Tybee Island News

Freda Rutherford has two words of advice for the Tybee Island City Council candidates she helped elect Tuesday: Don't gloat.

Hold an election in which Kevin Sofa is eligible to cast a ballot, and Sofa says he probably will.

Tybee Island parents say they moved to the island to keep their children safe. They're extremely disturbed after learning that a man police say last lived on the island was arrested for child molestation and sexual battery.

A pedestrian on Tybee Island was seriously injured this afternoon when she was struck by a Jeep Sahara driven by a 78-year-old man, according to police.

SAVANNAH, GA : Savannah Chatham Metropolitan Police Department has placed an alert for local Attorney Lawrence Edward Madison who is wanted on three counts of child molestation, two counts of sexual battery and one count of aggravated sexual battery.

A Tybee Island attorney who was scheduled to turn himself in this evening on allegations of child molestation is now being sought by investigators, according to Savannah-Chatham police.

Samantha Claar, who volunteered for Pride 20 years ago, has been named 'pioneer' grand marshal of this year's parade.

Tybee Island's City Council race comes down again to the classic grudge match between the sand bubbas and the tree huggers.

Do you want to have a spook-tacular Halloween experience and do something to help your neighbors all at the same time? The Crab Shack on Tybee Island is hosting a haunted house on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights.

A 53-year-old Columbia County man jailed on charges he tried to stalk Miley Cyrus is scheduled to return to court two days after a grand jury refused to indict him.

A Georgia grand jury has refused to indict a 53-year-old on charges of attempting to stalk teen star Miley Cyrus as she filmed a movie.

The southern U.S. is a treasure trove of vacation destinations, especially when it comes to weekend getaways.

We all know the regular school lessons - reading, writing, and arithmeticbut for some students it's about learning lessons while thinking outside the box.

Dogs on the beach at Tybee Island is an idea whose time has come. My dog on the beach with me is a quality of life and property rights issues.

Batsy Herndon, left, Barbara French, center, and Sue Solomon, right, listen to Russell Fries and Greg Guenther of The Handymen play music during Fall Frolic in the Park on Sunday at Jaycee Park on Tybee Island.

A church built on Tybee Island for the Miley Cyrus movie filmed during the summer was supposed to be the temporary site of only one service - a made-for-Hollywood funeral.

The fifth annual Tybee Island Pirate Fest was held Oct. 8-11. The celebration featured a Buccaneer Ball, Pirate Victory Parade, fireworks, costume contests and children's activities, as well as live entertainment from the Marshall Tucker Band and others.

The release date of a oeThe Last Songa starring Miley Cyrus has been postponed from the original date in January of next year to April 2. The film was shot in Savannah and on Tybee Island over the summer.

On Monday, the Carroll County Board of Education voted to refuse ownership of a 5-acre tract in Roopville that the Carroll County Board of Commissioners had originally voted to donate to a local Baptist church.

The Tybee Island Fire Department is hosting an open house tonight. Get your children and head to the fire department at 7 p.m. for food, games and demonstrations.