Local Impact Spotlight: A mobile mammogram bus will be pulling up to the Chatham County Health Department’s midtown clinic at 1602 Drayton Street in Savannah next week. Eligible women can receive no-cost mammograms by appointment on Tuesday, May 26 from 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. on the St. Joseph’s/Candler mobile mammography unit. All screenings are by appointment only and are open to women aged 40 and older without health insurance coverage, and to women under 40 when there are identified problems, suspicion, or symptoms of breast cancer. Space is limited – appointments can be scheduled by calling the Chatham County…
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Local Voices: News, Culture & Community SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) – Voters from Chatham and surrounding counties gathered Saturday afternoon to express the importance of casting a ballot in the upcoming Georgia election. Multiple speakers took the stand with words of encouragement as the group chanted and waved signs in solitude. “We’re here to exert our First Amendment rights, to peacefully assemble, and certainly to request re-dress from our government. We recognize the historic, unprecedented, and in my mind, malicious action of the U.S Supreme Court… essentially gutting Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which makes it harder for people…
From Hollywood to Home: Black Voices in Entertainment Geena Davis looked younger than ever posing for red carpet pics Monday. The actress was all smiles at the Los Angeles premiere of “The Boroughs” in a plunging black dress patterned with white beads. The 70-year-old, who plays Renee on the Netflix show, completed her look with black pantyhose, pumps and layered silver necklaces. Geena Davis displayed her youthful appearance at “The Boroughs” premiere in Los Angeles on Monday. Getty Images The actress rocked a plunging black dress celebrating the Netflix show. FilmMagic The “Beetlejuice” star has been making glam appearances all…
Black Voices: Money and Employment News from Across the Nation Shauna Cooney With the ever-changing landscape of dating and relationships, some people think classic love stories are no longer a thing. Romantic tropes like marrying your high school sweetheart or a long-lost friend becoming a romantic interest are still happening in everyday life, though, and the success stories are inspiring us to keep believing in love. Chicago Bears cornerback Jaylon Johnson and Janessa Johnson fit neatly in the friend-to-lover pipeline. And as they say, starting out as friends is a solid foundation for building lasting love. The newlyweds first met…
Black Athletes in the Spotlight: HBCU Sports & Local Highlights Story Links SAVANNAH, Ga.- Fifty-seven (57) current and former Savannah State University student-athletes received their degrees as part of the institution’s spring commencement on Friday, May 8, recognizing spring graduates completing bachelor’s and master’s degree requirements.The 57 student-athletes were among the 400+ SSU graduates in the university’s 208th Commencement, which was held at EnMarket Arena in downtown Savannah.The featured speaker was Dr. Deretta Cole Rhodes, Executive Vice president and chief Culture Officer with the Atlanta Braves.By receiving their degrees, these student-athletes are closing one chapter of their collegiate journey…
Local Voices: News, Culture & Community Free People opened a new boutique in Savannah, Georgia on Friday, as the women’s lifestyle brand continues to target growing markets across the United States. Free People store in Maine. – Free People Located at 320 W Broughton Street, the 3,299-square-foot store houses Free People’s assortment of women’s apparel and accessories, including denim, knitwear, dresses and seasonal collections, alongside jewelry, handbags and hair accessories. The Savannah location also offers personalized shopping services through one-on-one styling appointments with in-store stylists, further supporting the brand’s experiential retail strategy. Designed to complement the area’s historic architecture, the…
City of Savannah: Official News, Events & Community Updates City of Savannah’s Forsyth Park Fountain, Park & Tree Commission Receive Prestigious Awards SAVANNAH – The City of Savannah’s restoration of historic Fountain at Forsyth Park has been honored with the prestigious Chairman’s Award by the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation. The award was presented as part of a statewide recognition of 28 preservation projects and individuals making significant contributions to protecting Georgia’s historic resources. The Chairman’s Award, given by the chairman of the Georgia Trust, recognizes a person or project of exceptional significance in the field of historic preservation…
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Tomorrow’s Tech, Today: Innovation That Moves Us Forward Your IT team is already stretched. Ticket queues grow faster than headcount. Finance demands cost accountability for every cloud dollar. And somewhere in a board meeting, someone just asked why competitors are processing customer requests 65% faster than you are. The answer, increasingly, is agentic AI. Not chatbots. Not copilots that suggest the next sentence. Agentic AI platforms deploy autonomous systems that plan multi-step workflows, call tools, make decisions, and execute tasks end-to-end — without a human approving every action. The global AI agents market (related to but distinct from agentic AI)…
Black Arts & Culture Feature: Somewhere between celebration and mourning, return and reinvention, this week’s stories move through the fragile architecture of memory, the things cultures hide to survive, the histories institutions once overlooked, the figures who shaped entire creative worlds from behind the scenes. From Venice to Brooklyn, São Paulo to Johannesburg, artists, curators, performers, and cultural workers continue the restless work of carrying histories forward, even as loss lingers heavily in the background. 1-54 New York Turns Its Focus to Afro-Brazilian Art Afro-Brazilian art takes a major step into global focus this week as the 2026 edition of…