Graham was stabbed by his brother.’
Editor’s Note: Paying attention
When you’ve got both time and money on your side, you tend to get what you want regardless. And what capitalism wants is less competition and lower labor cost. Always.
A mural dilemma
Instead of standing around complaining that there’s only one seat and two people, we find a solution. We are Savannahians, and we make it work.
Georgia in middle of pack for bike friendliness
Neighborhood streets are where the rubber meets the road for cyclists who use bicycles for transportation and recreation, which is why these policies are vital at the municipal level. Savannah and Chatham County do not have Complete Streets policies.
History under the highway
The site straddles what was once part of two 19th-century plantations and has lain fallow since it was farmed in the 1950s. The Abercorn Archaeology site has yielded pre-Civil War artifacts, old slave quarters and soil samples that have allowed Elliot and nine other archaeologists to interpret what life was like here centuries ago.
Gallery Hop: Makeshift Theatre @ Ashmore Gallery
Since Rollins’ approach is so kitschy, the photographs in sum amount to more than an over-sexualized arrangement of various notions of gayness.
Blowin’ Smoke takes it beyond barbecue
Blowin’ Smoke has not only undergone a physical metamorphosis but an identity shift as well.
Hot fun in the summertime at Dollhouse
‘Endless Summer,’ designed as the first in a series of hot-weather shows from Safe // Sound Productions, will feature Triathalon, Koko Beware, Makeout Club, Sauna Heat, AG & Abraham Dankin, and Rejjie Snow.
Cusses, the little band that … did
‘I don’t think you really fall in love with us until you see us live.’ Angel Bond catches herself, and laughs a little. ‘In my humble opinion.’
Darius Rucker’s Carolina country
‘I wouldn’t have given me a record deal. But I had a great manager who got me a record deal, and the rest, I guess, is history.
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Duke Bootee: Man behind ‘The Message’
‘We were like, we don’t even need a guitar — all we need is a turntable to start this shit. And look at what they did with that. Thirty years and it’s a multibillion-dollar industry.’
Creative Coast names new director
Bea Wray has been named the new executive director of The Creative Coast. She will begin May 20. Wray’s application was one of about 300 for the job previously held by Jake Hodesh, who returned to his native Ohio. Wray, however, has Savannah roots. Both parents are Savannah High grads and “both of her grandmothers…
