Thursday, March 7, 2013
For the 2013 St. Patrick’s Day Parade, the City of Savannah is offering advance sales of parking spaces at three City parking lots, at a cost of $15 per space.
Purchasers can park in their purchased spot from 6 a.m. Saturday, March 16 until 8 a.m. Sunday, March 17.
To purchase a space in advance, visit the Mobility & Parking Services office in the Bryan Street Parking Garage at 100 E. Bryan Street or call (912) 651-6477. Spaces available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Spaces available for these lots:
· SOHO Parking Lot: 34 spaces; at the corner of Liberty & Whitaker
· Curtis V. Cooper Parking Lot: 53 spaces; 122 Barr Street (between East President Street and East Broughton Street), behind the Curtis V. Cooper Primary Health Care
· Visitors Center Parking Lot: 298 spaces; at 301 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Space available for motor homes at this lot only.
For more info, contact the Mobility & Parking Services department at (912) 651-6477.
The agreement would increase Chatham County’s share of LOST revenue from 17.8% to 22% immediately, increasing to 23% beginning in 2014. The remainder would be divided amongst the eight municipalities of Chatham County.
Worked into the deal is elimination of daily incarceration fees the County charges to the municipalities for housing municipal inmates awaiting trial in the Chatham County Detention Center.
The agreement is contingent on the approval by both the Chatham County Commission and Savannah City Council.
“This is the best possible resolution we could reach at this time,” County Chairman Al Scott said. “It was obvious from day one that the judge felt the County offer was too high and the cities’ offer was too low, and he wanted us to come together to find common ground. Both sides gave up much during this process, but that is the nature of negotiation. Now is the time for all of us to work together and improve government for all of our residents.”
The 1% Local Option Sales Tax funds everything from Police to streets to park maintenance. By law the distribution formula must be renegotiated every 10 years.
The County and the cities had begun formal arbitration hearings in Chatham County Superior Court on Monday to allow Judge Robert Adamson to hear evidence from each side. After a day of testimony, the County and Cities began talks to reach a settlement at the urging of Judge Adamson. The final tentative agreement was read in court shortly after 11 a.m. Wednesday.
The Chatham-Savannah Counter Narcotics Team (CNT) is seeking the public’s assistance in locating 51-year-old Calvin Herman Lovett of Savannah. Lovett is wanted on Two Counts Sale of a Controlled Substance — Heroin — following an investigation conducted earlier this year.
Lovett is described as a black male, 5ft 9in, 200lbs, black hair and brown eyes. Lovett is known to keep a low haircut or shaved head and often has a mustache and/or goatee.
Lovett’s last known addresses are 1401 East 54th Street and 2502 Oak Forest Apartment D; however, it is believed he is staying at various hotels in the Savannah-Chatham Area, especially hotels on Highway 17. He is also believed to be driving a white in color 1993 Oldsmobile Cutlass with Georgia license plate ACM 4222.
Anyone with information concerning the whereabouts of Lovett is asked to contact CNT at 912-652-3900 or by calling CrimeStoppers at 912-234-2020 where callers can remain anonymous and may qualify for a cash reward.
Police are investigating a one-car crash Wednesday morning that left three people injured, one seriously.
Baheem Frazier, 20, was in serious condition at Memorial University Medical Center after the 4:49 a.m. crash on Florence Street between West 40th and West 41st streets. Two passengers were in stable condition. They are Aliccia Cherry, 17, and Derrick Grantham, 16.
Frazier was the driver of the gray 2004 Nissan Quest minivan that was traveling the north on Florence Street, a one-way street flowing south. The minivan went out of control and struck a tree on the west side of the street, shearing the driver’s side and front end away.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigators have taken the lead in the investigation of the death of a 20-year-old man whose body was recovered from the Savannah River Wednesday morning.
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police initiated the investigation after Brian Charles Parker of Pooler was found floating between a boat and the pier at Crescent Towing on Fig Drive about 9:30 a.m. He had been working around a tug boat and dock when he disappeared from view.
Members of the SCMPD Marine Patrol, Savannah Fire Department and South Side Fire Department pulled the body from the water. An autopsy was scheduled today to determine the cause of death.
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Wednesday, March 6, 2013
A Savannah woman died Thursday morning when the car she was driving crashed into a fence, sign and tree on Ferguson Avenue.
Police say Jessica J. Strieber, 28, died instantly when the 2006 Suzuki Forenza she was driving left the right side of Ferguson between Lehigh Avenue and Diamond Causeway at 2:25 a.m.
The collision knocked down a brick fence column, a traffic sign and a small tree before the car flipped over in a grassy area. Southside Fire rescue units had to remove pieces of the car to free the driver who had been declared dead at the scene.
Major Accident Investigations Team officers from Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department said the vehicle had crossed the center line into the south bound lane and the driver overcorrected, sending it out of control.
