Sean Evans
Reporter
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Sean Evans joins WTOC as a multi-media journalist coming all the way from the Bluegrass State. He previously worked for the CBS affiliate in Lexington, Kentucky, and got his start in the business in the mountains of eastern Kentucky for a CBS station in Hazard.
Sean is a proud graduate of the University of Kentucky, and will always be a die-hard fan in the Big Blue Nation!
Sean and his wife are excited to call the Coastal Empire home, and are looking forward to all of the adventures the area offers.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2022 at 4:15 PM EDT
|By Sean Evans
A suspect is in custody after law enforcement had to jump in and pull him from a pond in the Al Henderson Golf Course community on Friday.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 5:55 PM EDT
|By Sean Evans
The Humane Society of Greater Savannah’s truck has been found.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 4:43 PM EDT
|By Sean Evans
The City of Savannah is looking to help the next generation of entrepreneurs build a business plan for success.
Updated: Jun. 29, 2022 at 6:16 PM EDT
|By Sean Evans
If you don’t plan to go downtown for the fireworks show and want to shoot some off yourself, there are a few things you need to know.
Updated: Jun. 29, 2022 at 5:20 PM EDT
|By Sean Evans
A Savannah family and community members are calling for accountability - just five days after a 31-year-old man was shot and killed by a Savannah Police officer.
Updated: Jun. 28, 2022 at 6:01 PM EDT
|By Sean Evans
While addressing the recent weekend triple shooting in city market, Mayor Johnson detailed a couple steps he’d be willing to consider and look at implementing to keep instances of gun violence from happening downtown.
Updated: Jun. 27, 2022 at 5:30 PM EDT
|By Sean Evans
Opioid overdoses continue to trend in the wrong direction in Chatham County.
Updated: Jun. 24, 2022 at 6:09 PM EDT
|By Sean Evans
Reproductive rights advocate and Planned Parenthood Southeast board member share their concerns about SCOTUS Roe v. Wade decision, and what it means for rights in the future.
Updated: Jun. 24, 2022 at 4:28 PM EDT
|By Sean Evans
Bipartisan work from Georgia lawmakers in Washington could have a significant impact on the future of the Savannah Combat Readiness Training Center.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2022 at 6:29 PM EDT
|By Sean Evans
Work continues on fixing the deck collapse on Hutchinson Island.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2022 at 4:51 PM EDT
|By Sean Evans
Leaders at Memorial Health in Savannah say they are seeing an uptick in COVID-related hospitalizations.
Updated: Jun. 22, 2022 at 6:32 PM EDT
|By Sean Evans
It’s been about four days since a large portion of the Trade Center Landing between the Westin and Savannah Convention Center began to buckle, and collapse on Hutchinson Island.
Updated: Jun. 22, 2022 at 4:33 PM EDT
|By Sean Evans
After years of planning, and months of public feedback, the final version of a master plan of proposed changes to Forsyth Park are in the hands of City of Savannah staff.
Updated: Jun. 21, 2022 at 5:22 PM EDT
|By Sean Evans
Engineers are currently investigating a partial deck collapse at the Trade Center Landing for the ferry on Hutchinson Island.
Updated: Jun. 20, 2022 at 6:36 PM EDT
|By Sean Evans
From replacing the Houlihan Bridge in Port Wentworth, to a diverging diamond interchange to ease traffic backups at I-16 and Dean Forest, we’re getting the latest updates on several major road projects in Chatham County.
Updated: Jun. 20, 2022 at 5:00 PM EDT
|By Sean Evans
More than 300 students, prospective students, faculty and staff with the Savannah College of Art and Design are taking time to fix up houses around Savannah.
Updated: Jun. 16, 2022 at 4:35 PM EDT
|By Sean Evans
According to their CEO, Chatham EMS crews have responded to 11 heat-related calls since the first of this month.
Updated: Jun. 15, 2022 at 6:02 PM EDT
|By Sean Evans
An FDA’s advisory panel giving the greenlight on the covid-19 vaccine for America’s youngest population.
Updated: Jun. 14, 2022 at 6:30 PM EDT
|By Sean Evans
Body camera video reviewed by investigators after a Savannah police officer shot and killed a man last summer was made available.
Updated: Jun. 14, 2022 at 4:34 PM EDT
|By Sean Evans
Dr. Michael Toma, a Professor of Economics at Georgia Southern University, says the main problem right now that’s causing the price of goods to go up higher than normal levels is inflation.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2022 at 5:41 PM EDT
|By Sean Evans
The Ethics Board for the City of Savannah has dismissed an ethics complaint filed against a Savannah alderwoman.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2022 at 5:34 PM EDT
|By Sean Evans
One of the people charged in the deaths of a teenage brother and sister buried in their Effingham County backyard was back in court Friday.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2022 at 6:32 PM EDT
|By Sean Evans
Savannah leaders meeting today to discuss ways to keep violence off the streets as we head into the summer. They also discussed what challenges the community continues to face.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2022 at 5:10 PM EDT
|By Sean Evans
Savannah city leaders say the move to buy Evergreen Cemetery is a huge win for families with loved ones buried here, and a step toward returning honor to this final resting place for so many.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2022 at 11:29 AM EDT
|By Sean Evans
A proposal for a brand new hotel in Savannah’s Historic District is at a standstill with the Savannah Historic District Board of Review.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2022 at 5:17 PM EDT
|By Sean Evans
The District Attorney of Chatham County will not pursue criminal charges against Savannah Police officers involved in a fatal shooting last summer.
