Sam Bauman
Anchor/Reporter
Savannah, Ga.
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Sam Bauman joined WTOC in December of 2019 as the 5:30pm Anchor and multi-media journalist.
The Ohio native joins WTOC from Fort Wayne, IN where he spent nearly three years working at ABC21.
Sam begin his career in journalism in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan at the NBC affiliate TV6.
He graduated from Wheeling Jesuit University with a bachelor’s degree in Communications (Broadcast) in 2013, where he was also a member of the Men’s Soccer team.
He and his wife Blair are excited to explore this beautiful part of the country and for the first time in their lives avoid a Midwest winter.
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If the Manna House can't get the money to replace their forklift they fear they may have to turn away certain donations due to size and weight.
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Yarn bombing, it’s not a term you hear everyday and certainly not something you see every day, but recently a mystery yarn bomber struck in Daffin Park.
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It’s been a great summer for us to recharge and plan and get ready for the opening of the school year,” Effingham County School District Superintendent Dr. Yancy Ford said. After a long challenging year, Dr. Ford is looking forward to a hopefully ordinary school year.
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The Georgia Bureau of Investigation released more information Wednesday, July 21, regarding an officer-involved shooting which took the life of 36-year-old Maurice Mincey in Savannah over the weekend.
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Effingham County is now ready to begin work on the first set of TSPLOST funded projects which includes roughly 25 miles of paving and milling across the county.
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For the first time in nearly a decade the City of Pooler is proposing an increase to their millage rate. The increase would be by one mill.
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It was a unique celebration Friday at Jenkins High School as they looked forward to their new building while holding on to pieces of its past.
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Camp Buddy, a summer camp for children with down syndrome, made it’s return to Chatham County this week. While there is plenty of fun for campers, it also helps them prepare for the upcoming school year, something even more important this year.
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Police need the public’s help finding a group of thieves who are targeting elderly people in different cities and towns from Augusta to Savannah.
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After nearly 20 years in the same building the Effingham County Chamber of Commerce is moving, but not far.
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Brittany Curry, also known as InkyBrittany, attends things like Savannah City Council meetings, taking notes & turning that information into comic like story board full of important information for the public.
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“It was a pretty rough year and we’re glad to have something positive sort of as we’re coming out of things,” said Green Truck Pub owner Josh Yates anout Thursday's surprise visit from FLOTUS.
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Bud Scott's home was nearly untouched by Wednesday's tornado in Effingham Co. so while neighbors started cleaning, he started cooking.
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“I guess I can’t believe one little sign made a difference,” said Cindy Lamprecht who started the "Beaufort Chalkboard" as a way to spread joy to people driving by her home during the pandemic but is now reaching a global audience through social media.
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The Pooler Food Truck festival was such a big hit the Greater Pooler Area Chamber of Commerce is now hoping to expand on that success to give residents a chance to get out and local businesses an extra boost on a monthly basis.
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Monday the Effingham County Chamber of Commerce hosted a job fair in hopes of boosting employment numbers by getting qualified candidates in front of local businesses
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A Guyton restaurant owner credits her small town community with helping her business navigate the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Human Society of Greater Savannah & The Social at Savannah came together to help provide a unique service to residents, with the help of baby bunny Radish.
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The Effingham County Sheriff’s Office, Rincon and Guyton Police Departments all got to see this tool, called a Bola Wrap, on display Thursday.
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The NAACP of Effingham County is hosting a Juneteenth Celebration for only the second time ever.
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For a small El Salvadorian restaurant in Garden City the pandemic forced them to find ways to adapt to survive. One of those changes is now helping them survive a year later after rain caused their roof to collapse last week.
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Members of the community are trying to find the owner of a Purple Heart cap that was found Thursday morning on Wilmington Island.
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It’s an art gallery that’s called Chatham County home for the past ten years, but many people still don’t even know it exists, and the art you’ll find inside this gallery gives new meaning to the saying, “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.”
