Chatham County News

A woman who admitted drowning her 3-month-old son Thursday was sentenced to 30 years, most of it on probation.

A Savannah man accused of shooting and killing his wife of 40 years was in a Chatham County courtroom on Wednesday.

Bond was set at $3,000 Wednesday for Victoria Deneese Lindsay, 41, in the assault on her 16-year-old son Tuesday night.

An armed robbery of a young woman leaving the Savannah Civic Center last Monday was allegedly committed by an inmate from the Coastal Transitional Center.

Firefighters battled an early morning blaze in west Chatham County. The fire broke out around 6:45am Friday at the Highland Woods mobile home park at 800 Quacco Road.

Someone made a bold break in Wednesday night when they busted the windows out of three Savannah-Chatham Metro police patrol cars.

A Chatham County Superior Court jury has acquitted ther two men charged in the 2007 slaying of Teeonne Spencer on all counts.

A brief vehicle pursuit of a suspect by Drug Enforcement Administration agents ended Thursday afternoon with a collision with a Chatham County Sheriffa s Office car, according to the federal agency.

CHATHAM COUNTY, GA It was a close call for one tour bus driver when his bus caught fire along I-95 in Chatham County.

A Savannah man Monday quietly abandoned his appeal of a murder conviction in the 2006 execution-style slaying of Greg Wayne Blake at Uncle Harry's Gentleman's Club.

The 2009 hurricane season has been a quiet one, but it's not over just yet. Out on the streets, people are necessarily worried about Tropical Storm Ida, but they are a little cautious.

George Castleberry helps his niece Taylor Caroon, age 5, fly a kite Wednesday afternoon at Scott Stell Community Park.

Some polling locations were busy, and many others, were very slow going. That was the report from polling managers throughout the Coastal Empire today, as Election Day 2009 wrapped up.

SAVANNAH, GA : Savannah Chatham Metropolitan Police Department has placed an alert for local Attorney Lawrence Edward Madison who is wanted on three counts of child molestation, two counts of sexual battery and one count of aggravated sexual battery.

It's a clear, sunny day with nothing but a somewhat elevated high tide weatherwise.

A quiet East 39th Street block erupted in a hail of gunshots leaving one man slain and a senior wounded by flying lead, a prosecutor argued in court Tuesday.

The City of Savannah and Chatham County, Georgia are seeking a candidate for the position of Police Chief for the Savannah Chatham Metropolitan Police Department.A Savannah is the Chatham County seat and is the northernmost coastal county in Georgia.

Chatham County District Attorney Larry Chisolm says a new program will target public housing residents who under-report their income or family size.

Local Republican Chairman Frank Murray has apologized for forwarding an e-mail that used an expletive to describe the Obama administration.

Leaders of Christ Church of Savannah are asking the Georgia Supreme Court to reverse a decision earlier this week granting ownership of the historic building and property to the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia.