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Local centenarian shares his story
Jeff Whitten, Correspondent. The traffic keeps getting heavier in front of the house Billy Mock designed and built in 1973. The brick ranch style home with a double carport sits nestled among pines and scrubland perhaps 100 yards off Highway 280, not far from the entrance to the new Hyundai plant.
Savannah City Council approves 2024 millage rate
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Savannah city councilmembers unanimously approved the city’s main source of funding Thursday. The 2024 millage rate will remain at 12.2 mills unchanged from last year. Rising property values could lead to some paying nine percent more in taxes, according to city staff, a move Mayor...
City leaders grapple with aesthetics of a proposed trail marker
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – American Friends of Lafayette would like to install a historical marker in Johnson Square to commemorate the 200th anniversary of General Lafayette’s visit to Savannah. This is part of a national Lafayette Trail marker program across the United States. The proposed marker would be blue with a statement on the activities […]
Tougher bus law in Georgia; new speed cameras for MCSD this school year
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) -Children aren’t the only ones who have to get back into the routine of school. If you’re a driver, it’s time to start getting used to watching your speed limit in school zones especially when kids get off and on the school bus. A...
Showers and storms are back again for South Georgia
ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - Thursday features more rounds of showers and storms. As moisture levels remain elevated, the excessive rainfall outlook continues to highlight a marginal risk for flash flooding across the area. Highs for the day will be impacted by the rainfall and cloud cover leaving many in the upper 80s and low 90s.
City of Tybee Island has a new city manager
TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. (WSAV)- The City of Tybee Island’s search for a new city manager came to an end on Thursday night. Bret Bell, who is currently working as the City of Savannah’s Chief Operating Officer, will take over the job on Sept. 3. He will be paid $165,000 a year. This comes after the […]
Trail would connect Tybee to Athens
STATESBORO, Ga. (WSAV) – A nonprofit is breaking ground in Union Point on a walking trail that would connect Tybee Island to north Georgia. “We’re investing in families and small kids, mothers, fathers having something to do with their families,” said Founder Mary Charles Howard. Howard says she left her hometown in Union Point to […]
Savannah Chatham County Public Schools working to assist non-English speaking families
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Savannah Chatham County's public school system is working to better assist families with non-English speaking issues. The district is starting by offering Spanish interpreters when needed. In the past, some families had to hire their own interpreters to have successful conversations. According to the latest census...
Dylan’s Thursday Morning Forecast
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) -We’re still tracking a few isolated rain chances this morning. We’ll continue tracking these chances through sunrise as temps start in the 70s to lower 80s. Throughout most of the day, I’ll track mostly cloudy skies. If you plan on heading out to the beach, we’ll be under moderate risk for rip currents.
'The king of pickup games': Pooler catches the pickleball bug and opens eight new courts
Pickleball, according to Pooler resident and four-year player Felicia Burche, is kind of like a cross between table tennis, tennis and badminton. "I feel like I'm standing on, like, a giant table tennis table, and I'm standing on the table playing the ball," Burche said. "It's like ping pong, it's so easy...
Cobb to Continue Offering AP African American Studies
Cobb County Schools confirmed it will continue to offer AP African-American studies at one high school after State School Superintendent Richard Woods announced he would not recommend the Georgia Department of Education fund the pilot course for the 2024-25 school year. The announcement sparked outrage and disbelief among critics, some drawing connection to the “divisive concepts” legislation passed by the General Assembly’s Republican leaders in 2022, which prohibited teaching U.S. history in a way that might make any student feel guilty or that they are...
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