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The body of a Savannah and Garden City businessman was found on a vacant lot he co-owned early Tuesday morning.More >>

Savannah police are trying to identify a man's body found Tuesday morning.More >>

A 14-year-old Bluffton girl is set to appear in Beaufort County family court. She is accused of firing a gun into a home on Parkside Drive. More >>

Appling County authorities say a man was shot and killed by a SWAT team after he fired at a neighbor's home then refused to surrender to deputies and initiated a standoff.More >>

Chatham Counter Narcotics Team arrested convicted felon Christopher Adams, 22, Friday after they say they made several drug buys from him at his home on Water Ave, which is within 1,000 feet of Spencer Elementary.More >>

Police say Nakiea Hampton, 31, struck Southwest Middle School basketball coach, Brad Crow, in the face with her fist injuring his nose and lip.
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The reward stood at $8,100 Thursday night. Now, local businessman OC Welch says he will add $1,900 to the pot, bringing the total to $10,000.More >>

Twelve people were arrested and a large amount of drugs were seized Thursday night in a drug bust conducted by the Effingham County Sheriff's Office and Rincon Police Dept.More >>

A New Jersey man was arrested on Thursday afternoon in connection with a pharmacy robbery in Brunswick.More >>

The Effingham County Sheriff's Office is searching for a dog fighting ring.More >>

Leo Scott, the man accused of killing active duty sailor Valencia Compton, died today from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.More >>

Deputies confronted Charles and Cynthia Denham after they found dried pot plants and potting soil outside their mobile home. Inside, they found nearly 100 plants, growing lights and fans for the operation.More >>

Despite the arrests of three men last week, the rash of car break-ins in Bluffton continues. The thefts have residents on edge and worried.More >>

Several agencies conducted two traffic checks over the weekend that resulted in several arrests and citations and warnings issued.More >>

A trial continues Thursday in Effingham County for a man charged with killing his girlfriend's 2-year-old daughter.More >>

Former teacher Amy Jackson took a plea deal to avoid trial on charges she had an affair with one of her middle school students.More >>

Kevin Johnson faces charges in the death of Melanie Haynes, who died from severe head injuries while Johnson was watching her in February 2010.
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The trial of a Rincon man who was arrested two years ago in connection with a toddler's death is under way in Effingham County.More >>

Bluffton police said 10 more cars were broken into overnight in two neighborhoods Bluffton Park and Hidden Lakes.More >>

A man who was wanted in connection with a robbery in December 2011 of the China Town restaurant was arrested Monday. More >>

An Emanuel County man accused in the fatal shooting of his wife is in custody. More >>

Police say she sold her own children to a pedophile for thousands of dollars but Friday, Jeanifer Segrest was on the road, extradited to Cobb County.More >>

A World War II veteran and great-grandfather lost much of his life savings when a crook walked in his house and promised to help him lower his electric bill.More >>

The Bulloch County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in locating a man on check fraud charges. More >>

The Beaufort County Sheriff's Office is searching for a Bluffton man wanted on forgery charges. More >>

A woman has been taken into custody Tuesday afternoon by U.S. Marshals at a residence on Cantyre Street in Port Wentworth.More >>

On Thursday, Bluffton police investigators working with the FBI arrested the second suspect in the Jan. 19 robbery of the Palmetto State Bank.More >>

A wanted felon was arrested Thursday afternoon by Rincon police and U.S. Marshals.More >>

A man has been arrested and charged in connection with the theft of a 14-foot Carolina Skiff from Hogan's Marina. More >>

Many drive cautiously at night, trying to avoid deer. But that drew attention to Ricardo Petithomme and Jamaal Green. They were driving on I-95 with their high beam headlights on just before 1 a.m. Wednesday when a Camden County Deputy stopped them and asked about the lights.More >>

Marcos Ortega says he's been dating Jeanifer Segrest for five years. All those years Ortega knew Segrest as "Jenny Rose", or "Rosie" for short. He had no idea Segrest was wanted by police for allegedly selling her two young daughters for tens of thousands of dollars to a Cobb County man for sex.More >>

A man facing battery, burglary and car theft charges is wanted by the Bulloch County Sheriff's Office.More >>