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Local entrepreneur Kewaan Drayton becomes 2024 Truist Foundation Fellow
Local entrepreneur Kewaan Drayton, named the 2022 Entrepreneur of the Year by the Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce, has recently accomplished another impressive feat in the business community by becoming a 2024 Truist Foundation Fellow. Powered by the Watson Institute, the Truist Foundation Fellowship is a fully funded 16-week program designed for emerging entrepreneurs, business owners and nonprofit founders in Georgia. More than 220 hopefuls applied to this year’s Truist Foundation Fellowship, and Drayton landed one of the 18 slots in this year’s cohort, being one of just two fellows from Savannah. He’d learned of the opportunity after seeing an ad for it online.
Lottery warning for new unclaimed $2 million Powerball prize and all you need is your phone to check numbers
LOTTERY officials have asked players to check their phones as millions of dollars could go unclaimed. The winning ticket was sold on Georgia Lottery's mobile app in Powder Springs, a city twenty miles west of Atlanta. Wednesday night’s jackpot was a whopping $116 million, but no one matched all five...
Georgia doctor, CEO accused of failing to spot brain tumor has Kentucky license revoked
The Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure released an order on Monday revoking the license of a doctor accused of failing to diagnose a brain tumor while working for a western Kentucky hospital.
Georgia football star Rodarius Thomas being held without bail after arrest on family violence charges
Rodarius “Rara” Thomas will be away from the Georgia football team for the foreseeable future. The Bulldogs wide receiver was suspended indefinitely after he was booked into jail around 3:20 a.m. Friday, Athens-Clarke County jail records show. Thomas was arrested on charges of cruelty to children and battery....
Victim ID’d after body found in Savannah River
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - A week after a body was found in the Savannah River, positive identification has been made. The Richmond County Coroner’s Office says 38-year-old Jermaine Pate from Georgiana, Ala., was identified as the victim. Pate’s body was found in the Savannah River early July 19.
SLED charges three people for harboring an escaped convict
BEAUFORT, S.C. — Three people have been charged for harboring an inmate who escaped a detention facility in Ridgeland, South Carolina. (Video above: WYFF News 4 Evening Headlines) On or about June 9 to June 10, three people knowingly and willingly harbored an inmate who escaped from the Jasper...
Not as much rain for the weekend and hot conditions continue
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Heavy rain Friday caused street flooding across Savannah, but good news for the weekend — not as much rain is in the forecast. Hot and humid conditions through the weekend, with temperatures getting into the upper 80s and low 90s. South of Interstate 16 will...
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