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Montgomery Street and Jefferson Street from Broughton north into City Market are closed at this time, according to Savannah-Chatham Metro Police.All other roads that were closed around the St. Patrick’s Day parade route are now open.Visit savannahnow.com for updates on traffic routes. Visit savannahnow.com/stpatricksday for information for all the latest updates and news from today’s events.

A group of new friends became familiar Thursday morning over an impromptu game of Flip Cup in Madison Square in the minutes just before the end of the parade went by.
SCAD students Jamal Prowell and Bruce Sampson walked over to the communal table and, in Powell’s words, “We just took over the game.”
Their side of the table quickly became the champions.
“I feel amazing. We’ve been whipping some booty,” Prowell said.
It impressed Kim Lee of St. Louis, in town for her first Savannah St. Patrick’s Day parade.

From incident reports at the Springfield Police Department:Wake up

Savannah-Chatham police department’s Violent Crimes detectives are investigating a shooting that injured a 21-year-old Savannah man.

St. Patrick’s Day celebrants today were challenged not to take their faith for granted as they observe the Wearing of the Green.

Two years ago, I was supposed to interview Glennville native Drew Tarver. The comedian, actor, writer and improv performer had just landed his first big gig as the lead role on a new TV show, “How I Met Your Dad.” The show was a spinoff of the highly popular CBS show “How I Met Your Mother,” and the buzz on entertainment websites was going full speed.
Then things went strangely quiet. CBS reported some creative differences with the show creators and said filming was put on hold — so the interview was put on hold as well.

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve is keeping a key interest rate unchanged in light of global pressures that risk slowing the U.S. economy.

WASHINGTON — After yet another round of convincing victories for Donald Tr

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama nominated appeals court judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, thrusting a respected moderate jurist and former prosecutor into the center of an election-year clash over the future of the nation’s highest court.

PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea’s highest court sentenced an American tourist to 15 years in prison with hard labor for subversion on Wednesday, weeks after authorities presented him to media and he tearfully confessed that he had tried to steal a propaganda banner.