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A public hearing has been scheduled to hear citizen concerns about Savannah State University’s plan to build over an abandoned cemetery.
The hearing will take place at 9:30 a.m. April 11 before Superior Court Judge Louisa Abbott in Courtroom C of the Chatham County Courthouse, 133 Montgomery St.

Rebecca Suh, a senior at St. Andrew’s School, outshone top students from 15 area counties to win 2016 Region 8 STAR Student honors Wednesday.

Subway safety shutdown makes for long day
WASHINGTON — An unprecedented 29-hour safety shutdown of subways in the nation’s capital inconvenienced hundreds of thousands of people on Wednesday, but despite predictions of “Metromageddon” or “Metropocalypse,” it was hardly the end of the world.
Many riders shrugged it off, saying it’s what they’ve come to expect from the aging, troubled Metro system.

Ohio inmate to face death sentence for 2nd time
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The state can try again to put to death a condemned killer whose 2009 execution was called off after two hours during which he cried in pain while receiving 18 needle sticks, the Ohio Supreme Court said Wednesday.

Officer who killed teen arrested for murder

Sinatra Family: Frank Sinatra Jr. has died
LOS ANGELES — Frank Sinatra Jr., who carried on his famous father’s legacy with his own music career, has died. He was 72.

BEIRUT — Syrian Kurds are preparing a plan to declare a federal region in the area they control across northern Syria, saying Wednesday it is a model for a more decentralized government in which all ethnic groups would be represented.

WASHINGTON — More than a dozen U.S. military personnel have been disciplined — but face no criminal charges — for mistakes that led to the bombing of a Doctors Without Borders hospital that killed 42 people in Afghanistan last year, U.S. defense officials say.

After casing his brigade’s colors Wednesday afternoon, U.S. Army Col. Phil Brooks said the soldiers under his command are ready for their next task.

Bishop of Savannah Gregory J. Hartmayer, in an open letter to Savannah, said:

March 17, 2016

My Dear Friends,

Peace and all good things!

Today Savannah continues a 192-year-old tradition of honoring the feast of the man who brought the Christian faith to Ireland.