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News Articles: Savannah

The Mercer-Williams House, located in downtown Savannah, was the site of the fatal 1981 shooting of Danny Hansford by socialite Jim Williams. In “Midnight of the Garden of Good and Evil,” author John Berendt chronicled Williams' four murder trials, which ended in a 1989 acquittal.

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‘Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil’ turns 30: How the book left a lasting mark on Savannah

A new 30th-anniversary edition of the book is out, with a musical set to debut this summer.

January 17, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp and Hyundai Motor Group president and CEO JaeHoon Chang are seated at a table and smiling as they each sign papers.

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GPB evening headlines for January 16, 2024

Governor Brian Kemp and legislative budget writers are vowing a cautious approach to spending, despite the huge budget surplus.

Kemp is promoting Georgia business at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland for the second January in a row.

Federal transportation officials have rejected a request from Macon-Bibb County for money to fix one of the area's deadliest roads.

January 16, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
hurricane damage

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STUDY: Poor communities wait longer to have power restored after extreme weather events

A study of over 500 counties in the Southeast finds that communities with higher than average poverty and unemployment rates wait much longer to get their power back after major storms, but more research is necessary to understand why. 

January 16, 2024
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  • Sofi Gratas

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GPB morning headlines for January 16, 2024

Bitter cold is headed into Georgia.

An Atlanta nonprofit is working to improve the streets for people walking, rolling, or riding.

Savannah hosted its first minor-league hockey all-star game Monday night.

Communities with higher than average poverty and unemployment rates wait much longer to get their power back after major storms, according to a study of over 500 counties in the southeast.

January 16, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
Voters arrive to cast their ballots in the Democratic primary election in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., March 10, 2020. Photo by Rebecca Cook/REUTERS

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GPB evening headlines for January 12, 2024

A federal judge is allowing part of Georgia's contested 2021 election law overhaul to stand as a lawsuit against it moves forward.

Lawmakers say Medicaid -- and whether or not Georgia will choose to expand it -- will be a major issue this legislative session.

Savannah has approved the wording on a historical marker to be placed in the public square whose name they recently changed.

January 12, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
Susie King Taylor

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Savannah to install granite marker giving history of town square named after emancipated Black woman

A ceremony is expected to be held in February.

January 12, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
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GPB morning headlines for December 12, 2024

A historic public square in downtown Savannah which was recently renamed after a formerly enslaved nurse will soon be getting new signage to reflect the name change.

Columbus is having problems with its new automated trash collection system.

Physicians, public health workers, advocacy groups and hospital administrators all testified in favor of Medicaid Expansion during a hearing this week hosted by the Georgia Democratic Caucus.

January 12, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
Governor Brian Kemp is shown speaking in the Georgia House of Representatives.

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GPB evening headlines for January 11, 2024

Governor Brian Kemp delivered his 6th State of the State address, painting his policies as bringing prosperity and opportunity.

Speaker Jon Burns says the House is in a fact-finding phase on expanding health care access for lower income working families.

January 11, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
The park formerly named Calhoun Square, located at Abercorn and East Wayne Streets in downtown Savannah, as seen Sunday after councilmembers voted to remove Calhoun's name from it.

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Grants will grow tree canopy in Savannah, St. Marys

Savannah Tree Foundation plans to use  a $1 million grant to plant 1,600 trees in neighborhoods that need them most.

January 11, 2024
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  • Mary Landers and
  • The Current
A woman types on her laptop on a table at home.

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Internet subsidy used by 1 in 6 Georgia households set to end soon, unless Congress extends program

$30 in monthly savings could end after April.

January 11, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
A North Atlantic right whale nicknamed Juno swims with her new calf off the coast of South Carolina. This is the first documented mother/calf right whale pair of the 2023-2024 calving season. Credit: Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute, taken under NOAA permit #26919. Funded by United States Army Corps of Engineers.

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GPB morning headlines for January 11, 2024

Hundreds of thousands of Georgians could be at risk of losing home internet access, if Congress does not extend a federal subsidy.

A North Atlantic right whale calf has been injured and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources is asking boaters off the coast of Georgia, South Carolina, and northeast Florida to report sightings of the calf.

January 11, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
U.S. Marshal Cato Ellis serves Dr. Martin Luther King and his aides with a temporary restraining order barring them from leading another march without court approval, outside the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 3, 1968. The order was aimed at stopping a march set for April 8 in support of city sanitation workers. Identified people in the photo are Cato, holding papers, Rev. Ralph Abernathy, Andrew Young, in profile and Kin. Others are unidentified.

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Events across Georgia commemorate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

With the Martin Luther King Jr. weekend approaching, events celebrating the life and work of King will take place Jan. 11 to Jan. 15 throughout Georgia, the home state of the late civil rights activist. Here is a list of activities and commemorations.

January 11, 2024
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  • GPB News Staff
Governor Brian Kemp

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GPB evening headlines for January 10, 2024

Governor Brian Kemp says he wants to fund new medical schools at Georgia Southern University and the University of Georgia.

A panel of state Senators is backing a new effort to legalize sports gambling in Georgia.  A similar legislative effort last year failed.

A state judge again has delayed the trial for the first defendant indicted in protests against the Atlanta public safety training facility.

January 10, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio

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GPB morning headlines for January 10, 2024

Lawmakers are renewing the push to legalize sports betting in Georgia.

Georgia has recorded its sixth-hottest year on record.

Fulton County elections officials are hosting a series of recruitment fairs to hire poll workers ahead of elections season.

January 10, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
A car is shown smashed by a fallen tree.

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GPB evening headlines for January 9, 2024

Police in Clayton County are confirming a death related to the severe storms that rolled through Metro Atlanta this morning.

Fulton County elections officials are hosting are a series of recruitment fairs to hire poll workers ahead of elections season.

Georgia set its sixth-hottest year on record, the result of human-caused climate change and the warm-weather pattern, El Nino.

January 09, 2024
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