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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Officials believe P-22, a wild mountain lion that prowls a sprawling Los Angeles park, made a meal of a koala found mauled to death at the city's zoo.

A Savannah man on Thursday was sentenced to 10 years in prison - with one t

Police say a 20-year-old man is in jail on several charges after he ran a stop sign in Savannah on Wednesday afternoon, hitting and killing a local woman, and then attempting to run from the scene.
Kareem Felder is charged with homicide by vehicle in the first degree, failure to stop at a stop sign, reckless driving and related charges in the wreck that took the life of 69-year-old Bernitha Vaughn.
Not many details have been publicly released about the events leading up to the crash or the exact extent of involvement by local law enforcement.

Jail bookings from Mar. 9-10 for Savannah-Chatham County are now posted. Click through this slideshow to view photos and information obtained from the Chatham County Sheriff’s Department. All individuals posted have not been convicted of a crime and are innocent until proven guilty.

From incident reports at the Springfield Police Department:Feb. 22: An officer stopped a car for running the red light at Ga. 21 and S. Laurel Street. The driver, a Guyton man, was cited for the red light violation and possession and use of a drug-related object.

From incident reports at the Rincon Police Department:Public drunkenness

ATLANTA -- Marco Rubio’s hopes of winning his home-state primary and denying Donald Trump the lion’s share of Florida’s delegates is looking shaky Thursday with the release of a survey showing him 20 points behind and essentially tied with Ted Cruz.

Singing on “American Idol’s” final season, Bluffton teen Lee Jean is beating the odds as one of eight performers left going into tonight’s show. With two more singers being eliminated tonight, Lee and his friends back home hope he will continue to move on. To do so, he’s counting on your vote.

One day after a 4-year-old child shot his mother in a pickup truck, police are still waiting to interview the mother.

St. Joseph and Candler’s hospitals have announced that due to a rapidly increasing number of flu cases in our area, they are implementing visitor restrictions to protect patients, visitors and hospital employees.
Compared to last year, however, the number of cases are still relatively low, the announcement said, but because they are above the state’s baseline for flu cases, restrictions are being instituted: