Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police are investigating the shooting death of a two-year-old child inside an apartment late Tuesday night. The child was transported from the Hampstead Oaks Apartments on the 200 […]
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Editor’s Note: Trailblazing a new Canal District
If the primary vision for Savannah’s Canal District is just to help tourists find their way to the new Arena, then it will have failed before it’s even begun.
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Two more shootings
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police are investigating gunshot injuries to two males who arrived at a hospital by private vehicle about the same time Monday afternoon. A 32-year-old male arrived at Memorial […]
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Reynolds Street homicide investigated
Detectives for Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department are investigating the Monday morning shooting death of a Savannah man. Oct. 27, just after midnight, Tyrone Ellis, 24, was shot inside of a […]
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Police: No foul play involved with dead body
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police have identified the body of a woman found in a Southside creek Monday. An autopsy performed at the Georgia State Crime Lab in Augusta indicated no signs […]
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Two more shootings Thursday night
Detectives are investigating the shooting of two men Thursday night. Islands Precinct officers patrolling on Waters Avenue investigated shots fired in the area of E. 36th and Live Oak streets […]
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Police, politicians implore public’s help on crime
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police are “calling on the public and the faith-based community to help quell a series of incidents in which shots have been fired, apparently in retaliation to other […]
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Body cams planned for SAV Metro police
City Manager Stephanie Cutter and Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Chief Julie Tolbert announced today they’ve “put together a plan to purchase body cameras, Taser upgrades and a digital evidence management system,” […]
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Editor’s Note: Two Savannahs, further apart than ever
Downtown Savannah could easily morph into a Disneyfied entertainment/tourism zone of corporate interests catering to affluent visitors, ringed with socioeconomic despair.
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Four shot in three days
Savannah Metro Police are investigating four shootings that took place Thursday and Saturday. Alvonte Mack, 17, has been charged with shooting Benjamin Webber, 16, on the 2200 block of Hawthorne […]
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Savannah High homecoming activities and football game cancelled because of shooting
As a result of the shooting on Hawthorne Avenue near the school this evening, all homecoming activities scheduled for the evening of Friday, October 3, at Savannah High School have […]
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County votes to split up police merger; City Manager issues statement
Earlier today the Chatham County Commission voted to exercise its option to terminate the decade-old merger of city and county police forces. Negotiations had been stalled for several months over […]