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In 2010, the depths of the recent recession, John Patterson, former president of JCB, was looking for 100 new employees in Savannah.

Savannah Fire & Emergency Services responded to the fire just before 1:45 a.m. at 3200 Helen Street and were able to quickly extinguish the blaze, said Mark Keller, Savannah Fire spokesman.

That's what lunch customers at one popular chicken place in Midtown Savannah heard today, but not from the employees, but from WTOC Team Members! WTOC employees were at Bojangles on DeRenne raising money for Meals on Wheels through Lynda Figueredo's Ballroom Extravaganza Campaign.

The 964-foot post panamax container ship Maersk Drummond is loaded with the last of it's cargo at the Georgia Ports Authority Garden City Terminal.

"Operation Thunder: please come back out on Interstate 95 between Richmond Hill and Interstate 16. Truckers are tailgating cars and other trucks, speeding and driving in far left lane.

A recent spate of shootings has Savannah crime back in the news, but it's hard not to be cynical about public officials pledging renewed efforts.

Gov. Nathan Deal announced today that Valmiera Glass, a Latvian-based manufacturer of fiberglass products, will locate to Dublin, creating 150 jobs and investing $20 million within five years into its first U.S.-based headquarters and manufacturing facility.

First row, from left, are Ella Cody, Kennedy Barker and Kellie Ferguson; second row, Maggie Webb, Mia Norton and Ava Flower; third row, Emma Wright, Louci Thomason and Emeri Wright.

The camp organizers say the goal is to inspire confidence in children from diverse backgrounds while exposing them to a range of musical styles.

On Sunday, August 3, the 10 a.m. Mass at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, which Flannery O'Connor attended as a child, will include a special Memorial Remembrance in honor of the 50th anniversary of O'Connor's death.

Join WTOC staff on Monday, July 28, at the Bojangles' on DeRenne Avenue in Savannah from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. to help them raise money for Meals on Wheels as WTOC's own Lynda Figueredo gets ready to compete in the Chatham Orthopedics Ballroom Extravaganza charity event this coming Saturday night.

Former journalist and retired police officer David Hopkins sends this email in regard to a colloquialism that snuck into a recent crime report: I have long-since quit using my Stylebook, but when did "snuck" creep in? Wednesday's story about the purse snatcher said, "he snuck up behind her."

If you happen to be on River Street on April 7, you probably noticed a small film crew, several grills and an outdoor kitchen area set up at Rousakis Riverfront Plaza.

If you've enjoyed one of the area's hundreds of community events and wondered who that person is taking all the photographs, it's pretty likely you were seeing a member of our Spotted team in action.

He is among what local homeless advocates call the "career homeless" based on prior conduct.

The Young Men of Honor program is serving dinner to families at the Ronald McDonald House on Waters Avenue in Savannah on the evening of Sunday, July 27th.

A man in his 60's ran off the road on Parkersburg road around 1:40 p.m. on Sunday, July 27th wrecking his Jeep into the Isle of Hope fire station in Savannah.

Between waitressing at Elizabeth on 37th and working at Urban Outfitters, Julie Klaskala, 21, stays busy.

One is a lab/pit bull mix, the other is a thatchy, scruffy looking longhaired chihuahua mix.

The ghost story of an indentured servant from Ireland searching for her baby in Wright Square is one that Linda Sickler won't easily dismiss.