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Savannah attorney sentenced to 25 years without parole in sexual abuse case
Savannah attorney Lawrence Edward Madison on Thursday was sentenced to 25 years in prison without parole and a lifetime probation for the 2009 aggravated sexual battery of a woman in his law office....
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Savannah City Council OKs new height for downtown hotel
Historic Savannah Foundation pleaded the case.So did the Downtown Neighborhood Association and members of the Historic District Review Board.Savannah City Council members at Thursday’s meeting heard...
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Due to incorrect information from a source, Rebecca Gomberg’s name was misspelled in a story about The Collective Face Theatre Ensemble in Thursday’s DO.
View ArticleSavannah-Chatham CRCT scores rise in reading, drop in math
The Savannah-Chatham Public School System’s emphasis on reading may be paying off, but state test scores show declines in math and science.District averages for 2012 on the state academic benchmark...
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Health care shakeout begins
Increasing insurance coverage isn’t the same as more access to health care or figuring out how to pay for it.So said Georgia experts concerning Thursday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling on President Barack...
View ArticlePolice seeking help in solving June 20 Savannah slaying
Grady Maurice Lipsey was found dead June 20 near a vacant Cleland Street home owned by his family.Savannah-Chatham police Detective Jonathan Puhala said Friday police need help in solving the crime.“We...
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Horizons program expands to Bethesda Academy campus
For 10 years, the Horizons program at Savannah Country Day School has provided private school experiences to students from high-poverty public schools.Now the middle-grades courses are being taught at...
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VIDEO: Rising jail costs hindering Chatham County's ability to fund other...
The increasing cost of operating the jail is beginning to have an impact on Chatham County’s ability to fund other projects.The issue of spending constraints placed on the county by the expansion...
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Congressional hopeful Wright McLeod's new report concedes two claims in FEC...
Congressional candidate Wright McLeod has in effect conceded two charges made against him in a complaint to the Federal Election Commission.McLeod, one of four Republicans in the 12th District race,...
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Storks short on own deliveries in Georgia, Chatham
Famous in folklore for delivering babies, storks are having a tough time delivering their own offspring this year in Georgia.About a fifth of the country’s wood storks, an endangered species and the...
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Public safety summary
A Rincon man was killed in a motorcycle accident Friday just before 8 a.m. on Old River Road in Effingham County.Norman Harley Davis, 32, was driving a motorcycle south on Old River Road at a high rate...
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Storks short on own deliveries in Georgia, Chatham
Famous in folklore for delivering babies, storks are having a tough time delivering their own offspring this year in Georgia.About a fifth of the country’s wood storks, an endangered species and the...
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Bill Hitchens says his record 'speaks for itself' in state House 161 race
Bill Hitchens retired last year.He’d had a long and distinguished career.Officer in the Marine Corps and the Coast Guard reserves; Vietnam veteran; security chief for the G-8 summit in...
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Kristopher Moutray says 'its time for a new chapter' in state House 161
Kristopher Moutray has dabbled in Effingham County Republican politics and been active in civic groups.But the catalyst for the Rincon resident’s first try for elected office was a meeting he attended...
View ArticleGOP primary to decide race in House District 161
The state House district numbers changed, but little else.Ann Purcell has represented parts of Effingham County and west Chatham County most of the time since 1990.At last, that is about to...
View ArticleSavannah's minor sewage spills top 2011 total
Minor sewage spills in the city of Savannah this year have surpassed the total number of spills in 2011.Water and sewer crews responded Friday afternoon to an estimated 390-gallon spill on Cloverdale...
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Stadium visit over, Savannah evaluates if arena is greater need
The city’s arena vs. stadium debate is proceeding on twin tracks of more review.Council members last week approved without comment a $75,000 contract to hire J&P Consulting to help the city study...
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Savannah fire chief sued over promotions
Four Savannah firefighters are suing Chief Charles Middleton and seeking an injunction to keep promotions of some fellow firefighters from becoming permanent.The four allege that 13 fellow officers...
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Goodwill program helps Savannah Marine veteran rise from homelessness
Things kept getting worse for Royce Brown.The plumbing job he’d held for more than 15 years had slowly become less steady. By the time the company he was working for went defunct toward the end of...
View ArticlePolitical Notes: John Barrow is The Good Ship Independent
Civil rights leader Joseph Lowery likely did John Barrow a favor.Recently of Savannah, Augusta resident Barrow is fighting for his political life in a newly redrawn 12th Congressional District. In...
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