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LANSING, Mich. — Republican front-runner Donald Trump swept to victory in the Mississippi and Michigan presidential primaries Tuesday, deepening his grip on the GOP nominating contest despite fierce efforts to block his path.

MIAMI (AP) — A Florida mayor says he's determined to return home from a visit to Cuba alone in a makeshift raft, despite warnings against the journey from the U.S. Coast Guard.

Springfield lawyer Mickey Kicklighter has announced he is running for the Superior Court judgeship being vacated by Robbie Turner in the Ogeechee Circuit.
The Ogeechee Circuit is comprised of Bulloch, Effingham, Jenkins and Screven counties. The election is May 24.

Qualifying began Monday for Effingham elections in the May 24 general primary and Nov. 8 general election and so far there are no big surprises.
Many of the candidates announced their intentions to run before qualifying began.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — FBI agents involved in the traffic stop that led to the killing of one of the armed occupiers of an Oregon wildlife refuge are under investigation for not disclosing they fired shots that missed Robert "LaVoy" Finicum, authorities said Tuesday.

Savannah-Chatham police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred Monday evening just after 8:30 p.m. near a hotel on the 7500 block of White Bluff Road.Metro responded to the scene after two victims, reportedly traveling with a tour group, were walking back from a nearby restaurant. As the victims approached the hotel, two male subjects approached them, robbing them at gunpoint. One suspect struck one of the victims before fleeing on foot from the scene.

According to the Chatham Emergency Management Agency, I-95 northbound at mile marker 109 (Ga. 21) due to a vehicle fire.Please try to avoid the area.

As home to the Port of Savannah, Garden City has seen its share of change and development over the years.
The city today is a commercial and industrial hub, traveled heavily by tractor trailers and through traffic, but it didn’t start that way.
In fact, as the introduction to a draft Urban Redevelopment Plan developed by city staff reports, Garden City began as “a bedroom community to the city of Savannah” — a place for families to return at the end of the day.

The Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts has released 2015 fiscal year salaries for all public school employees.Search our database here by name, title or board of education for salary and travel reimbursements. Board of educations included in the search are Savannah-Chatham County, Bryan County, Effingham County, Bulloch County and Liberty County. 

BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) — More than 1,000 people gathered to honor Southern writer Pat Conroy, author of "The Prince of Tides" and other works set on the South Carolina coast.