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A mobile healthcare unit will now be serving the rural Yemassee area of Hampton and Beaufort counties. The Town of Yemassee announced last week that Genesis Healthcare Inc and its Mobile Health Unit will begin serving that community and surrounding areas beginning the week of Nov. 9. This mobile healthcare...
Savannah native Ahmad O’Neal has two passions: running and his hometown. When he saw a for-sale sign on an overgrown parcel of land in Lamarville while visiting with a friend, an idea sprouted. O’Neal partnered with Keith Padgett, another Savannah-native and senior painter, and Colin Deering, Maryland-raised construction project...
Potential data centers in McIntosh County will now have to apply for special use permits, per a zoning change approved by county commissioners on Tuesday. Special permitting allows the county’s Planning and Zoning Commission greater oversight, including the ability to enact restrictions about noise, water systems and electricity. Proposals would also have to undergo at least one public hearing.
A routine harbor-deepening project in 2021 turned into a major historic find when a dredge scooping the Savannah River bed pulled up a rusted cannon in its jaws. Crews widening the channel quickly raised two more guns in the next scoop, eventually recovering 19 heavy iron weapons by March 2022. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers later brought up two more from the riverbed, bringing the final tally to 21 Revolutionary War cannons.
ELLABELL, Ga. (WTOC) - A proposal for three warehouses near Ellabell is raising concerns among a nearby resident and an environmental group about traffic, flooding and the pace of development. Portman Industrial’s plan calls for approximately 2 million square feet of industrial, warehouse and distribution space on about 178 acres...
Effingham County residents allege in a new lawsuit that local elected officials, public employees and others conspired illegally and secretly to lay the groundwork for a data center to the benefit of OpenAI, spoiling land values for everybody else.
Beaufort County slams door shut Monday on most recent proposal. In what has become an oft-repeated scene, opponents and proponents of a proposed golf resort on the St. Helena Island property commonly referred to as Pine Island once again slugged it out Monday, Nov. 9, in a marathon session in front of Beaufort County Council.
The project would take more than a decade to complete, but construction could begin as soon as 2028.
LIBERTY COUNTY, Ga. (WTOC) - Liberty County firefighter Trent Williams, a U.S. Army veteran who holds the world record for weighted tricep dips, is helping veterans and first responders recover from PTSD through an organization he runs called Team PIP, or Pain into Power. Williams said his most meaningful accomplishment...
If approved, this would allow for the installation of parking meters in busier areas including around Forsyth Park and in the Starland District. Savannah City Council will meet at 2 p.m. on Thursday to consider the proposal.
VARNVILLE – Make no bones about it, Hampton County has gone to the dogs. The rural, Lowcountry county has been in financial disarray and is now under state police investigation. It also suffers the stigma of being the former home of South Carolina's most-notorious man: confessed swindler and accused...
Past-due Guyton utility balances must be paid by the close of business on Nov. 25 to avoid utility disconnections, a city spokesperson said Tuesday.
Local governments in Beaufort County issued fewer permits for homebuilding as population increased. (Stock photo by Dan Reynolds Photography/Getty Images) Beaufort County constitutes one of our country’s most unaffordable housing markets, worse than major U.S. metro areas including greater Boston, Denver, and Washington, D.C. The median home costs 6.6...
THURSDAY, NOV. 12 (9 AM to 8 PM) 9 AM to 3 PM | Heritage Days Symposium at Frissell Community House. Heritage Symposium honoring the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Researchers, scholars, and teachers share stories of the diverse communities and individuals who shaped the Revolutionary War and American history. Free and open to the public; RSVP encouraged: https://bit.ly/2026heritage.
JASPER COUNTY, S.C. (WTOC) - Jasper County leaders say they are learning more about data centers and their infrastructure needs during the first few weeks of a yearlong pause on related applications and approvals. The moratorium, which took effect in October, covers applications, permits, rezoning requests and financial incentives for...
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — Savannah Mayor Johnson is holding his weekly press conference Tuesday. Johnson told media that the city of Savannah would partner with Savannah State University to bring the school’s newscast, Tiger’s Roar TV, to the Savannah Government television channel. The mayor also previewed the second annual Savannah Southern Half Marathon and 5K, […]
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 660 will begin hosting Monday Night Bingo on Dec. 7 at its location at 5115 Ogeechee Road in Savannah. The first bingo night is set for Monday, Dec. 7, 2026, at 7 p.m. Games will continue every Monday after that. The...
BEAUFORT COUNTY, S.C. (WSAV) – Beaufort County officials are reminding residents and those traveling in the area that today, from 9:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., the Veterans Day Parade will close multiple roads and the Woods Bridge in the downtown area. The following roads will be closed for the parade: Motorists are encouraged to use […]
