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Student-created animated film premiering at SCAD AnimationFest 2021

Updated: 3 hours ago
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By Kyle Jordan
SCAD students just returned to class this week, but a group of students are just wrapping up a year-long project that will premiere at SCAD AnimationFest next week.

Morning Break

Christian Business Owners Summit to be held virtually

Updated: 3 hours ago
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By Tim Guidera
A lot of businesses turned to faith and technology to stay afloat during the last 18 months. This weekend those elements will once again be combined through the Fourth Annual Christian Business Owners Summit.

News

Donations being gathered for ‘Give Change That Counts’ program

Updated: 23 hours ago
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By Sean Evans
The Savannah Police Department (SPD) announced its support of a county-wide campaign that aims to reduce the need for panhandling.

Top Teacher

Top Teacher: Matthew Range

Updated: 23 hours ago
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By Sam Bauman
At West Chatham Elementary, there’s a lot of great teachers. But on this day, one stands above the rest, 4th grade teacher Matthew Range.

Food

Taking Care of Business

Taking Care of Business: Big Bon Bodega

Updated: Sep. 14, 2021 at 4:19 PM EDT
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By Alyssa Jackson
A Savannah owned business is celebrating their five year anniversary this week.

Morning Break

Jesse Blanco Food Headlines for the week of Sept. 9

Updated: Sep. 9, 2021 at 11:22 AM EDT
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By WTOC Staff
Eat It and Like It’s Jesse Blanco joined us on Morning Break Thursday with this week’s food headlines.

Taking Care of Business

Taking Care of Business: Narobia’s Grits and Gravy

Updated: Sep. 7, 2021 at 3:48 PM EDT
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By Sean Evans
Renovations to a popular Savannah restaurant slated to take only five or six months, stretched to 20 months because of the onset of the pandemic.

Health

Morning Break

Home Workout: Exercise Dice

Updated: Sep. 15, 2021 at 11:42 AM EDT
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By WTOC Staff
Melissa Maikos shows us a fun and inexpensive piece of equipment that will make your home workout a little more interested - and possibly more challenging.

Tracking the Vaccine

COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among pregnant women

Updated: Sep. 8, 2021 at 11:51 AM EDT
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By Cyreia Sandlin
About six months ago, the COVID-19 vaccine became widely available to everyone 16 years and older. At that time, many expectant mothers had questions about how the vaccine would impact their pregnancy and if it was safe.

Morning Break

Home Workout: Tone your mid-section

Updated: Sep. 1, 2021 at 10:39 AM EDT
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By WTOC Staff
Melissa Maikos shows us a high-rep workout you can do at home that will help tone your mid-section.

DIY

DIY

How to create a picnic spread to celebrate your graduate

Updated: May. 14, 2021 at 3:35 PM EDT
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By Sarah Stone
Try celebrating your graduate by creating a picnic spread! An event planner shows us how.

Morning Break

Low Country Home & Garden Show offers inspiration for your home improvement projects

Updated: May. 14, 2021 at 12:55 PM EDT
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By Kyle Jordan
The 21st annual Low Country Home & Garden Show is back at the Savannah Convention Center for 2021.

Morning Break

Make your own kazoo at Beaufort’s Kazoobie Kazoo Factory

Updated: May. 10, 2021 at 12:01 PM EDT
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By WTOC Staff
Brian Byers learns how kazoos are made in Beaufort.

Vacation

Business

Savannah/Hilton Head airport hoping to continue momentum from big summer

Updated: Sep. 7, 2021 at 3:04 PM EDT
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By Sam Bauman
Air travel has certainly had its ups and downs throughout the pandemic, and with the summer travel season now wrapping up, the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport is hoping their success will continue into the fall.

News

Savannah prepares for busy Labor Day weekend

Updated: Sep. 3, 2021 at 4:48 AM EDT
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By Sarah Winkelmann
After a busy summer of visitors in Savannah, the city is gearing up for the last big holiday weekend of the summer season.

Holidays HQ

Tybee Island preparing for Labor Day weekend

Updated: Sep. 2, 2021 at 3:28 PM EDT
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By Mariah Congedo
Tybee Island is preparing for their last busy summer weekend as tons of people are expected to come out and celebrate Labor Day.

Music

Music

Location, date change for Savannah Philharmonic’s ‘Phil the Park’ concert

Updated: Sep. 1, 2021 at 9:33 AM EDT
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By WTOC Staff and Sean Evans
A location and date change has been announced for the Savannah Philharmonic’s “Phil the Park” concert.

Morning Break

Harry O’Donoghue - An Evening Of Song & Story at Tybee Post Theater

Updated: Aug. 11, 2021 at 10:59 AM EDT
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By WTOK Staff
Savannah’s premiere Irish folksinger, songwriter and storyteller, Harry O’Donoghue, and special guests will perform an entertaining evening of music and history with a laugh or two this weekend at the Tybee Post Theater.

