Savannah GA

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - A Savannah law firm has been providing more than 16,000 free Uber rides for people needing a way home on New Year’s Eve for the last 10 years. Farah and Farah’s New Year’s Eve Safe Ride Home Program aims to keep drunk drivers off the road by offering free transportation alternatives.

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A Beaufort County woman injured during October’s mass shooting at a St. Helena Island bar has filed a civil lawsuit alleging negligent security, unlawful alcohol service and unsafe conditions at a business with a documented history of violence. The lawsuit was filed Monday, Dec. 22 in Beaufort County Court...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - This month, St. Joseph’s/Candler is offering free hernia screenings from Master Hernia Surgeons on Jan. 24 at Candler Hospital and the St. Joseph’s/Candler Pooler Campus. Health officials said research shows one in four people will suffer from a hernia during their lifetime, impacting comfort...

BEAUFORT, S.C. (WSAV) – A late-night fire in Beaufort County has left one person with injuries and left a family of five currently displaced. Just after midnight, the Burton Fire District (BFD), MCAS Fire & Emergency Services, Beaufort County EMS and Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) were dispatched to a second...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – The Savannah Police Department (SPD) has arrested a suspect in the Dec. 31 shooting that injured one. Around 9:25 p.m., SPD officers responded to a shooting in the 1900 block of Quincey St. SPD was alerted due to ShotSpotter reports. Officers were informed that the victim had been transported...

Chatham County, GA – On Monday night, December 29, 2025, 39-year-old Robert Wayne Bookter escaped from police custody after spraying a chemical irritant at an officer during transport. On Tuesday, CCPD said that Bookter had been recaptured. Earlier that evening, Bookter had been stopped by a Chatham County Police...

Two Georgia men have been arrested and given ICE holds after a 14-year-old boy was killed in a fatal hit-and-run last weekend. The Chatham County Police Department announced the arrests of Miguel Reyes-Castro, 32, and Olvin Antonio Ramos, 29, on Tuesday afternoon. Both men are facing felony charges of tampering with...

BLOOMINGDALE, Ga. — The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) said two teens were arrested nearly two weeks after the body of a Loganville teen was found in southeast Georgia with gunshot wounds. On Dec. 14, GBI officials said Antonio Thornton Jr. of Loganville was located outside the Magnolia Lane...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) -Savannah State University has been recognized by the Wall Street Journal College Pulse Index as the top HBCU in Georgia for student experience and best value, ranking ahead of ten other historically Black institutions in the state. Founded in 1890 as Georgia’s oldest public HBCU, SSU also...