Updated: Jun. 3, 2022 at 5:33 PM EDT
|By Sean Evans
A Savannah neighborhood is on edge because of one home on their block that’s become a crime hotspot, according to police.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2022 at 6:43 PM EDT
|By Sean Evans
WTOC is digging through a recently filed ethics complaint, lodged by a Savannah-area nonprofit, against Savannah Alderwoman Kesha Gibson-Carter.
Updated: May. 25, 2022 at 6:10 PM EDT
|By Sean Evans
In the early morning hours Wednesday, the Secretary of State gave elections officials in Chatham County the green light to scan uncounted ballots from a machine used in early in person voting at the Registrars Office.
Updated: May. 25, 2022 at 5:53 PM EDT
|By Sean Evans
Chatham County elections officials spent part of Wednesday morning and afternoon continuing to tally results from Tuesday’s primary election.
Updated: May. 25, 2022 at 5:40 PM EDT
|By WTOC Staff and Sean Evans
The White House has announced a third round of nominees for the title of U.S. Marshal and Savannah Police Chief Roy Minter was on the list.
Updated: May. 25, 2022 at 4:08 PM EDT
|By WTOC Staff and Sean Evans
Chatham County District Attorney Shalena Cook Jones says that her office will not prosecute misdemeanor marijuana cases.
Updated: May. 23, 2022 at 5:59 PM EDT
|By Sean Evans
Election officials in Chatham County say the primary early voting turnout was the biggest yet for a midterm election.
Updated: May. 23, 2022 at 5:34 PM EDT
|By Sean Evans
Chatham County Elections Supervisor Billy Wooten says the error on the precinct cards wasn’t brought to his attention until last Friday.
Updated: May. 23, 2022 at 4:18 PM EDT
|By Sean Evans
“This has been an ongoing issue for the past couple years here,” Alderman Jurtis Purtee, District 6 said.
Updated: May. 20, 2022 at 4:18 PM EDT
|By WTOC Staff, Dal Cannady, Sean Evans, Flynn Snyder and Alyssa Jackson
Governor Brian Kemp and Hyundai Motor Group Executive Char Euisun Chung announced today that the Hyundai Motor Group will open its first fully dedicated electric vehicle and battery manufacturing facility.
Updated: May. 19, 2022 at 6:28 PM EDT
|By Sean Evans
Early voting turnout in Chatham County is well past that of the 2018 primary election.
Updated: May. 19, 2022 at 6:27 PM EDT
|By Sean Evans
Chatham County Marine Patrol officers want those out on the Bull River to be aware of new concrete pilings in the river that have popped up in recent weeks, that could potentially be a hazard if boaters aren’t familiar with them.
Updated: May. 18, 2022 at 6:20 PM EDT
|By Sean Evans
New numbers are in showing Savannah’s tourism is continuing to rebound from the effects of the pandemic.
Updated: May. 18, 2022 at 5:21 PM EDT
|By Sean Evans
Haiti’s ties to Savannah can be traced all the way back to the Revolutionary War.
Updated: May. 17, 2022 at 8:23 PM EDT
|By Sean Evans
“Remember those who gave all. All gave some but some gave all.”
Updated: May. 17, 2022 at 6:44 PM EDT
|By Sean Evans
57 names were read aloud Tuesday, with a rose being placed for each name near the base of this monument.
Updated: May. 13, 2022 at 6:36 PM EDT
|By Sean Evans
Today’s vote was all about designating this charge for fire service as a fee instead of a tax. And that’s exactly what Commissioners did in today’s vote after months of discussion.
Updated: May. 12, 2022 at 6:41 PM EDT
|By Sean Evans
The chairman of the Chatham County Board of Elections says especially in a redistricting year it’s important for voters to know exactly who should be on their ballot.
Updated: May. 12, 2022 at 6:32 PM EDT
|By Sean Evans
The new agency will be known as the Savannah-Chatham County Interagency Council on Homelessness/Continuum of Care.
Updated: May. 11, 2022 at 7:42 PM EDT
|By Sean Evans
Happening today - nonprofit group Mercy Housing and City of Savannah leaders came together to celebrate new affordable housing now available in Savannah Gardens. Some of the 85 new homes served as a background to today’s announcement.
Updated: May. 11, 2022 at 6:32 PM EDT
|By Sean Evans
Savannah’s elected leaders could soon follow the lead of other cities in the state by adopting an impact fee. Impact fees in Georgia are one-time fees charged to land developers to help offset costs of expanding infrastructure and other facilities to support new growth.
Updated: May. 10, 2022 at 6:16 PM EDT
|By Sean Evans
Deadly gun violence was yet again at the top of Savannah Mayor Van Johnson’s remarks during his weekly news briefing today at City Hall.Mayor Johnson echoed remarks he made several weeks ago that people getting shot is not and will not be Savannah’s narrative, adding no one should ever die in the city because of guns.
Updated: May. 10, 2022 at 5:42 PM EDT
|By Sean Evans
The wheels are turning on a development that aims to revitalize neighborhoods just east of Savannah’s Historic District. Plans for an early learning center, children’s library, workout center and an adult education center are in the works for an area just off Wheaton Street.
Updated: May. 9, 2022 at 6:37 PM EDT
|By Sean Evans
Happening now - nearly fifty pilots of ultra modern fighter jets like these have been sharpening their skills in a huge stretch of airspace just off the Georgia coast, over the past few weeks.