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Ashleigh Moore's jersey No. 20 of the DeRenne Middle School Mighty Dolphins basketball team was retired Wednesday in honor of the slain seventh-grader.

Metter man found not guilty in death-penalty case
A jury deliberated less than two hours before acquittingDavid Wayne McQuater.

4 arrested in Effingham drug raid
Two Effingham County women were freed on bond earlier this week after a drug raid at their home last weekend uncovered marijuana and a controlled substance.

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Vox Populi

Community calendar

Budget number crunching can now begin
With little fanfare, commissioners take formal delivery of massive set of budget alternatives for coming year.

County budget outlook brighter
Better days may lie ahead as county finds -- and secures -- revenue sources it didn't have before.

Scare or beware?
Five-day hurricane forecasts give more time to get ready -- or to panic.

Heads Up Effingham County

Where God wants him
The Rev. McCarthy reaches 25-year milestone with no regrets.

Police release name of crash victim
The man killed in a fiery crash Monday on Interstate 95 has been identified as a soldier stationed at Fort Knox, Ky.

Man pleads guilty in wreck that killed two people
Under misdemeanor charges, David Thornton was sentenced to probation and 60 days in jail.

Fishman: Reclaiming a whole life from the broken pieces
At 26, Lakeisha Hamilton was ahead of the game, a practicing attorney, living on her own -- a young professional who had chosen to return home, which in a town the size of Savannah isn't always the case.

Where God wants him
The Rev. Jeremiah Joseph McCarthy reaches 25-year milestone with no regrets.

Governor signs court overhaul
Plan would provide lawyers for poor defendants, but money still needed.

Heads up Richmond Hill

Maritime Day floats city's boat
Annual celebration commemorates historic sailing of SS Savannah in 1819.

Economist: Savannah is the hottest spot in Georgia
Savannah is the place to look for a job or run a business in Georgia now and for the next two years, according to Georgia State University economist Rajeev Dhawan.

Police crackdown on street shootings continues
With a GBI helicopter buzzing overhead, a strong police presence and funerals and vigils being held daily for shooting victims, downtown Savannah seemed like a war zone.

When does the waiting become too much?
March 21. April 1. Mid-April. May 1. May 20. And the list goes on.

Revelations emerge in Dickerson case
Sources question the official versionof the 1997 Vidalia swimming pool death

National Trust recognizes SCAD's civic leadership
Local art college wins a 2003 Main Street Leadership award.

Vox Populi

Classical music lovers begin fund-raising anew
For supporters of the Savannah Symphony Orchestra the music may have stopped, but the fund-raising certainly hasn't.

County, health officials discuss preparation plans for bioterror attacks
After listening for more than an hour as local officials described how they would handle a bioterror attack, Savannah resident Lorraine Frew knew what she would do.

Teachers hope closing one school will open ESOL to more students
Forget names like John, Tyrone or Michelle. This list of students has an international flair: Ximena Panta, Van Nguyen, Han Byul Surrette.

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Memorial Day openings/closings

Community calendar

Car break-in stories stranger than fiction
Last week's column, in which I wrote about a woman whose car window was smashed and her purse stolen while she was pumping gas, apparently has generated much buzz around town.

'Camoflauge' laid to rest
The more than 2,000 people who turned out Friday for the funeral of Savannah rap artist Camoflauge get a lesson in life.

Churches join in educating non-native English speakers
At Immanuel Baptist Church, ESOL courses will resume in September.

Memorial Day calendar events

Editorial: Economic tonic
THE TAX-CUT deal that the House and Senate agreed to this week, and which President Bush said he'll sign into law, isn't just significantly smaller than the package he originally sought earlier this year.

Letters to the Editor:

Editorial: The shrinking ghettos
AT ONE time nothing seemed so hopeless as the plight of America's urban poor.

Letters to the Editor:

Dublin ends Red Raiders' season with Game 3 defeat
Unlike the opening game two days earlier, the Savannah Christian baseball overcame an early four-run hole Friday afternoon.

Gnats: Call me 'Murph'
Gnats' Norris hopes to follow in Dale Murphy's footsteps

Braves snap two-game skid with 9-4 win
CINCINNATI -- Shane Reynolds was reading sports psychologist Harvey Dorfman's "The Mental ABC's of Pitching" Thursday afternoon, oblivious to the card games and horseplay going on around him in the visitors clubhouse.

