Kindergarten and first grade students at a Georgia school are mourning their teacher days after she was killed by a driver who authorities say was fleeing federal immigration officers.

Georgia lawmakers are moving to void a Savannah ordinance that fines or jails people for leaving guns in unlocked cars.

Fourteen-year-old Savannah has a bright smile, a kind heart, and a zest for life that shines through in everything she does.

U.S. immigration officials say some 475 people were detained during an immigration raid at a sprawling Georgia site where South Korean auto company Hyundai manufactures electric vehicles.

Immigration agents are conducting a raid at the sprawling industrial site where Hyundai makes electric vehicles in southeast Georgia.

Former Food Network star Paula Deen has abruptly closed the Savannah, Georgia, restaurant she started with her two sons nearly three decades ago.

Residents in the Southeast U.S. are no strangers to hot weather in the summertime.

A conservation group says it will pay $60 million to buy land outside the Okefenokee Swamp from a mining company that spent years battling environmentalists over its plans to extract minerals there.

Congressman Buddy Carter has become the first Republican to jump into the race to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff in 2026.

U.S. regulators have concluded a monthslong review of their environmental permit for Hyundai's $7.6 billion electric vehicle plant in Georgia, finding that no changes are needed.

St. Patrick’s Day has been marked in cities across the country with boisterous parades and celebrations.

A U.S. Navy warship has arrived in Cambodia, the first such visit in eight years to a nation that is China’s close ally in Southeast Asia.

A Georgia judge has thrown out a lawsuit challenging a Savannah city ordinance that imposes fines or even jail time for people who leave guns in unlocked cars.

Savannah likes being outside, going on walks and hikes in parks and through the woods.

Survivors of a deadly walkway collapse at a state-operated ferry dock in Georgia say state officials should help them pay for funerals for the seven people killed as well as medical bills and counseling for those who lived.

Donald Trump is again criticizing the Biden administration’s financial support for Ukraine in its war against Russia.

Donald Trump has pledged to stop U.S. businesses from shipping jobs overseas and to take other countries’ jobs and factories by relying heavily on sweeping tariffs.

A judge is weighing whether a Georgia city can fine or even jail people for leaving guns in unlocked cars.

Hyundai is aiming to broaden the appeal of its Ioniq 5 electric SUVs with 2025 models boasting improved battery range and additional charging options.

Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, dropped in on a high school band practice as part of a two-day bus tour through southeast Georgia.

Good news, Savannah has been adopted!

Federal forecasters are still predicting a highly active Atlantic hurricane season thanks to near-record sea surface temperatures and the possibility of La Nina.

Residents of one Georgia neighborhood are cleaning up homes flooded by tropical weather for the second time in eight years.

The extreme weather seen in places across the United States shows it doesn’t take a catastrophic hurricane to cause significant damage.

The Debby storm system could cause historic rainfall and flooding in parts of the Southeast, including Savannah, Georgia, and Charleston, South Carolina.

Tropical Storm Debby has drenched coastal cities in Georgia and South Carolina and is not finished bringing heavy rain to the eastern U.S. Debby was centered just east of Savannah on Tuesday afternoon.

Debby is certainly churning in the Gulf of Mexico, but how could it impact us?

The king and queen of the Netherlands are taking a day of their U.S. trip to visit Savannah, Georgia — a city that is both a historic gem and a growing powerhouse in global trade.

Government scientists say a critically endangered North Atlantic right whale has been found dead off the coast of Georgia, marking the rare species' second fatality in the past month.

Immigration powered population gains in the United States for a second year in a row.

Savannah is a hard worker and has great determination to see projects through.

Construction of Hyundai's first U.S. plant dedicated to making electric vehicles is moving quickly.

The Florida county sheriff where Hurricane Idalia made landfall as a Category 3 storm says so far there have been no reported deaths or serious injuries.

Leaders of Georgia's oldest city have made history by voting to name one of Savannah's treasured downtown squares for a Black woman who taught formerly enslaved people to read and write.

The historic downtown of Savannah, Georgia, boasts nearly two dozen public squares.

Prosecutors in Georgia want rapper Quando Rondo back in jail after he crashed a car while awaiting trial on gang and drug charges.

The rapper Quando Rondo has been jailed after being indicted on drug and gang charges in his hometown of Savannah, Georgia.

