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Some temporary features designed to slow traffic in Olin Heights have now been around for more than a year.

The city wants the private sector’s help in expanding a summer program that provides job training for at-risk youth.

BRUSSELS — More than two dozen people were killed Tuesday when bombs exploded in Belgium's capital — two at the main international airport and one on a downtown subway train near European Union headquarters.

Savannah Alderman Tony Thomas has dismissed his good behavior bond

The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office recommends a charge of allowing a minor access to a firearm for a 31-year-old Jacksonville mother who was shot in the back March 8 by her 4-year-old son while driving her pickup truck.

The Chatham Area Transit Authority is working to rebound from some of the pr

ATLANTA — Atlanta police say a kitchen worker has been found dead in the walk-in freezer of a downtown hotel.Lt. Charles Hampton said the woman was found Tuesday morning inside the freezer at the Westin Peachtree Plaza, one of the city's largest and most recognizable hotels with its cylindrical shape.Hampton said a search for the woman began when she didn't return home after her shift. He said investigators reviewed hotel surveillance video, and they believe she may have entered the freezer shortly after 8 p.m. Monday.

Police are calling the death of a Savannah teenager whose body was found in her bedroom on Monday night suspicious.
Sixteen-year-old Altonise Jones was reported missing about 7:10 p.m. by co-workers who said they hadn’t seen her since Saturday, said Eunicia Baker, Savannah-Chatham police spokeswoman. Officers went to the 200 block of West 39th Street, where Jones lived in a home with her elderly grandmother, to inquire about her whereabouts.
About an hour later, Baker said, a relative searched the house, found Jones’ body and called police.

ATLANTA — The House and Senate each passed separate bills unanimously Monday designed to benefit members of the military.
The House of Representatives approved Senate Bill 18 which enables the Technical College System of Georgia to grant academic credit to veterans for training received in the military as long as it’s relevant to the degree sought.
“This is just another avenue we can use to help our soldiers,” said House sponsor Rep. Richard Smith, R-Columbus.