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🗞️Crash reported on East Victory Drive, Cedar Street
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — A crash on East Victory Drive and Cedar Street prompted a large emergency personnel presence Tuesday. The Savannah Police Department (SPD), Chatham…
🗞️‘I failed you’: Sheriff vows accountability after murder suspect escapes custody
A search continued Monday for a murder suspect who escaped custody in Georgia.…
🗞️Man accused of 2024 Georgia murder escapes, FBI offers $10K
He was charged with murder and aggravated assault for a shooting in Atkinson County in April 2024.…
🗞️Savannah apartment complex residents concerned for their safety
The shooting left three people injured after reports of multiple fights breaking out near Fellwood Park.…
🗞️GBI investigating former Ogeechee Judicial Circuit of Georgia investigator
STATESBORO, Ga. (WSAV) - A former investigator with the Office of the District Attorney of the Ogeechee Judicial Circuit of Georgia was arrested Monday morning and is cur…
🗞️Valdosta police searching for two individuals wanted for July 27 murder
VALDOSTA, Ga. (WSAV) - The Valdosta Police Department (VPD) is seeking the public's assistance in locating two individuals wanted for murder following a shooting that occ…
🗞️Estill Police searching for suspect after shooting that injured 1
Officers first responded to reports of shots fired at a town park on Grayson Street around 5:30 p.m., said a post from Estill Police.…
🗞️15-year-old who saved girl from sexual harassment killed in shooting months later
A 15-year-old is being remembered as a hero after he was killed in a shooting months after saving a 12-year-old girl from sexual harassment.…
🗞️Crash reported on E. President Street near Truman Parkway
WTOC reached out to several agencies responding to the scene.…
🗞️Braves LHP Connor Thomas allows 11 runs in ugly loss to Mets
Atlanta star Ronald Acuña Jr. returned to the lineup after missing 37 games with a strained left hamstring and went 1 for 4 with two strikeouts.…
🗞️Valdosta man arrested, 1 critically injured in shooting
The 36-year-old man who was shot was rushed into emergency surgery and is listed in critical but stable condition, the spokesperson said.…
🗞️Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator's son charged after mother shot at Virginia home
The wife of Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy was shot Sunday night at the couple's home in Ashburn, Virginia.…