Tom Garcia watched in terror as fingers of water pushed inland across the beach and began filling up his home. Continue reading →
{FD} Neighboring Gulf towns see different sides of storm’s fury
The piano was washed into a ditch across the street. Continue reading →
{FD} Rivals for Georgia governor clash on ‘religious freedom’ law
The candidates running to become Georgia’s next governor are clashing over whether the state should pass a law offering protection for citizens acting on religious belief. Continue reading →
{FD} Slaves’ descendants have long history of enduring hurricanes
A community of slave descendants on the South Carolina coast is used to riding out big storms — from one that killed an estimated 2,000 people in 1893 to Tropical Storm Irma last year. Continue reading →
{FD} South Carolina slave descendants used to riding out storms
As a potentially catastrophic Hurricane Florence steamed toward the Carolinas, Josh Dais watched the weather reports on the TV in his barber shop and listened for updates from emergency officials. Continue reading →
{FD} Florence set to become major hurricane, aims at US Southeast
Tropical Storm Florence is expected become a “major hurricane” Monday as it continues to approach the southeastern U.S. East Coast. Continue reading →
{FD} Savannah’s prized landmark district threatened by growth
A federal agency says decades of growth and modernization are threatening the historic character of one of the United States’ largest national landmarks. Continue reading →
{FD} Gunman ‘clearly targeted other gamers’ at Florida tournament
A California man who played video games to earn money for college and a West Virginian whose e-sports winnings helped support his young family were slain at a Florida tournament where a gunman specifically targeted fellow gamers, authorities said Monday. Continue reading →
{FD} Bond granted for Georgia officer charged with manslaughter
A south Georgia police officer charged with fatally shooting a fleeing suspect was released from jail pending trial Monday after a judge granted him a $100,000 bond. Continue reading →
{FD} Grand jury says police shooting of Georgia man justified
Police were justified in fatally shooting a 20-year-old man, a grand jury said Wednesday, after concluding that he pointed a BB pistol at officers who had come to arrest him. Continue reading →
{FD} Georgia inmate to be executed Friday after clemency denied
A condemned Georgia inmate has a new execution date after the state parole board rejected a request to spare his life. Continue reading →
{FD} ‘Beginning of the end?’ No new babies for endangered whales
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The winter calving season for critically endangered right whales is ending without a single newborn being spotted off the southeast U.S. coast, a reproductive drought unseen for three decades that experts say brings the rare specie… Continue reading →
{FD} Pence protesters win free speech fight over St. Pat’s parade
Protesters seeking to carry signs in an area being secured for Vice President Mike Pence to participate in the South’s largest St. Patrick’s Day parade won a brisk free speech fight Friday as city officials in Savannah backed off prohibiting signs and … Continue reading →
{FD} Storm slaps coastal South with most snow in nearly 3 decades
A brutal winter storm smacked the coastal Southeast with a rare blast of snow and ice Wednesday, hitting parts of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina with their heaviest snowfall in nearly three decades. Continue reading →
Witness: Charleston gunman declared ‘There’s a new boss’
First he noticed waitresses and kitchen staff starting to leave hurriedly through the front door. Continue reading →
