A family member of a Hampton County man who died after Sheriff’s deputies repeatedly deployed a Taser on him has filed a wrongful death suit.

Public schools haven’t been working very hard to recoup money when careless students lose or damage their textbooks. That’s what an audit of the Savannah-Chatham public school system’s textbook supply from 2008-09 has revealed.

A legislative committee will release a report that will call for changes in the punishments for dozens of crimes and will suggest using more alternative sentences for non-violent criminals.

Weekend flooding strands some Bryan County residents

Tax season is here, and for Liberty Tax Service stores across the nation, that means dressing employees up in patriotic costumes to wave at potential customers…except in Beaufort County.

Throught out the 1960’s, Martin Luther King, Jr. often turned to Penn Center on St. Helena Island to retreat from the pressures that came with his high-profile leadership in the American Civil Rights Movement.

Be warned: there are several bogus Haiti Relief websites!

What was that mystery object that whizzed by Earth yesterday? And just how close did it come to us?

For Roger Michel, executive chef of the Westin Savannah Harbor Resort, 40 years of striving for culinary excellence were recognized by the highest order this week.

Conan O’Brien released a statement rejecting a proposal to delay NBC’s “The Tonight Show” by a half-hour to make way for Jay Leno.

A father has been contacting me for several months, frustrated with the bus his children ride being late to pick the children up at school…making them sit on the floor to wait.  After another day of a late ride home, dad calls News 3 Education Reporter, Randi Hempel.

American bald eagles do NOT make good patients. Just ask the folks at Oatland Island Wildlife Center who recently gave a pair of the majestic birds physicals.

Two people have been left out in the cold by an early morning fire at a home on West 37th Street.

Paula Deen’s love of fatty ingredients has landed her on the list of doctor’s most unhealthy cookbooks!

A Fort Stewart soldier may be singing the jailhouse blues after he was arrested last month for releasing a rap song with lyrics characterized at threats.

One of Colleton County’s most illegible yet unique bits of history lies hidden in the trees just off U.S. 17, six miles north of the Beaufort County line.

Bulloch County brings in a “bullying expert” to help young people deal with any situation where they feel intimidated by others.

A former Battery Creek High basketball player, who is on the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office “most wanted” list, has filed a lawsuit against several state and county entities because he was shot in 2007 as he left a basketball scrimmage at the school.

A recent Power Ball winner has donated $10 million to Morris College in South Carolina.

Tanger Outlet 1 is undergoing some renovations…and not everyone is happy about it.

The Effingham County Board of Education approved a recommendation to accept a TAN loan for $5 million from Bank of America as a buffer against slow tax revenues and potential state budget cuts.

A recently released report reveals that Hampton County lies in the backyard of the most violent gang-infested area of the state: Colleton County.

Construction began this week on the new Bulloch County Animal Shelter.

Remember Miley Cyrus’ stalker? Well, one writer for the Connect Savannah does. He was mistaken for him when he landed a job as an extra on “The Last Song!“

The Long County Commission approved a budget, resulting in a tax increase for the county.

More bald eagles are in the air this winter than last, continuing a dramatic recovery that soon could level off.

Check your house for radon gas.

Somewhere on a Christmas Tree at the Smithsonian Museum’s Renwick Gallery, there hangs an ornament hand-painted by Springfield’s Charlotte Durrence.

An 1860’s dog-trot style house was transported from Twin city to the Farm and Home Museum in Swainsboro this week. It will become a permanent part of the museum.

Riverkeepers found something really amazing when they ventured onto some land that straddles Long and McIntosh counties.