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Less than a month before they’ll face off in the runoff to fill the unexpired term of former Chatham County Sheriff Al St Lawrence, the two candidates for the post also qualified to run for the next four-year term of sheriff on day three of qualifying in Chatham County.
Incumbent Sheriff Roy Harris and John Wilcher, his competitor in the special election, qualified Wednesday to run as Republicans for the upcoming sheriff’s term, Assistant Elections Supervisor Lynn Trabue said.

A Chatham County grand jury indicted a man Wednesday who officials believe i

University board OKs sexual misconduct investigation process
ATLANTA — People who report allegations of sexual misconduct at Georgia’s 29 public colleges and universities could have their attorneys involved in the process and so could the alleged perpetrators, under rules approved Wednesday by the university system’s governing board.

MIAMI — Fighting for Florida and beyond, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders tangled in an intense debate Wednesday night over who’s the true friend of American Hispanics, trading accusations over guest worker programs “akin to slavery” and the embracing of “vigilantes” against immigrants.

Manager: Trump won’t seek funding repayment
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump says he has spent $30 million so far running for president, and his campaign manager says he’s never getting that money back.
As Trump brags about “self-funding” his surging Republican bid, he has been lending — rather than giving — money to his campaign. That has raised the question of whether his self-funding pledge has strings attached. Would he ever raise donor money to pay himself back?
Not a chance, says campaign manager Corey Lewandowski.

Trump endorsement causes NASCAR fallout
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — When Brian France endorsed Donald Trump for president, the chairman and chief executive of NASCAR thought of it as nothing more than a “routine endorsement.”
He’s been dealing with the fallout ever since.

With a Request for Qualifications in the hands of more than 1,000 potential developers, the Savannah International Trade and Convention Center’s quest for more convention hotel rooms on Hutchinson Island is now underway, trade center authority chairman Mark Smith told his board Wednesday.

 
Two Savannah men on Wednesday were indicted on murder and related charges in the November slaying of Mario Williams at a Wheaton Street gas station.
Deandre Tobias Glover, 18, and Brandon Miller, 26, caused the death of Williams by shooting him with a gun, the Chatham County grand jury said in returning a malice-murder count.
Williams, 29, was slain with a single gunshot wound early Nov. 27 at a 3G gas station, 703 Wheaton St., Savannah-Chatham police said.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Skygazers from around the U.S. caught a flight from Alaska to Hawaii for prime viewing of a total solar eclipse that unfolded over parts of Indonesia and the Indian and Pacific oceans.

ATLANTA — A judge set bond at $60,000 for comedian Katt Williams during a hearing Wednesday after the entertainer was accused of threatening to kill his bodyguard during an attack inside his Georgia home.