Braves notes: No room for beer bottles thrown on the field, Braves say
CINCINNATI -- Left fielder Chipper Jones was still angry Thursday after a beer bottle whizzed by his head in the eighth inning of Wednesday night's loss at the Great American Ball Park.

NASCAR: Sills, Pritchard become first four-time winners at OSP
Clint Sills and Shawn Pritchard christened the new Dodge Ram Series in style Friday night at Oglethorpe Speedway Park.

Crockett, Tourists shut down Sand Gnats
ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- Ben Crockett gave up only two runs in six innings to lead the Asheville Tourists to a 6-2 victory over the Savannah Sand Gnats in a South Atlantic League game Friday night at McCormick Field.

Guidera: Glavine feels strange coming home as a visitor
Tom Glavine woke up in his own house Friday morning and drove his own car to work in the afternoon.

Coca-Cola 600 pole rained out
It didn't matter qualifying for the Coca-Cola 600 wasn't scheduled until 7 p.m. Thursday or that the Lowe's Motor Speedway had lights.

Morning News' needs All-Coastal Empire nominations
The Savannah Morning News is taking nominations from area spring sport coaches for its All-Coastal Empire teams.

Sports briefs

Jack Roush: Built for the long run
Jack Roush, the car owner for Fords driven by Mark Martin, Matt Kenseth, Jeff Burton, Greg Biffle and Kurt Busch on the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, has won the last four Coca-Cola 600 races.

$10,000 purse attracts dart throwers from far and wide
Sharp metal objects being tossed about in a room filled with hundreds of people.

Newman win pole for Coca-Cola 600
CONCORD, N.C. -- Ryan Newman had a lot of reasons his Dodge won the pole position Friday afternoon for the Coca-Cola 600. A fast car. A strong motor. A perfect setup.

FAMU considering move to Division I-A
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Florida A&M athletic department is expected to submit a formal application to the NCAA within the next 2-3 weeks requesting that its football program move from Division I-AA to Division I-A, FAMU director of athletic marketing Earl Kitchings said Thursday night.

GSU Baseball: Eagles pound Cougars in SoCon Tournament
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- The Georgia Southern Eagles put the weather and the College of Charleston out of their minds quickly Friday afternoon at the Southern Conference Baseball Tournament.

GSU baseball: Rain washes out Eagles in SoCon Tournament
CHARLESTON -- The Georgia Southern Eagles have rainouts down. Card games are big among the baseball players.

Mini-Stock driver Terry capitalizing on new racing opportunity
Mark Terry couldn't believe Michael Wakely called him "out of the blue" about becoming the Kodak Southeast Series team's crew chief -in-training.

Guidera: Georgia's troubles haven't slowed Dooley
In one of several trophy cases at Vince Dooley's house is some of the stuff he is most proud to have earned in six decades of college football.

UGA men's tennis team advances to Sweet Sixteen
ATHENS -- Georgia's Bo Hodge caught an opponent a little off his game Thursday in the second round of the NCAA men's singles tournament. And fellow Bulldog Nicolas Boeker ran into a Cowboy who wasn't interested in a showdown.

Let's talk golf, not gender
Savannah's Hollis Stacy believes the point is the game, not anatomy.

Braves: Mets gun down Braves at plate to preserve win
ATLANTA -- For the slip, slidin' Mets -- and when you run out a lineup that doesn't include Mike Piazza or Mo Vaughn, you're conceding the division -- beating their arch-rivals is all that makes the season worth enduring.

Jacksonville's Super Bowl plans 'on schedule'
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Jacksonville's planning for the Super Bowl is already on a fast track, and a top NFL executive said he believes the Super Bowl could lead to a revitalization of downtown in the years ahead.

Sports briefs

Nascar notebook: Red, White & Blue Series returns to OSP
The points races in the NASCAR Weekly Racing Series could change dramatically tonight.

Gordon hoping for doubleheader sweep at Indy and Lowe's
There are a couple good reasons for Robby Gordon to like his chances Sunday in both the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600.





 
 

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