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A US Navy ship will make its first port call in 8 years in Cambodia, a close ally of China
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A U.S. Navy warship will make a port call next week in Cambodia, China's close ally in Southeast Asia, the first such visit in eight years, according to a Cambodian statement on Friday. Cambodia’s Ministry of National Defense said USS Savannah will...
Rapper Quando Rondo sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to a federal drug charge
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Rapper Quando Rondo was sentenced to federal prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to a federal drug offense in Georgia. The rapper, whose given name is Tyquian Terrel Bowman, was sentenced to two years and nine months imprisonment by U.S. District Court...
Citi Trends: Fiscal Q3 Earnings Snapshot
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Citi Trends Inc. (CTRN) on Tuesday reported a loss of $7.2 million in its fiscal third quarter. On a per-share basis, the Savannah, Georgia-based company said it had a loss of 86 cents. Losses, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came...
Georgia judge dismisses lawsuit challenging a city ordinance outlawing guns left in unlocked cars
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A judge has thrown out a lawsuit by a Georgia gun owner who sought to challenge a Savannah city ordinance that imposes fines and potential jail time for people who leave firearms inside unlocked cars. The ruling by Chatham County Superior Court Judge Benjamin...
Auto industry's shift toward EVs is expected to go on despite Trump threat to kill tax credits
DETROIT (AP) — If President-elect Donald Trump makes good on his threat to kill federal tax credits for electric vehicle purchases, it's likely that fewer buyers will choose EVs. Yet tax credits or not, auto companies show no intention of retreating from a steady transition away...
Georgia woman convicted of killing her toddler sentenced to life in prison
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia woman convicted of killing her 20-month-old son and dumping his body in a trash bin was sentenced Thursday to life in prison. Leilani Simon was spared the maximum punishment of life without a chance of parole. Her sentencing hearing in Chatham County...
Spencer Lawton, the Savannah prosecutor who tried 'Midnight in the Garden' case, dies at 81
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Spencer Lawton Jr., a former Georgia district attorney who worked to expand the rights of crime victims and prosecuted a Savannah killing made famous by the book “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil,” has died. He was 81. Lawton died Wednesday at his...
AP Race Call: Republican Buddy Carter wins reelection to U.S. House in Georgia's 1st Congressional District
Republican Rep. Earl "Buddy" Carter won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Georgia on Tuesday. Carter, who spent a decade in the state Legislature prior to winning his congressional seat, was first elected to the U.S. House to represent Georgia's 1st District in 2014. The coastal district covers the...
Georgia woman accused of killing her toddler found guilty of murder
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia woman accused of killing her 20-month-old son and dumping his body in a trash bin two years ago has been found guilty of murder. A jury on Friday found Leilani Simon guilty of all 19 charges against her in the death of her son, Quinton Simon, local...
Pilot killed and passenger injured as small plane crashes in Georgia neighborhood
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — One person died as a result of a small plane crash Sunday night in a Savannah, Georgia, residential neighborhood, local police said. The Savannah Police Department said in a brief statement that officers were dispatched to the crash site on East 66th Street,...
