Bloomingdale News

With sirens screaming, the Bloomingdale and Pooler fire departments lined up outside Tommya s in Pooler on Nov.

Savannah-Chatham County public schools may be a little different next year. That's f the school board approves the "Passport to Excellence" plan on Wednesday.

A tornado warning has been issued until 2:15 p.m. for northwestern Chatham County, Southeastern Effingham County in Georgia and South Central Jasper County in South Carolina.

CHARLESTON, S.C. a ' Although the tornado warning issued for the area has expired, a severe thunderstorm warning remains in effect until 3:15 p.m. for central Bryan, northwestern Chatham and southeastern Effingham counties.

On a springtime day two years ago, a newborn deer lay deserted and desperate near a dirt road in Claxton.

Firefighters spent the early morning hours battling flames at a home near the Effingham-Chatham county line.

The School of Music and Crossroad Productions is all set for its grand opening in its new building.

Several brush fires near Bloomingdale kept four different fire companies busy this afternoon.

Authorities are investigating the second bank robbery reported in Chatham County today.

Nora Mae Bolden Baldwin, 72 died Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009, at Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah.

First-graders sing as others square dance around an old country barn during the youngsters' salute to "Harvest Hoedown." Bloomingdale Elementary first-graders stage their old-fashioned Harvest Hoedown.

Brothers Zane, left, and Zack Page of Page's Painting paint the walls of the basement offices at the Chatham County Courthouse, one of the projects financed with SPLOST funds.

A slew of candidates are geared up for fights today in local elections. Residents of Bloomingdale, Pooler, Port Wentworth, Thunderbolt and Tybee Island in Chatham County will determine who should lead their cities.

Assistant poll manager Bob Tully for the 1st precinct, 5th district voting station assists voter Tom Newcomer.

There were a handful of municipal races taking place in our region November 3. It was a close one in Richmond Hill.

Areas like Bloomingdale have seen big voter turnouts Tuesday, where they have a mayor and council race to decide.

Bloomingdalea s city council will have some new faces next year, while Wayne Tipton will remain mayor as a result of todaya s election.

Voters will hit the polls Tuesday to cast their ballots for special and municipal elections.

Jerry Crosby is a candidate for Bloomingdale City Council. Ernest Grizzard is a candidate for Bloomingdale City Council.

Since the very first nationally coordinated breast cancer awareness efforts in 1985, the traditional colors that one normally associates with the fall season have expanded, and pink has become as much a part of the autumn palette as the brilliance of changing leaves.