Author: Savannah Herald

Fresh from the Cooking Area: Recipes & Food Concepts Generally experienced and ready in simply a number of easy activity in much less than 30 minutes, this Air Fryer Eggplant is a mouth watering dinner-time experience! It’s warm, crispy outside, tender and smooth on the within, and hugely practical. Offer it with pasta , hamburgers , or pizza , spray it on Buddha bowls and salads, or include it to covers! If you’re not currently an eggplant follower, possibilities are this air fryer eggplant dish will certainly transform you! Not just is it mind-blowingly easy to prep work (merely duration,…

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Local Voices. Statewide Impact. Stay Informed with Georgia News SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – A Savannah State Student is recovering after a tornado tore through his family home in May. Malachi Chaney and his family spoke with WSAV News 3’s Nakya Harris about how he is dealing with the aftermath. Tray Chaney, Malachi’s father, said the day was normal until it was not. Before he knew it, he said he heard ominous sounds and saw the walls hurtling toward his face. An EF-2 tornado tore through their home in Henry County. “The first words out of my mouth were, “Where’s my…

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Local Voices. Statewide Impact. Stay Informed with Georgia News By Eric Curl July 5, 2025 – Chatham Area Transit has a new board, with some new and familiar faces, following a Chatham County judge’s decision to dismiss a lawsuit challenging Georgia House Bill 756, and clearing the way for board’s reorganization. Meanwhile, the fiscal-year budget, which was to start on July 1, still needs to be adopted, and the transit agency is without a permanent CEO, although a recently removed interim leader has been re-appointed to the position for the time being. Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley ruled on Wednesday…

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Local Voices. Statewide Impact. Stay Informed with Georgia News SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — The Chatham County district attorney sent a stern message to those responsible for Wednesday’s shooting at Oglethorpe Mall. The shooting happened just before 6 p.m. Wednesday at the entrance of a store. According to Savannah Police, three people were shot, and several others were injured. As of 1 p.m. Thursday, no arrests have been made for the shooting. DA Shalena Cook Jones addressed the media Thursday morning on the Eugene H. Gadsden Courthouse steps. She told the media this incident impacts the entire community, not just Savannah…

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City of Savannah: Official News, Events & Community Updates City Invites Residents to ‘Speak Out’ on FY26 Budget Priorities Online Survey Available; Two In-Person Meetings Scheduled SAVANNAH – The City of Savannah’s Office of Management and Budget has launched Speak Out Savannah, a public engagement initiative to gather input from residents on which priorities the City should focus on for the FY26 budget and to provide educational opportunities for residents to learn how the City’s budget is prepared. The first of two in-person meetings will be held on July 12 at 11 a.m. at Savannah Technical College. The event will…

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City of Savannah: Official News, Events & Community Updates City, Community Leaders Gather to Honor Legacy of Annie Bell Graham with Honorary Street Designation   SAVANNAH – City of Savannah officials and community members will gather on Friday, July 11 at 9 a.m. to officially designate a portion of Essex Ave., in the Tremont Park Neighborhood, as “Annie Bell Graham Street.” The honorary street name designation was approved during a City Council on May 8, 2025, following a recommendation from The Historic Sites and Monuments Commission, which approved the designation application on April 3, 2025.   In early 1941, Mrs.…

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Local Voices. Statewide Impact. Stay Informed with Georgia News July 2, 2025 Capitol Beat News Dave Williams reports that state energy regulators Tuesday unanimously approved Georgia Power’s plan to freeze customer rates for the next three years. Under an agreement the Atlanta-based utility and the Georgia Public Service Commission’s Public Interest Advocacy Staff reached in May, Georgia Power will not seek to raise base rates until 2028 at the earliest. July 2, 2025 Georgia Trend – Exclusive! Catherine Barzler reports that Air Force veteran Michael Trigger discovered a new career path thanks to Georgia Tech. After driving a truck for…

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City of Savannah: Official News, Events & Community Updates SPD Investigates Shooting at Oglethorpe Mall SAVANNAH – The Savannah Police Department is investigating a July 2 shooting at the Oglethorpe Mall that left two male adults and one male juvenile with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds. Officers arrived on the scene at around 5:41 p.m. based on reports of a shooting and discovered three gunshot victims. Chatham County EMS transported the victims to Memorial Health University Medical Center for further treatment. Three additional individuals were transported by EMS to Memorial for non-gunshot-related medical complications. SPD evacuated the mall, which was then cleared…

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Local Voices. Statewide Impact. Stay Informed with Georgia News On May 9, a federal notice arrived at a state office that cut millions of dollars earmarked for a  bipartisan effort to get rural Georgians connected to high-speed Internet. The U.S. Department of Commerce declared it was canceling a $22 million federal grant promised to Georgia in 2021 that had included the words “digital equity” and “digital inclusion.” Grants were meant for populations who historically have lower internet uptake including seniors, non-native English speakers, veterans, people who have disabilities, prisoners, rural residents, poor families and members of ethnic minorities. In Georgia,…

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Black History & Cultural Viewpoints: Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello and the Head of state’s Home (White Home), while he existed, offered the finest French food in the land. The chefs that prepared it were Black people. At Monticello, there were Black craftsmens of all kinds: masons, woodworkers, manufacturers, joiners, carriage building contractors, and weavers. Songs was Jefferson’s passion, yet he can just value the songs he knew with, disclosing derision for the enslaved individuals’s tracks and dances around him. Jefferson played countless tools, however transformed nose up at those sculpted by those he suppressed. Perhaps it was considering that he thought…

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