A local military chaplain comments about the tragedy at Fort Hood that left 13 people dead. The suspect is a major in the military.

Hwy. 275 in Effingham County has now reopened after being shut down earlier by an accident involving a truck vs. a train.

Saturday at the Chatham County Conservation Education Resource Center from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

It’s been almost two years since the deadly explosion at the Imperial Sugar Plant in Port Wentworth… claiming 14 lives and injuring forty more.
Now, after 22 months, operations are nearly back to 100%.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates called the order throughout the Defense Department. 

A moment of silence at military bases across the United States just took place.  Defense Secretary, Robert Gates, directed a moment of silence throughout the Department of Defense today to honor the victims in Thursday’s attack at Fort Hood, Texas.

40-year old shooting suspect, Jason Rodriguez, caught by SWAT team at his mother’s house.  He turned himself in without incident.  One person is confirmed dead while five others are injured.

Georgia’s state schools superintendent, Kathy Cox, named Savannah Arts Academy one of 27 Georgia Schools of Excellence.

Family reaching out to law enforcement to offer insight.  Hasan shouted “Allahu Akbar!“ before opening fire at the Texas post.  Hasan slated for deployment to Iraq.  Civilian police officer credited with stopping the shooting rampage.

Tough economic times are hitting more than just households and businesses.  It’s also affecting how people are spending, which means revenue for ESPLOST, the penny sales tax for education, are not what officials originally predicted.  SCCPSS projects continue though, but with a tightened belt.

“Apply to College” week begins on Monday and school districts across the state will fill out their applications with the help of volunteers from Georgia colleges and universities.

It’s no secret, basketball legend, Larry “Gator” Rivers is concerned about kids and about our community.  The former Harlem Globetrotter and Beach High alum is back in his hometown today to take part in an effort stand up against youth violence.

Update 7am: One of the injured victims in yesterday’s shooting at Fort Hood has died bringing the death toll at this point to 13.

The community of Fort Hood, Texas is mourning over the loss of twelve people killed and thirty-one wounded in a mass shooting by an Army Major.

Hunter Army Airfield, Ft Stewart on Heightened Alert. Local Families saddened, worried.

A Florida baby, missing for five days, was found alive Wednesday night and law enforcement back in Beaufort County wonder what the case there could mean for one of their cold cases.

Would you be upset if someone planned to open a strip club in your neighborhood?
Then, you may understand what’s happening in one Midtown Savannah Neighborhood where such a plan has been floated.
It would be in the building at 41st and Bull Street that once housed club exclusive, a controversial place in its own right. That shut down last January.
News Three Community Reporter Alice Massimi says—many neighbors prefer the doors stay closed.

UPDATE: Army says Fort Hood shootings suspect is alive; was not killed by authorities responding to attack.

The installation is making changes, after the Army confirms several dead after an incident at Fort Hood, Texas.

The U.S. Army has closed its massive Army base at Fort Hood, Texas, amid reports that several people have been shot and killed at the post.

Liquor licenses and a strip club application will top the debate.

For nearly 25 years, Savannah’s Martin de Porres Society has been making the holidays a little brighter for those in need. This season, they’re asking for your help to provide groceries and gift bags to hundreds of children and families in our community.

The House is pushing toward a historic vote this weekend on President Barack Obama’s proposed 10-year, $1.2 trillion health care overhaul.

Florida authorities have found a missing baby alive under her baby sitter’s bed and say they’re planning to charge the baby sitter, her husband and the child’s mother.

You never know who’s carrying a gun, and these days more folks are doing it legally. In South Carolina, new weapons permits almost doubled this year.

Authorities said the suspect turned himself in late Wednesday evening.

Most school districts across the state implemented furlough days so they could meet their budgets.  Savannah-Chatham County school teachers and staff received 3 furlough days while executive staff took 5.  Now, teachers, parents and children are saying, please, no more furloughs.

With tough economic times, changes in state funding and a delay in property tax collection the Savannah-Chatham County school district officials are predicting a negative cash balance for the months of November and December.

The school board and Superintendent Lockamy are recognizing two students of the month, one for September and one for October.

The school board learned about the district athletic reclassification.  The 2010 reclassification will last for 4 years, which is new.  The board does not have a say.  Classification is decided by principals at each of the high schools.

On Monday, Superintendent, Dr. Thomas Lockamy sent and email to teachers and staff members saying “regrettably, public school systems like ours are not immune to state funding reductions and must quickly react to any downward adjustment in state revenue.“  The school board meets today and teachers and staff will be protesting the possibility of more furloughs.