Community

Savannah Voice Festival set to return in August

Updated: Jul. 22, 2021 at 6:21 AM EDT
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By Cyreia Sandlin
After more than year of virtual performances, the Savannah Voice Festival finally makes its return to the Hostess City.

Legal

Morning Break

Retired Savannah boxer wins legal fight

Updated: Jun. 16, 2020 at 9:51 AM EDT
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By Brian Byers
Zeke Wilson is a local legend here in Savannah. A retired professional boxer, Wilson has fought alongside many big names like Joe Frazier and Larry Holmes.

Legal

Local firm offers full range of accounting needs

Updated: Dec. 31, 2019 at 10:34 AM EST
The firm offers new technology and developing personal relationships with each company, working to offer a new type of client relationship and a new type of business.

Morning Break

Vidalia lawyer writes book after 40 years of practice

Updated: Nov. 25, 2019 at 11:51 AM EST
Law was the last thing that Duston Tapley wanted to write about after 40 years of legal practice in Vidalia.

Outdoor

News

Labor Day crowds keeping Tybee businesses busy

Updated: Sep. 6, 2021 at 4:16 PM EDT
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By Mariah Congedo
The crowds showed up this holiday weekend on Tybee Island and some businesses tell us it was a great way to close out the summer season.

Hurricane Center

UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography assists in improving hurricane forecast models

Updated: Sep. 6, 2021 at 9:53 AM EDT
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By Andrew Gorton
Peak hurricane season is just around the corner and scientists at the University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography are working with NOAA to improve hurricane forecasts.

Morning Break

Re-thinking your next garden project after Bradford pear banned in S.C.

Updated: Sep. 2, 2021 at 11:29 AM EDT
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By Cutter Martin
If you’re planning on re-doing your yard or garden, you might want to take a look at the species you’re planting.

Style

DIY

How to create a picnic spread to celebrate your graduate

Updated: May. 14, 2021 at 3:35 PM EDT
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By Sarah Stone
Try celebrating your graduate by creating a picnic spread! An event planner shows us how.

Morning Break

Low Country Home & Garden Show offers inspiration for your home improvement projects

Updated: May. 14, 2021 at 12:55 PM EDT
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By Kyle Jordan
The 21st annual Low Country Home & Garden Show is back at the Savannah Convention Center for 2021.

Morning Break

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with shamrock-shaped henna

Updated: Mar. 8, 2021 at 1:33 PM EST
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By WTOC Staff
The Season of St. Patrick looks very different this year. With the parade cancelled, we’re providing some additional ways for you and your kids to celebrate safely together with crafts. Artist Shawna Junior, owner of Southern Henna, showed how to make a shamrock-inspired henna design.

Art

Morning Break

SCAD Museum of Art debuts new exhibits for fall

Updated: Sep. 2, 2021 at 7:18 AM EDT
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By Cyreia Sandlin
The SCAD Museum of Art’s newest collections are now open to the public.

Music

Location, date change for Savannah Philharmonic’s ‘Phil the Park’ concert

Updated: Sep. 1, 2021 at 9:33 AM EDT
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By WTOC Staff and Sean Evans
A location and date change has been announced for the Savannah Philharmonic’s “Phil the Park” concert.

Community

Savannah dancer earns scholarship to prestigious ballet training program

Updated: Sep. 1, 2021 at 9:27 AM EDT
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By WTOC Staff
Many people take ballet classes growing up but very few have what it takes to make it in the highly competitive world of ballet.

More Stories

Morning Break

Home Workout: Exercise Dice

Updated: Sep. 15, 2021 at 11:42 AM EDT
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By WTOC Staff
Melissa Maikos shows us a fun and inexpensive piece of equipment that will make your home workout a little more interested - and possibly more challenging.

Morning Break

Learn about Civil War medicine at the Massie Heritage Center

Updated: Sep. 15, 2021 at 11:39 AM EDT
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By Cyreia Sandlin
You have a chance this week to learn about a unique part of Savannah’s past. The Massie Heritage Center invites the entire community to join them for a living history experience.

Morning Break

Annual Beers, Guys, Cigars, Golf & Poker event to benefit RMHC

Updated: Sep. 15, 2021 at 11:33 AM EDT
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By Tim Guidera
Non-profits are slowly bringing back fundraising events, and this weekend, a popular one returns on Hutchinson Island where you can help the Ronald McDonald House of the Coastal Empire through a game of chance.

Taking Care of Business

Taking Care of Business: Big Bon Bodega

Updated: Sep. 14, 2021 at 4:19 PM EDT
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By Alyssa Jackson
A Savannah owned business is celebrating their five year anniversary this week.