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Food trucks & local vendors are excited about the chance to get their products back in front of a large crowd after pushing through the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Goodwill & Savannah Tech teamed up to connect local health care providers with potential employees fresh out of the Heath Care Admissions Program
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As the saying goes, “the show must go on,” and despite a global pandemic, live performance venues & movie theaters have found a way to do just that. But is a big return enough to make up for what was lost?
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They feel their building supplies were targeted due to the skyrocketing value of things like lumber and fear whoever did it will strike again.
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As we know, many industries are dealing with the struggle of the nationwide labor shortage, including rideshares, like Uber and Lyft. For cities like Savannah, that are now seeing an influx of tourists, it’s an issue they’re still trying to get a handle on.
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“I wanted to reinforce the true meaning of Memorial Day,” said Pooler City Councilwoman Karen Williams who helped organize the Monday's ceremony
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Whether you’re heading to Savannah or Hilton Head there’s a good chance you’ll be driving through Pooler. That traffic is something businesses are hoping to take advantage of, while local law enforcement is just hoping no matter where you’re headed, you get there safely.
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GDOT says so far they are still on schedule to complete the interchange by the third quarter of 2022. They also released plans to begin working on a Diverging Diamond at Dean Forest & I-16 in late 2021.
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Georgia Southern and the University of Miami are teaming up to try and find pieces of its past buried beneath the marsh of Wormsloe utilizing some new technology.
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Tuesday hundreds of volunteers were at the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force in Pooler to help set up a powerful display. Placing a flag for every life lost in the Mighty Eighth during World War II.
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At a wedding this weekend in Forsyth Park a member of the Savannah Police Department stepped in to help one groom tie the knot, literally
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The Workforce PhD Program, which is brand new, helps high school seniors who don't want to go to college learn the skills & make the connections needed to find a career after graduation.
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"He grabbed me like this, grabbed my neck and choked me and held on tight and grabbed me. I’m just thinking, ‘Oh my God, what is happening? Is he going to kill me?’” A Pooler woman escaped with her life after being carjacked while driving for Lyft Monday.
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“Fortunately, this year the pandemic was actually a help to us. Our business actually picked up,” said Randy Wood, owner of Randy Wood Guitars.
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Local pet boarding & lodging and doggy daycare is seeing a boom in business as pet owners head off on long delayed trips or even just return to the office for work.
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Lena Woolford, her daughter and nine grandchildren have been staying in two hotel rooms in Savannah since a fire destroyed their home earlier this week and they're now asking for your help
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If you walked through the Lost Plantation neighborhood in Rincon on Wednesday, it’ s far quieter than 24 hours before.
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“It’s one thing when you’re Captain America fighting the Red Skull or Batman against the Joker. It’s something completely different when you’re a small business owner fighting a pandemic that no one can see or touch or work their way around,” said Neighborhood Comics owner Lee Heidel.
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“Nobody in the City of Pooler is going to pay any additional money for this. We’ll negotiate a fire protection fee with the provider that’s going out there and we’ll service them for that,” said Pooler Fire Chief Wade Simmons regarding the Amazon fulfillment center.
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The city of Pooler has now added two full-time code enforcement officers in response to their continued growth
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“A lot of times teenagers between the ages of 13 and 15 are too old for a babysitter but not old enough to work,” says Katina Smith of the YMCA, but a new summer program, Leaders In Training, is seeking to change that and prepare teens for what's next.
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While the district plans a return to the normal in-person graduation ceremonies of years past for the Class of 2021, they're now also cautiously looking ahead to a full return of in-person classes next year with no virtual option.
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Just like working out breaks down your muscles to build them back stronger than before, it seems the pandemic has found a way to make stronger what was already at the core of Custom Fit Training in Savannah.
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The Georgia Hi-Lo Trail would span 250 miles and go right through Effingham County, but to become a reality they need financial support from the county and it's residents.
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The Effingham County Chamber of Commerce & SIDC teamed up to host the county's first ever Diversity & Inclusion Conference.
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“It’s like once the customers started coming back, then the employee problem started. I don’t know which is worse,” said MooMcGinn's owner Janet Wilson.
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For the restaurant, which first opened during the COVID-19 pandemic, it appears a window has been one of the keys to their continued success.