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Outdoors Beyond Barriers: DNR initiative offers accessibility to Georgians with disabilities
ALBANY‒ Earlier this year the Georgia Department of Natural Resources announced its Outdoors Beyond Barriers initiative with a goal of increasing accessibility to Georgia’s state parks, historic sites, and outdoor resources to the more than 2.2 million Georgians with disabilities. This week DNR announced that the initiative, which initially provided free, high-mobility all-terrain track ...
Missing in Georgia: Authorities searching for teenage girl who vanished overnight
UNION POINT, Ga. — Above video: Your Friday headlines. Authorities in Georgia need your help finding a missing teenage girl. According to the Greene County Sheriff's Office, Nyiah Allen, 15, was last seen at her home in Union Point at 10:30 p.m. Thursday. She was last seen wearing an...
Murder Suspect on the Run: Police in Georgia searching for man wanted in deadly shooting
COLUMBUS, Ga. — Above video: Your Friday headlines. Police in Georgia need your help finding a man wanted for murder. On Friday, the Columbus Police Department said officers were searching for Andrew Crowell, 20. Crowell faces charges of murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a...
Brooklet annexes 278 acres to be used for single-family developments
Brooklet City Council members approved the annexation of 278 acres of land into city limits at the Thursday July 18, 2024 meeting. 25 acres of adjoining property, also belonging to the Weyerhaeuser company, was already within city limits, and the entire 300 acre tract of land was rezoned as R-3. The approval of this rezoning came with heavy restrictions to the classification of R-3, which typically includes for the allowance of multi-family dwellings, but was essentially limited to only single family dwellings. The land could potentially be the site of 500 homes on 10,000 square foot lots in the future, but representatives of the developer...
Peebles Receives Indian Star Award
Dr. Sandy Reid, Superintendent of Schools; Leo Peebles, Indian Star Recipient; and Bruce Mulkey, Vidalia High School Principal. Leo Peeples doesn’t draw a paycheck from the Vidalia City School System, but that doesn’t mean what he does isn’t valued or appreciated. This month, the Vidalia City School...
Aldi on Victory Dr. nearing opening day
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - We have an update on the new Aldi being built in Savannah. The Aldi supermarket is close to opening. It’s located off of East Victory drive. Construction crews began work back in January this year. Workers are not only building the store but also over...
Gallery: Savannah Technical College and Effingham County School District host groundbreaking and ribbon cutting
RINCON, Ga. (WSAV) – The Effingham County School District and Savannah Technical College broke ground on the Effingham County School District Performing Arts Center and the Jack Hill Convention Center on Thursday. They also cut the ribbon on the Nursing/Science Lab expansion and Commercial Truck Driving training expansion at the Savannah Technical College- Effingham Campus. […]
Family of boy who drowned in a ‘borrow pit’ calls for more arrests after 10- and 11-year-old are charged weeks later
It took 55 days to confirm what Noah Bush’s family had known for weeks. His death was not an accident, as authorities had initially insisted. Now the family of the 8-year-old Georgia boy who drowned in a construction pit in May is calling for more arrests and a deeper investigation into the child’s death, which has been ruled a homicide, their attorney said.
Nine Line pays tribute to man killed during Trump assassination attempt
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – A Savannah and veteran-owned business, Nine Line Apparel, is helping out a Pennsylvania family after tragedy struck during former President Donald Trump’s rally on Saturday. Corey Comperatore, a veteran, fire chief and father of two, was shot and killed during the assassination attempt while shielding his family. Comperatore was a Nine […]
Traffic stop leads to chase, crash on Walker Street
A short chase between a suspect driving a black Ford Focus and drug unit deputies ended at the intersection of Walker Street and Coweta Avenue when the driver struck a telephone pole around 3:30 p.m. Detectives initially made the traffic stop in the Oak Park community. The owner of the...
Ridgeland Police investigating are occupants held hostage in home invasion
RIDGELAND, S.C. (WTOC) - The Ridgeland Police Department is investigating a home invasion that occurred on July 6. All three suspects are in custody and are being charged. Around 1:15 a.m., officers were called to Wood Duck Street regarding a home invasion. They say they found three armed men holding...
Jasper Co. school board retains legal firm amid superintendent investigation
Jasper Co. School Board held a virtual meeting on Thursday afternoon — marking the second unexpected board meeting this week — and voted to continue legal services with the law firm Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd. This comes two days after the board voted to remove the superintendent on paid leave.
Troubled waters: How many of Georgia’s lakes, rivers and creeks are polluted?
The State of Georgia has hundreds of miles of rivers and streams, and hundreds of thousands of acres of lakes and reservoirs for recreation.However, before you dive in to the state’s lakes, rivers, streams or reservoirs, you may want to know what you’re swimming in.
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