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Chatham Co. man indicted for child molestation
CHATHAM COUNTY, Ga. (WTOC) - A man has been indicted for inappropriate contact with a student while he was an employee at Groves High School in Garden City. Charging documents accuse Elliott Brown of making comments to a student about her body and inappropriately touching her. Brown faces one count...
Wawa officially breaks ground on Pooler store
Wawa convenience retail stores officially broke ground on a new location in Pooler on Wednesday afternoon. The location at Pooler Parkway & Pine Barren Road is one of three local locations for Wawa set to open in early 2025. Wednesday’s event welcomed VIP customers, local officials and charity partners to mark the start of construction in Pooler.
Lock your cars: Uptick in reports of break-ins on neighborhood social media forums
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – With numerous reports of auto break-ins and auto theft in Savannah and surrounding counties, vigilance on the part of you and your neighbors could save you from becoming the next victim. “I left the door unlocked, and somebody came in, opened the glove compartment, dumped it out. They didn’t find anything […]
Construction begins on $26M workforce training center near Bluffton
Work has begun on the Technical College of the Lowcountry’s $26 million workforce training center. The 50,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art Arthur E. Brown Regional Workforce Training Center will be t...
Veteran of the Week – Thomas Loving
Beaufort County’s Thomas Loving, 66, joined the United States Marine Corps in Planeville, Ill., in 1975. After Boot Camp at Parris Island and Infantry training at Camp Lejeune, he began a series of assignments, mostly providing security services. He was stationed at Quantico, Va., in Hawaii and at Norfolk, Va., where he was at the Atlantic Fleet Commander’s headquarters and where he also worked with the Naval Sea Cadets. He then served at Twentynine Palms, Calif.; Recruiting Station Grand Rapids, Mich.; MCAS Tustin, Calif.; and MCAS El Toro, Calif.; on Okinawa; and at Camp Pendleton, from which he deployed to Saudi Arabia and was with the first units to invade Iraq during Desert Storm. His final assignment was at MCAS Beaufort, from which he retired as a Staff Sergeant with 21 years of service. Thereafter, he served as a Police Officer in Bluffton for 10 years and in Hardeeville for another 10 years. Today he is Pastor of New Covenant Baptist Church in Hardeeville.
Shooting in Brunson, Hampton County follows deadly, unrelated Allendale County shootings
Sparked by a social media argument, the latest shooting in Hampton County has left one man seriously injured and follows deadly but unrelated shootings in neighboring Allendale County. The Hampton County Sheriff's Office reported that around 6 p.m. on Monday, April 29, officers responded to a reported shooting in the...
Disaster avoided in pickup truck fire at gas station
Burton firefighters extinguished a vehicle fire at a gas station Friday morning, April 26, without the fire spreading or anyone suffering injuries. Just past 8 a.m. today, Burton firefighters were dispatched to a vehicle fire at the Enmarket gas station on Trask Parkway near MCAS Beaufort. Firefighters arrived on scene to find smoke and flames coming from the engine compartment of a pickup truck with an attached trailer. The flames were rapidly spreading into the occupant compartment.
Smaller towns met with traffic congestion as people and jobs come to area
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – As more people move to live and work in the Coastal Empire and Lowcountry, more cars are making their way on the roads. Because of this, cities outside of Savannah are experiencing heavy congestion on highways and other one or two-lane roads. This includes the cities of Port Wentworth, Rincon, Richmond Hill, Pooler and others.
Two burned in morning fire in Burton
BURTON, S.C. (WTOC) - Tuesday morning the Burton Fire District, Beaufort/Port Royal Fire Department, and Beaufort County Emergency Medical Services and Sheriff’s Office responded to a fire in a homeless encampment off Parris Island Gateway where two adults suffered burns. Just past 8:30 a.m. emergency crews responded to what...
Hilton Head Christian Academy breaks ground on new multi-million dollar building
HILTON HEAD, S.C. (WTOC) - A Lowcountry school broke ground Tuesday on a new $8,000,000 building. Leaders at Hilton Head Christian Academy say as the community around them grows, they need to as well but that growth will not actually be on the island the school is named for. Although...
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