Savannah Mayor Van Johnson wants to clear any confusion about the city’s property tax rate, known as a millage rate. Savannah City Council is set to adopt the new tax rate next Thursday.
On Tuesday, Jaylin Clyburn held his second backpack and school supply drive. He also had one on Saturday. Jaylin says he wanted to make sure every kid’s hand was filled with a backpack.
The City of Hardeeville is spending this week at the public works department collecting school supplies for children. They say even though some kids will be learning virtually they still need the essentials.
As students get closer and closer to the first day of school, parents are down to the wire to figure out what to do. Some employers are helping to ease that burden.
Savannah Police are asking drivers to seek an alternative route of travel after a log truck overturned on I-516 between Gwinnett Street and Augusta Avenue.
The project was originally slated to be completed by December but Effingham County Recreation Director Clarence Morgan believes it may be done about a month early in time for basketball season.
As conditions at Folly Beach began to deteriorate as Tropical Storm Isaias approached the Carolinas, some surfers took advantage of the big waves ahead of the storm.
On Monday, Senator Lindsey Graham met with healthcare leaders across the state ahead of introducing a bill this week called the Governor’s Broadband Development Fund.
The Coastal Health District reports that Chatham County officially passed more than 5,000 cases on Monday. The total number of COVID-19 positive cases for the county is 5,051.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has identified some of the plant species in bags of unsolicited seeds arriving in mailboxes across the United States.
“He’s not pulling teeth or anything, he’s just comforting people hearts,” said Erich Perez about iHeart Dental's most popular employee, their service dog Apollo.
A Chatham County Board of Elections member is looking to create a voter education advisory board to help clear up any confusion voters might have before casting their ballot.
Parent U had its annual Reflection Gathering Saturday on Zoom, with participants in the community-building program expressing their ideas on what they would like to get out of Parent University events.
Tropical Storm Isaias has Hilton Head leaders watching out for rip tides, wind, rain, and flooding. Riley says they plan to bring in extra crews at their fire station, as well as close beaches and parks.
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to affect city services, some Savannah aldermen came together to create not one, but three different solutions to help residents in their communities get rid of their waste.
The Savannah-Chatham County Public School System is closing all district facilities on Monday, Aug. 3 ahead of any possible impact from Tropical Storm Isaias.
The Georgia Department of Transportation is closing the Sidney Lanier Bridge in Brunswick on Monday morning and could potentially close the Talmadge Bridge in Savannah.
A Coast Guard Station Tybee Response Boat and Georgia Department of Natural Resources personnel rescued seven people after their vessel became aground on Tybee Creek.
The Coastal Health District has announced the suspension of all operations on Monday, August 3rd due to the potential for poor weather caused by Tropical Storm Isaias.
Virginia native Lt. j.g. Madeline G. Swegle was designated a naval aviator and received her Wings of Gold along with 25 classmates during a small ceremony at Naval Air Station (NAS) Kingsville, TX.
Chatham County Commission Chairman Al Scott has issued a county-wide State of Emergency order that will require everyone to wear face coverings in public.
“We have no intention of issuing an emergency evacuation order,” he said during a press conference this afternoon. “It looks like it will not be necessary.”
A Georgia overnight camp hit by a coronavirus outbreak took many precautions, but didn’t make campers wear masks or have proper ventilation in buildings, according to a government report released Friday.
