There are a number of Memorial Day celebrations happening around the Coastal Empire and Lowcountry on Monday. We have details on all the celebrations and services happening in the area below.
The Tybee Beach Bum Parade was last week, but as we continue to celebrate our 65th Anniversary, we looked a little farther back into the event’s history, and the special connections to it that this station has always enjoyed.
They say their administrative offices will also be closed. However, the ticket window at the Joe Murray Rivers, Jr. Intermodal Transit Center will be open from 7 a.m.-4 p.m.
Memorial Day marks the unofficial start to summer, and plenty of people will spend it on Tybee Island, but members of Tybee Island’s Public Safety Committee members are already planning for the next summer holiday.
The Children’s Center on Hilton Head Island takes a community-first approach to childcare, including a sliding-scale tuition that asks parents to pay what they can afford.
The Shore Beach Service on Hilton Head Island wants beachgoers to watch where they step after a Portuguese man o' war washed up on the beach on Monday.
The Tunnel to Towers Foundation is providing support to the Ansari family and the Savannah community after Savannah Police Sgt. Kelvin Ansari was killed in the line of duty.
As we continue to celebrate and look back on 65 years here at WTOC, we remember those who helped build our legacy. One of those people we lost far too soon.
Six-year-old Amelia Sofianos found a five-leaf clover on her way to school Thursday morning. Some clover collectors, particularly in Ireland, regard the five-leaf clover as a prize.
Cassidy Hooper is one of only a few people in the world born with no eyes and no nose. We first met her in 2008, at 11 years old. She’s now 22 and just graduated from Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte.
Jan Dega says she heard a calling in church one Sunday and soon found herself starting a non-profit organization to deliver items to people who would need them most.
The Savannah-Chatham County Public School System has published their proposed budget online and they are looking for your feedback. The school board is proposing a $607 million budget, $16 million more than last years.
The Chatham County Police Department is getting feedback from the community to put together a blueprint or strategic plan to carry the department into the future.
Early County’s top cop said a Savannah police officer, who he graduated with high school with, that was killed in the line of duty was just an all around good person.
When first responders lose their lives in the line of duty, many in the community want to offer help and support any way they can to the loved ones left behind.
Exterminators say warmer months often bring more fleas and ticks, and while many people begin to spend more time outdoors, you need to take certain precautions while outside.
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed a resolution Tuesday to honor the memory of five Georgia Southern University nursing students killed in April of 2015.
For 100 years, Savannah youth have been getting those opportunities to do those things at the Frank Callen Boys and Girls Club, which helps the community win through much more than sports.
They will spend the day talking to families about bicycle safety, gun safety, and even drunk driving. Hinesville Police say education is key to help prevent accidents.
The City of Savannah is asking for more than half the total for projects throughout the city limits. Several commissioners argued that number was way too high, and highlighted several projects they thought were too expensive.
WTOC is celebrating 65 years of broadcasting this year. Of those 65 years, one man brought you news from here and from our loved ones around the world for 33 years.
Hilton Head Island resident, Jessica Holmes, was diagnosed with MS in 2012. She, like thousands of Americans, battle this disease every day. Thursday, she shared her story with us.
Thursday is “Holocaust Remembrance Day," a day people in the United States remember the six million Jewish people - and 11 million others - killed by the Nazis during World War II.
The City of Savannah wants your input as leaders consider lowering the parking rates downtown from $2 an hour to just $1 an hour on blocks between Oglethorpe Avenue and Bay Street, contained by Habersham and Lincoln streets.
The city of Port Wentworth held a memorial service Thursday to mark the anniversary of a military plane crash that killed nine airmen from the Puerto Rico National Guard.
The Chatham County Health Department has lifted the advisory for Polk Street Beach on the north end of Tybee Island, extending to the jetties on north beach.
It is easier to be strong when others are there to help you. The Community Champions with the Effingham County YMCA Livestrong Program are helping each other in the fight against cancer.
For the first time, Island residents are seeing how the Georgia Department of Transportation plans to replace the bridges over both the Bull River Bridge and Lazaretto Creek on U.S. Highway 80.
