19-year-old turns himself in for shooting of 18-year-old
Trejan Jones, 19, turned himself in at Savannah-Chatham Metro Police Headquarters on November 11 in connection with the fatal November 8 shooting of Anthony Grant, 18. Jones is charged with murder and was taken to the Chatham County Detention Center without incident. Police responded to the intersection of Ventura Boulevard and Pasadena Drive on Nov.…
Police investigate shooting after woman shows up at hospital
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department’s Violent Crimes detectives are investigating a shooting after a woman showed up at the hospital, Nov. 13. Metro responded to Memorial University Medical Center around 3:19 p.m. locating Rachel Reid, 29, who was seeking care for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. Reportedly, she was standing outside of a residence in the 5600…
Daffin Park tennis courts to be named for Former Mayor Malcolm Maclean today
The Daffin Park tennis courts will be renamed for former Mayor and tennis player Malcolm Maclean today at 11 a.m. Members of Savannah City Council and City staff will join Maclean’s family and members of the law firm HunterMaclean. Malcom Maclean served as Assistant City Attorney and City Alderman prior to serving as Savannah’s Mayor…
Avett Bros., Jason Isbell, ballet and Pakistani rock ‘n’ roll highlight Savannah Music Festival 2017 lineup
On Thursday night, Savannah Music Festival proudly announced a stunner of a lineup for their 2017 event. Pouring over their programs, regular attendees discovered old favorites and new gems in the lineup, continuing the festival’s tradition of colorfully eclectic, world-class entertainment. Leading the lineup of pop bookings is the popular Avett Brothers, who kick off…
Four alleged Blood gang members arrested in connection with homicide
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department’s Violent Crimes detectives “with assistance from local, state and federal partners arrested four gang members in connection to a September homicide that claimed the life of Dominique Powell, 24,” a police spokesperson says. Arthur Newton, 23, Artez Strain, 22, Timothy Coleman, 21 and Tyriek Walker, 21 are charged with murder for…
Public School Superintendent Lockamy announces retirement
Today Dr. Thomas B. Lockamy, Jr. gave his resignation to the Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools Board of Education after 11 years in the position. His resignation is effective on May 31, 2017, at the end of the current academic year. Five years after being hired in 2005, he was given a contract extension and pay…
Mothers @The Jinx
The band possesses that timeless Athens indie-cool prowess with open-book lyricism and atmospheric unwindings.
Savannah Rum Runners Bakery & Café is 20 years strong
Named after the smugglers during the Prohibition era, this bakery was established in 1997 out of a small space on Wilmington Island
Telfair Art Fair fills the square with beauty
“The Art Fair is a celebration of creativity and community”
Stopover in the Yard @The Grey
Kiah and her band are always a hit in Savannah thanks to her powerful and soulful vocals, Southern Gothic lyrics, and rootsy Americana glow
Atlantic: Intentional cuisine
I FEEL like I picked up this food writing gig exactly at the right moment. Savannah has always had new restaurants opening up, but unfortunately we’ve also seen a lot of turnover. There are a ton of factors that go into the success or failure of restaurants in any city. But generally speaking, the people…
Food & Wine Fest storms the floor in Savannah’s delicate culinary dance
“CHARLESTON’S relentlessly documented restaurant scene in every way eclipses the one in Savannah.” So goes a 2015 Eater.com snapshot of The Florence, “Top Chef” judge Hugh Acheson’s needle-moving Victory Drive eatery that recalls “the culinary gumption that’s been apparent since early last decade,” according to the esteemed reviewer, in that less-interesting city to our north. The analysis was written…
Children’s Book Festival promotes magic of reading
Franklin says it’s more important now than ever to keep real, physical books in the hands of kids
What we do now
No matter how the numbers get crunched up and spit out by those voting machines tonight, we’re going to wake up tomorrow to a new President, and it’s going to seem like the end of the world to somebody.
Five stars for the new VA
The Savannah clinic is one of five community satellites of the Ralph H. Johnson Medical Center hospital in Charleston, SC, where veterans can receive a full range of care, from chemotherapy to heart surgery.
Volunteers make bikes a priority
In the wake of the storm, I was reminded that people who ride bikes are often not a priority. Not that I needed a reminder.They are not a priority for the film crew who blocked access to the CAT Bike station and bike racks in Ellis Square one morning last week. They are not a…
Why does lethal injection go wrong so often?
The irony here is that the earliest advocates of chemical execution actually got the idea from animal euthanasia
Documentary asks the big questions at local climate change forum
While not everyone can switch to a hybrid vehicle or install solar panels, small acts like using less electricity and buying local produce reduce greenhouse gases.
The Funk Ark @Congress Street Social Club
It’s a Hostess City return for frontman Will Rast. The Daptone Records keyboardist has been coming to Savannah since he was just eight years old.
Full Metal Henry
Zachary Burke follows in their footsteps as the eponymous young king, torn between his duties to his family and country on one hand, and the reality of his own soldiers’ tribulations and sacrifices on the other.
Heeeeere’s Jonny!
A PEEK into one music video, and it’s clear: Jonny Couch is an animal. Belting over synths in a bubble bath, clad in a signature leather fisherman’s cap, dishing out wildly exaggerated facial expressions, cracking whips, downing a slice of pizza on the toilet: perhaps the “Animal Instinct” video shows Couch at his most vulnerable,…
Savannah Music Festival Season Kickoff Concert @Charles H. Morris Center
IT seems wild that we’re already thinking about March 2017, but here we are: it’s time to hear the initial 2017 Savannah Music Festival and celebrate all the great talent that heads our way in the spring. Ring in the festivities for free (!!!) with the sounds of bluegrass band Flatt Lonesome. The project of…
Larry Stephenson Band @Randy’s Pickin’ Parlor (Bloomingdale)
Stephenson captured artists with his sepia-toned tenor vocals.
Learning how to dance with Mount Moriah
Through ten elegant yet homespun tracks, Heather McEntire engages the darkness head-on, and, in doing so, illuminates a path for her listeners
Editor’s Note: The Day After
My best effort at wrapping up some of the lessons of this election in a way which might help people move forward to a more positive place.
