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Summer beer festival bringing live music, axe throwing and more to Savannah's Enmarket Arena
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Above video: Your Friday headlines. The Enmarket Arena has announced plans for a beer festival coming to Savannah this summer. 'Sips on Stiles' will take place Saturday, July 20. According to the arena, more than 25 craft breweries from across the region will be represented. But...
SLIDESHOW: Best of Savannah 2024 Awards Party
A sincere thanks and appreciation to Charles H. Morris and the team at Kehoe Iron Works at Trustees’ Garden for hosting the Best of Savannah Awards party on Thursday, May 16, 2024. Congratulations to all of the 2024 winners!. Scroll through 170+ photos from the Best of Savannah Awards...
As Savannah-Chatham schools close out 2023-24, board meetings look ahead
Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (SCCPSS) Superintendent Denise Watts attend her first May Day celebration for the district this past week. The event is a long-standing tradition that symbolically and unofficially marks the final days of each school year. As the 2023-24 school year winds down, Watts and her fellow...
Port Wentworth City Council talks amphitheater, warehouse rezoning
At its first meeting in May, Port Wentworth's City Council discussed a number of rezonings and resolutions. The next meeting, on May 28 will be to discuss the budget for the upcoming fiscal year. Warehouse rezoning. The rezoning of 200.9 acres or 2 million square feet to industrial use was...
City of Savannah to offer aquatics, swimming pool activities over the summer
The City of Savannah's Recreation and Leisure Services Department will open all four city pools for the summer beginning on May 28. The department will provide an array of aquatic programs during the summer months, they are free for residents and include programs like swim lessons, water aerobics classes, junior lifeguard classes, lap swimming and swim teams.
29th Honor Flight Savannah takes off to Washington D.C.
SPRINGFIELD, Ga. (WTOC) - Just ahead of National Armed Forces Day, the 29th Honor Flight saw their veterans off Friday. It’s a free trip for veterans to Washington D.C. to honor their service and sacrifice. The Honor Flight has been taking off for years, the first back in 2008....
Savannah mom says she's had to protect her kids from neighborhood gunfire; bullets struck playroom
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Shooting sprees in Baldwin Park have neighbors asking when it will stop. According to Savannah police, 39th and 41st streets both had heavy gunfire Tuesday night. No one has been arrested yet. Diana McGaw lives on Maupas Avenue. She said bullets hit her house, the one...
Weekend Wrap Up: Tattoos, dancing and so much more
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - All weekend, you can dive into the kingdom of Atlantica and take a journey under the seas with Ariel, Sebastian, and all your favorite little mermaid characters at the Savannah Children’s Theater. The first show of the weekend will start at 8 pm Friday and...
Savannah High School’s Class of 1974′s 50th reunion
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Calling all members of the Savannah High School Class of 1974, it is time to celebrate together once again. Carmel Hearn is the co -chair of the 50th reunion for that class coming up in June joined us to let her classmates know it is time to register for the big day.
Proposed subdivision would add more than 28,000 daily traffic trips in Pembroke
A hotel, a drive-in bank, fast food joints and a whopping 2,000 homes are part of a massive, proposed development that could one day become reality in the historic railroad town of Pembroke in Bryan County. Located on Highway 67 and Sims Road, the Warnell Tract would see 2,000 homes...
16-year-old arrested, charged for shooting death of 14-year-old boy in Bryan County
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced 16-year-old Israel Lee Williams has been arrested and charged with the shooting death of 14-year-old Michael Jmai Palmer in Pembroke. GBI made the announcement on their website. The incident occurred Friday on Dubois Street in Miller Village. The Pembroke Police Department responded to the...
Publix at Twelve Oaks all clear after bomb threat
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – The Savannah Police Department (SPD) responded to a bomb threat Wednesday at a Publix grocery store. Officers responded to the scene and evacuated the store, located in the Twelve Oaks Shopping Center off of Abercorn Street. SPD said the threat was called in around 11:30 a.m. By 1 p.m., officials had […]
Goodwill hosts annual workforce development panel
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - People in our area are learning more about the workforce development needs in our area. Friday, Goodwill of Southeast Georgia hosted their annual workforce development panel. At that meeting - people - from various organizations from across our area - spoke about the importance of workforce...
Father survives medical emergency while driving with help from 11-year-old son
BRYAN COUNTY, Ga. (WSAV) – A Bryan County man is still alive after suffering a medical emergency while behind the wheel of a car. His 11-year-old son is the person who pulled the car over to safety. It happened on Saturday around 1 p.m. Garrett Devine and his son, Garrison, were traveling down Interstate 16 […]
Literacy coaches to help tackle literacy crisis in local schools
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - America is facing a literacy crisis. This is a problem that the state of Georgia has been tackling through the Georgia Literacy Act. It was signed into law in 2023 and requires schools to screen for reading deficiencies in kindergarten through 3rd grade students. The stage...
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