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News Articles: chatham county

Chatham County School Buses

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School bus driver shortage worsens as growing economy drives workers elsewhere

Savannah-Chatham schools are on track to start fall classes with fewer drivers than the past two years.

 

July 19, 2023
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  • Caelen McQuilkin
Activists attending a meeting of the Chatham County Election Board call for replacing voting machines with paper ballots, Monday, July 10, 2023. (Craig Nelson)

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Unplug Chatham County’s voting machines, activists demand

In a sign of tumult to come in next year’s elections in Georgia, more than a dozen Chatham County voters took the lectern at a board of elections meeting to demand it scrap the county’s voting machines.

July 11, 2023
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  • Craig Nelson
Voters wait in line at the Savannah Civic Center on the first day of early voting for the November 2020 General Election. Credit: Margaret Coker/The Current

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Will abortion affect Democratic turnout in Georgia in 2024?

Black voting numbers may decide the answer.

May 17, 2023
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  • Margaret Coker
Chatham County Detention Center

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Chatham sheriff resumes jailing for misdemeanor crimes in return to pre-COVID policy

Sheriff John Wilcher ended a three-year policy that kept most misdemeanor offenders out of jail.

May 16, 2023
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  • Jake Shore
A cellphone on table with woman's hands

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COVID's over, but county jails still profit from virtual communication

Coastal Georgia sheriffs collected over a million dollars last year on phone call, video chat and text messaging fees.

April 18, 2023
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  • Jake Shore
Empty school crosswalk

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Data dive: How much does a school superintendent cost?

Savannah-Chatham is searching for a new person to manage state’s 10th largest school district.

April 12, 2023
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  • The Current
Chatham County Police Chief Jeff Hadley speaks to reporters in Savannah, Ga., on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022, about the investigation into the suspected death of missing toddler Quinton Simon. Hadley said investigators believe the 20-month-old boy is dead based on interviews and evidence collected since the child was reported missing on Oct. 5.

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FBI confirms remains in landfill belong to Georgia toddler

The FBI has confirmed that the bones found in a Georgia landfill are those of a toddler who had been reported missing last month. The agency said Monday that it used DNA analysis to confirm that the bones belonged to 20-month-old Quinton Simon.

November 29, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Chatham County Police Chief Jeff Hadley speaks to reporters in Savannah, Ga., on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022, about the investigation into the suspected death of missing toddler Quinton Simon. Hadley said investigators believe the 20-month-old boy is dead based on interviews and evidence collected since the child was reported missing on Oct. 5.

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Georgia authorities arrest mother of still-missing toddler

The mother of a toddler reported missing Oct. 5 in Georgia has been arrested in connection with the child's disappearance and presumed death. The Chatham County Police Department on Monday said officers had arrested 22-year-old Leilani Simon on several charges, including malice murder and making false statements involving her son.

November 22, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Chatham County Board of Registrars Chairman Colin McRae speaks at a press conference in Savannah on Wednesday, Nov. 16.

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Chatham County election official criticizes state for not allowing early voting on Saturday, Nov. 26

Unless a court intervenes or the state changes its guidance, early voting in Chatham County will not begin until Sunday, Nov. 27.

November 17, 2022
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  • Benjamin Payne
Julia Adele Callahan gets ready to sort through her paper WIC vouchers at the checkout line at a grocery store in Macon, Georgia, on August 17, 2022. A 2021 nationwide study in the Journal of the American Medical Association saw WIC participation increase 8% over three years in places that implemented electronic benefits.

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Georgia is the last state to take the hassle out of food benefits for millions of women and children

In a nationwide switch to make WIC paperless, every participant in Georgia will have a debit card with electronic benefits by the end of the year. 

August 25, 2022
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  • Sofi Gratas
Dr. Emily Drwiega from the University of Illinois Health and Maggie Butler, a registered nurse, prepare monkeypox vaccines at the Test Positive Aware Network nonprofit clinic in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., July 25, 2022. REUTERS/Eric Cox

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Rising monkeypox cases expose the nation’s need for public health funding

A lack of funding in core public health programs slowed the response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and exacerbated its impact, according to a new report from Trust for America's Health — and the pattern is repeating in the latest monkeypox outbreak.

August 01, 2022
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  • Ellen Eldridge

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West Nile virus detected in Coastal Georgia's Chatham County for first time this year

Persistent rains in Savannah have made for an "ideal" breeding environment for mosquitos, according to the Chatham County Health Department.

July 27, 2022
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  • Benjamin Payne
People in Georgia voting

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Dekalb County vote system problem sparks challenges in Chatham

Skeptics about Georgia’s voting systems are mounting an array of challenges in Chatham County and statewide to the outcome of the May 24 primary election.

June 07, 2022
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  • Craig Nelson
Governor Kemp Speaks At Georgia GOP Convention on June 5, 2021

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Kemp announcement expected to confirm $7B auto plant in Georgia

Governor Brian Kemp is heading to an industrial site outside Savannah to make what his office calls a "special economic development announcement." Sources in Washington and Georgia have told The Associated Press the project is a $7 billion plant where Hyundai Motor Group will manufacture electric vehicles.

May 20, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Screen shot felon search page

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Poll Worker Lawsuit Turns Up Flawed Felony Records System

GBI database relies on mix of faxes, mail and electronic submissions from 159 counties to update criminal records.

May 26, 2021
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  • Laura Corley
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