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.

Tybee Island parents say they moved to the island to keep their children safe.  Parents tell News 3’s Randi Hempel that they’re extremely disturbed after learning that a man police say last lived on the island was arrested for child molestation and sexual battery.

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.

A warning to pet owners who’ve implanted a microchip in their pet. Marianne Favro reports. 

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.

Their communication can, often, mean life or death, but with reports of black holes and spotty coverage in the emergency system around Chatham County, is this new equipment helping or hindering those you depend on when you need help?

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.

He’s described as deliberate, attracting no attention and leaving without disrupting operations. 

Pregnant Women and Emergency Workers are top priority.

The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to push up the effective date of the new credit card reform act. The bulk of the law was supposed to go into effect in February,but some lawmakers say banks have used the cushion of time they were given to keep hurting consumers by increasing credit card interest rates.

Test will be at noon.  All emergency sirens throughout Chatham County will be tested.

GOP reclaims two Governorships; Same Sex Marriage is voted down in Maine. Brooke Hart reports. 

A Michigan judge says a man who claims he was chased, shot and beaten by workers at a store he’d just robbed can sue the men.

A House committee looks into the federal response to the H1N1 virus at a hearing Wednesday on Capitol Hill.
Meanwhile, a senior House lawmaker is seeking a quick floor vote on a bill to guarantee five paid sick days to workers if their employer tells them to stay home with swine flu or a similar contagious illness.

In Pooler, incumbent Mayor Mike Lamb faced a challenge from Charles Archer.

Port Wentworth voters re-elected Glenn Jones for another term.

A special election is sending Buddy Carter back to the state legislature, but in a different office.

Patrick Graham from the Savannah International Airport says a new report that names Savannah as one of the most costly airports is a little skewed.  He says there are still reasonable fares to a lot of places and that air fares locally have not risen that much since 2005.

Local and state election results from the November 3, 2009 election.

The Third Infantry Division is now in command of Multi National Division Forces in Iraq.

More federal stimulus money is making its way to Savannah.
Some has gone to road repairs but this time it’s to be used to help those on the brink of being homeless or already homeless.
News Three’s Community Reporter Alice Massimi has more on who will qualify and when you can expect the help to be available.