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The long-awaited independent investigation into apparent improprieties under former Savannah/Chatham Police Chief Willie Lovett is in, and it makes for some interesting reading.

Read the whole account of intrigue here.

Late today Chatham County District Attorney Meg Heap told the media she was referring the report to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation for further action if warranted.

Goodwill of the Coastal Empire announces the grand opening of the newest Goodwill Store and Donation Center at the Berwick Shopping Plaza at 5710 Ogeechee Road on Thursday, December 19 at 10 a.m.

The Berwick Goodwill Store and Donation Center will be the seventeenth retail location in the Coastal Empire.

“We hope to provide Southside Savannah shoppers with a new experience,” said Coni Curtas, Vice President of Donated Goods. “The Berwick Goodwill Store will have a new look and new location but same good prices.”

A 47-year-old Savannah woman was killed Monday night "when she tried to retrieve something from an intersection and was struck by a pickup truck," police say.

Donna Neal Sugg of the 600 block of Abercorn Street died at Memorial University Medical Center after the 8:12 p.m. accident.

She had stopped a green Dodge pickup in the inside southbound lane of Ogeechee Road at Chatham Parkway and was bending over to pick up items that had fallen from her truck. She was struck by another pickup driven north in the inside lane by a 22-year-old Savannah man.

The intersection was closed to all traffic for several hours.

Two homicides and shootings that left three hospitalized on Saturday are being investigated by police.

"Detectives believe they are not related and the victims and suspects in each case were known to each other," a police spokesman says.

Rahssan Baker, 16, of the 900 block of East Victory Drive, was found in the street on the 700 block of West 42nd Street about 1:08 a.m. Saturday with at least one gunshot wound. He was transported to Memorial University Medical Center where he is in critical condition.

Moses Mack, 57, of the 800 block of East Anderson Street was found dead in his bed about 8:30 a.m. with head trauma.

And Hector Brown, 36, died and two other men were injured in a triple shooting on the 1200 block of East 39th Street about 11:29 p.m.

Brown, Fred Stringer, 34, of 2129 Oakland Court, and Jerome Polite, 33, of the 400 block of Carolynn Street had left a party on the block when the shootings took place. They reported a man in a pickup truck pulled up beside their vehicle and began firing at then.

The three men were transported to the hospital in private vehicles. Brown was dead on arrival and the other men were treated for their injuries.

Anyone with information on the cases is asked to call Crimestoppers at (912) 234-2020 or text CRIMES (274637). Tipsters remain anonymous and may qualify for a cash reward. A confidential Tip Line also is open directly to investigators at (912) 525-3124.

B. Matthew’s Eatery, owned by The Gaslight Group, is holding a special “Drink for Wink” fundraiser to benefit Adam “Winky” Nix, a local chef who is currently fighting stage IV cancer.

Guests will enjoy a silent auction, raffle prizes and a one-time “All You Can Eat and Drink” menu special with a donation of $20. All donations of any size will be accepted and will directly benefit Nix. This event is open to the public.

It happens Sunday, December 8, 7-11 p.m.

There will be a special meeting Monday, December 9, at 5 p.m. at City Hall for a "Streetcar Vision Presentation" given to Mayor Jackson and City Council by Chadwick Reese, Executive Director of the Chatham Area Transportation (CAT) Authority. The meeting involves CAT's proposal to lobby for a Tax Allocation District in the area of the proposed new Westside arena to help fund a series of new streetcar lines, to be administered by CAT.

Police have identified a 77-year-old Beaufort, SC, man who died after a one-vehicle crash at the Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport Thursday.

Stuart Dean was declared dead at Memorial University Medical Center after the 3:26 p.m. crash. His wife, Catherine Dean, was listed in stable condition.

"The couple was leaving the airport in a maroon Nisssan Murano when the SUV accelerated, left the roadway and struck a tree," police say.

Mayors from across southeast Georgia will join forces in Savannah to provide a "brighter holiday for those in need" at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4, as part of the 55th annual Mayors’ Christmas Motorcade.

Mayors from dozens of cities in the region will gather at the National Guard Armory on Eisenhower Drive, bringing with them gifts donated by citizens of their communities. The mayors will then travel motorcade-style to Georgia Regional Hospital, where gifts will be delivered to patients.

The Mayors’ Christmas Motorcade was started in 1958 by the Georgia Municipal Association at the request of then- Governor Ernest Vandiver as a way of providing holiday gifts for the patients of Georgia’s mental health and retardation hospitals. The program is aimed at raising awareness of the needs of Georgia’s mental hospitals.

There are currently seven regional mental hospitals in the state, serving some 3,200 Georgians.

Tommy Linstroth, owner and founder of Savannah based Trident Sustainability Group unveiled the GreenBadger LEED documentation APP at the 2013 GREENBUILD conference in Philadelphia last month.

The remarkable, ground- breaking innovation for LEED documentation, Green Badger LEED app was introduced to the Greenbuild community and lauded by everyone who experienced the features of the new App.

The Green Badger LEED Documentation app (www.getgreenbadger.com) makes documenting and organizing LEED construction credits across a single or multiple LEED projects maintainable for any size firm.

Capable of instantly verifying LEED compatible materials, the app is directed towards general contractors, architects and LEED professionals who are looking to document LEED construction credits for future certification.

On Thanksgiving morning, three men died after two separate traffic accidents on different ends of the county.

Mark Gunter, 57, of the 1200 block of Bridlewood Drive, died on scene about 2:30 a.m. when the Chevrolet Suburban he was driving southbound in the northbound lane of Veterans Parkway collided with a BMW near Chatham Parkway.
Anthony Davis, 25, of Quail Hollow Court West, driver of the BMW, was transported to Memorial University Medical Center where he died about 7:30 a.m.

In an earlier accident, Jonathan Edwards, 35, of a Bryan Wood Circle address, was killed when he was struck by a vehicle on Johnny Mercer Boulevard on Wilmington Island, just east of the Spencer Grayson Bridge over Turner’s Creek. Edwards was walking on the roadway when he was struck just after midnight. The vehicle did not stop.

Jessica Krebs, 25, of a Shamrock Circle address, was identified as the driver of the vehicle shortly after Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police were called to the scene. She called police from her residence to report her windshield had been broken. She has been charged with driving under the influence, hit and run with fatal injuries and first degree vehicular homicide.