Education

Flag raising ceremony honors Georgia teacher of the year

Updated: Sep. 14, 2021 at 2:21 PM EDT
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By WTOC Staff
The school system honored ESOL teacher Cherie Dennis with a flag raising ceremony at Hesse K-8 school Tuesday morning.

Morning Break

G.L.O.W. Ministries keeping food flowing in Effingham Co.

Updated: Sep. 14, 2021 at 10:40 AM EDT
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By Tim Guidera
The God Loves Orphans and Widows Ministry got its name when Wendy Turner discovered severe hunger issues in Guatamala during an adoption trip years ago.

News

Hostess City celebrates first ever ‘Savannah Day’

Updated: Sep. 12, 2021 at 10:20 PM EDT
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By Alyssa Jackson
Since it was just voted as Savannah’s official day last week, a lot of people didn’t know about it. But several Savannahians said it’s not just the Southern charm that makes the 912, it’s the culture.

Traffic

Effingham County breaks ground on new parkway project

Updated: Sep. 10, 2021 at 11:12 AM EDT
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By Mariah Congedo
The groundbreaking for the brand-new Effingham Parkway is set to take place on Friday, Sept. 10. The new parkway will give commuters an alternate route from Springfield to Savannah and alleviate some of the traffic on Highway 21.

Community

United Way of the Coastal Empire’s 2021 campaign underway

Updated: Sep. 10, 2021 at 10:55 AM EDT
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By WTOC Staff
The United Way of the Coastal Empire’s 2021 Campaign is officially underway.

Remembering September 11

Remembering Sept. 11: WTC Memorial beams arrived in Savannah

Updated: Sep. 10, 2021 at 10:27 AM EDT
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By Kyle Jordan
The attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, shook America to its core. It’s a day we promised to “Never Forget.”

Hurricane Center

Tybee Island officers taking Ida donations to Louisiana

Updated: Sep. 9, 2021 at 5:28 PM EDT
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By Mariah Congedo
The City of Tybee Island is lending a helping hand to those in Louisiana hit hard by Hurricane Ida.

Remembering September 11

Remembering 9/11: Former diplomat shares experience at NATO headquarters

Updated: Sep. 9, 2021 at 12:25 PM EDT
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By Cyreia Sandlin
Hank Reed went from the Citadel to the Army, Vietnam, and all over the world before landing in Brussels Belgium at NATO headquarters. That’s where he was on Sept. 11, 2001.

Morning Break

Jesse Blanco Food Headlines for the week of Sept. 9

Updated: Sep. 9, 2021 at 11:22 AM EDT
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By WTOC Staff
Eat It and Like It’s Jesse Blanco joined us on Morning Break Thursday with this week’s food headlines.

Morning Break

Applications opening for 2021 SCORE BizPitch entrepreneurial competition in Savannah

Updated: Sep. 9, 2021 at 11:21 AM EDT
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By Tim Guidera
Savannah SCORE’s BizPitch entrepreneurial competition is returning for a fourth year this fall, and WTOC’s Tim Guidera met with one of last year’s winners to find out how the contest helped their new business.

Remembering September 11

Savannah Fire captain remembers working in New York during 9/11

Updated: Sep. 8, 2021 at 5:22 PM EDT
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By Sean Evans
A current Savannah Fire captain was a police officer in a suburb of New York City in September of 2001 and responded to help in the wake of the attack on the World Trade Center.

Top Teacher

Top Teacher: Lauren Sawyer

Updated: Sep. 8, 2021 at 3:06 PM EDT
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By Mike Cihla
This school year has been anything but normal, but one Chatham County teacher is glad she gets to see her students face-to-face.

Tracking the Vaccine

COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among pregnant women

Updated: Sep. 8, 2021 at 11:51 AM EDT
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By Cyreia Sandlin
About six months ago, the COVID-19 vaccine became widely available to everyone 16 years and older. At that time, many expectant mothers had questions about how the vaccine would impact their pregnancy and if it was safe.

Taking Care of Business

Taking Care of Business: Narobia’s Grits and Gravy

Updated: Sep. 7, 2021 at 3:48 PM EDT
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By Sean Evans
Renovations to a popular Savannah restaurant slated to take only five or six months, stretched to 20 months because of the onset of the pandemic.

Business

Savannah/Hilton Head airport hoping to continue momentum from big summer

Updated: Sep. 7, 2021 at 3:04 PM EDT
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By Sam Bauman
Air travel has certainly had its ups and downs throughout the pandemic, and with the summer travel season now wrapping up, the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport is hoping their success will continue into the fall.

Hurricane Center

UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography assists in improving hurricane forecast models

Updated: Sep. 6, 2021 at 9:53 AM EDT
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By Andrew Gorton
Peak hurricane season is just around the corner and scientists at the University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography are working with NOAA to improve hurricane forecasts.