Savannah GA

A house fire left two children dead, and three others injured Jan. 16 in the Okatie area of Jasper County, officials said. One person was taken to a burn center for further treatment of injuries. Two children died in a weekend house fire in Jasper County and three others were...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Nearly 3,000 Delta Sigma Theta members are gathering at the Savannah Convention Center this weekend as part of the Southern Region’s centennial celebration. Members from alumni and collegiate chapters kicked off the weekend with a large-scale service project, working alongside local domestic...

As the nation prepares to observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 19, communities across Beaufort County will come together for marches, memorial programs and service projects honoring the civil rights leader’s life and legacy. Due to the federal holiday, banks and administrative offices will be closed,...

A Ridgeland man was sentenced to six years in prison Jan. 8 for charges he received after being caught during a traffic stop in Beaufort with a handgun modified to fire as an automatic weapon, officials said. Emanuelle Hargrove Jr., 25, pleaded guilty to a charge of possession of a machine gun during Beaufort County...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — One person is dead after a crash on Bluffton Parkway on Saturday. According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol (SCHP), the incident took place at approximately 12:49 p.m. Officials said a 1991 Ford Mustang was traveling east on Bluffton Parkway when it went off the left side of the roadway,...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - A new multi-agency public saety facility is still coming to Chatham County. The facility officially broke ground in May 2024 on Gulfstream Road. The county had to go back to the drawing board on contractors, putting the project out for bid three times after prior applicants violated the...

RICHMOND HILL, Ga. (WTOC) - Richmond Hill Police Department’s leader hung up his badge Friday. Chief Raymond “Mitch” Shores retired after running the department for nearly a decade. “It’s a blessing to get the opportunity and privileged to be the chief of police in what I call...

Parker’s Kitchen kicked off its 50th anniversary celebration Thursday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the grand opening of its newest store in Port Wentworth, Georgia. With 6,065 square feet of retail space, the company’s new store at 132 Highway 30 is the first “PK2” prototype, which the company said...

Martin Luther King Jr. had a lot on his mind when he visited Beaufort County in May of 1967. It was his fourth trip to the secluded campus of the Penn Center on St. Helena Island, where he and his top aides in the civil rights movement could regroup, recharge, argue, sing and plan. King knew at that time – about a...

With nearly a million dollars from a Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) grant, the Savannah City Council approved the purchase of drones, emergency phones and cameras at an end-of-the-year meeting. SCAD announced the City of Savannah was the recipient of its $972,000 SERVE Community Fund grant in late-February...