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In this Thursday, July, 5, 2018 photo, a bay of 40-foot shipping container fill the stern of a container ship at the Port of Savannah in Savannah, Ga. The United States and China launched what Beijing called the "biggest trade war in economic history" Friday, July 6, imposing tariffs on billions of dollars of each other's goods amid a spiraling dispute over technology.
There are new signs in downtown Savannah leading drivers to the Talmadge Bridge, but the signs say the "Savannah Bridge." This comes after multiple failed requests by the city of Savannah to the governor and Georgia General Assembly, asking them to officially change the name.
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal ordered all flags in Chatham County to be lowered to half-staff on Saturday in honor of Anthony Christie, a Savannah police officer who died in the line of duty on May 25. Christie's funeral and honor procession are on Saturday at 2 p.m. The officer's visitation is on Thursday and Friday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Fox and Weeks Hodgson Chapel at 7200 Hodgson Memorial Drive in Savannah. WTOC.com will have a live stream of the ceremonies Saturday.
In t May 2, 2018 file photo, a firetruck sprays foam over the remains of an Air National Guard C-130 cargo plane from Puerto Rico that crashed in Port Wentworth, Ga. Savannah police released 911 recordings from the crash Monday, May 7, five days after the C-130 Hercules cargo plane plummeted down onto Georgia Highway 21. It crashed shortly after taking off from the Savannah airport.
The attorney for the family of Ricky Boyd - the Savannah man shot and killed by police in January - says they are tired of waiting for answers. Attorney Will Claiborne is issuing an ultimatum, calling for District Attorney Meg Heap to hand the investigation over to the U.S. Department of Justice and FBI.
A spokesman for the Georgia Air National Guard says authorities don't yet know what caused a military cargo plane to crash after taking off from a Savannah, Georgia, airport, killing at least five. Flames and smoke rise from an Air National Guard C-130 cargo plane after it crashed near Savannah, Ga., Wednesday, May 2, 2018.
Flames and smoke rise from an Air National Guard C-130 cargo plane after it crashed near Savannah, Ga., Wednesday, May 2, 2018. First responders seen through heat wave investigate the deadly crash of an Air National Guard C-130 cargo plane from Puerto Rico, near the intersection of state highway Georgia 21 and Crossgate Road in Savannah, Ga., Wednesday, May 2, 2018.
At least five people are dead after a C-130 Hercules cargo plane from Puerto Rico Air National Guard crashed Wednesday morning in Savannah. Effingham County Sheriff spokeswomen Gena Bilbo says the intersection of Georgia Highway 21 and Crossgate Road could be closed for weeks as agencies document the wreck site.
Puerto Rico officials confirmed Wednesday afternoon there were nine people on board a C-130 Hercules military cargo plane that crashed on Georgia Highway 21 in Garden City around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, according to The Associated Press . The cargo plane was making its final flight into retirement Wednesday morning, Isabelo Rivera, adjutant general of the Puerto Rico National Guard told the AP.
First responders from multiple local and state agencies fight the fires caused by the crash of a C-130 Hercules cargo plane from Puerto Rico Air National Guard. The plane crashed near the intersection of Ga.
There are no confirmed survivors after a military plane crashed on GA-21 at Gulfstream Road in Port Wentworth. GA. The plane was carrying at least 5 people on board.
Two people have been killed after an Air National Guard C-130 cargo plane crashed near an airport in the US, authorities said. Chatham County Deputy Coroner Tiffany Williams said police told her two people have been killed in the crash in Savannah, Georgia.
WATCH LIVE: Click here if the livestream does not load. PORT WENTWORTH, GA - There are no confirmed survivors after a military plane crashed on GA-21 at Gulfstream Road in Port Wentworth.
For the last week Mayor Otis Johnson has been quiet about the city manager search and the events that happened in city council last week. Mayor Johnson declined numerous interview requests from WTOC, so WTOC went to the mayor who appeared as a guest on Newsradio 1290 WTKS with Bill Edwards on Wednesday morning.
This file photo from 1933 shows Georgia Gov. Eugene Talmadge in Atlanta. A populist Democrat who stoked fierce loyalty among rural whites in the 1930s and '40s, Gov. Talmadge unflinchingly defended segregation in Georgia.
State troopers turned Interstate 16 into a one-way escape route for a few hours Saturday as evacuees packed cars and fled the Georgia coast ahead of Hurricane Irma, which forecasters said could cause widespread damage in the state from storm surge near Savannah to toppled trees and power lines far inland in Atlanta.
President Donald Trump wants $108 million to deepen harbours for two U.S. seaports, while other ports scrambling to make room for larger cargo ships will benefit from a boost of more than $56 million already approved by Congress. Ports from New England to Texas are seeking more than $4.6 billion in federal and state funding to deepen their harbours.
Board members had gone to great lengths to hide the identities of the four people who were vying for the position being vacated by 12-year Superintendent Thomas Lockamy, who is retiring next month. State law allows the board to legally withhold identities in such matters until only three names are on the short list.
Rural populations are declining, while the cost of medical care rises. Congress has cut Medicaid and Medicare benefits, and that's felt at every hospital, as they depend on government reimbursements.
In this aerial photo, portions of SR A1A are washed out from Hurricane Matthew, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016, in Flagler Beach, Fla. The damage from Matthew caused beach erosion, washed out some roads and knocked out power for more than 1 million customers in several coastal counties.