A federal agency says there was “insufficient support” beneath part of an upper floor that collapsed during renovations on the historic federal courthouse in Savannah, Georgia.

Larry “Gator” Rivers, who helped integrate high school basketball in Georgia before playing for the Harlem Globetrotters and becoming a county commissioner in his native Savannah, has died.

Officials say three construction workers were injured when part of an upper floor collapsed inside the historic federal courthouse in Savannah, Georgia.

Cities across the United States are celebrating St. Patrick's Day Parades, kicking off a weekend of revelry.

The Port of Savannah plans a $410 million overhaul of one of its sprawling terminals to make room for loading and unloading larger ships.

The FBI on Monday confirmed that the bones found in a Georgia landfill are those of a toddler who had been reported missing last month and whose mother was arrested last week on charges including murder.

Leaders of Georgia's oldest city have voted to strip the name of a former vice president who advocated for slavery from a public square named in his honor more than 170 years ago.

Police say a Georgia toddler who was reported missing by his mother last week is believed to be dead and his mother has been named a suspect in the death.

At least 66 clinics have stopped providing abortions in 15 states since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade.

The Southern California teenager who was killed this week alongside her father in a shootout with law enforcement along an interstate east of Los Angeles was with him a day earlier when he fatally shot her mother.

Authorities say the Southern California man who was accused of killing his estranged wife and abducting their 15-year-old daughter had been living with the teenager out of his pickup truck and hotels for weeks before the violence.

The state of Georgia and local governments are giving Hyundai Motor Group incentives worth $1.8 billion to build electric vehicles in the state.

Georgia officials are close to finalizing a deal with automaker Hyundai to build a $5.5 billion electric car plant near Savannah.

LeBron James might be on the cusp of setting another record.

A U.S. official familiar with the project says South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Group is expected to announce its plans next week to build a massive electric vehicle plant near Savannah, Georgia.

Following violent storms blamed for killing at least three people, Southerners cleared fallen trees from roadways and began cleaning up debris from homes and buildings smashed by suspected tornadoes as forecasters warned more violent weather was likely on the way.

Authorities say one person is dead in Georgia and another in Texas amid damaging storms, high winds and tornadoes around the South.

If you’re in the Jacksonville, Florida area, you’ve likely seen the logjam of container ships sitting idly offshore. The vessels are packed with items destined for store shelves -- and they’re things business owners and consumers desperately need delivered.

St. Patrick’s Day celebrations across the country are back after a two-year hiatus.

Park fountains are gushing with water dyed bright green, hotels are filling up and bar owners are making sure they have lots of beer and extra staff to sell it.

Clogged U.S. ports are being given access to nearly $450 million in federal money from President Joe Biden’s infrastructure law.

The Port of Savannah has added another month to its streak of record cargo volumes amid a surge that's forced U.S. seaports to scramble to meet demand.

The U.S. economy grew last year at the fastest pace since Ronald Reagan’s presidency, bouncing back with resilience from 2020′s brief but devastating coronavirus recession.

The Port of Savannah is reporting record cargo volumes for 2021 thanks to a surge in trade that saw its container yard cramped for space and ships waiting at sea.

We might not be able to claim that 2021 was *the* wildest year in recent history (2020 will likely get that credit for quite some time), but it might be a close second.

“I like to play with dogs and cats. I love animals”

The U.S. trade deficit hit an all-time high of $80.9 billion in September as American exports fell sharply while imports, even with supply chain problems at American ports, kept climbing.

Thanks to Savannah for sending us today's Picture of the Day from Roanoke!

The U.S. trade deficit increased to a record $73.3 billion in August as a small gain in exports was swamped by a much larger increase in imports.

The U.S. economy expanded at a 6.7% annual pace from April through June, the Commerce Department said Thursday, slightly upgrading its estimate of last quarter’s growth in the face of a resurgence of COVID-19 in the form of the delta variant.

Tropical Storm Elsa carved a destructive and soaking path up the East Coast after killing at least one person in Florida and spinning up a tornado at a Georgia Navy base that flipped recreational vehicles upside-down and blew one of them into a lake.

Authorities say two people were killed and at least 30 others wounded in mass shootings overnight in three states.

It’s never too early to start planning that next trip. Do you have a destination in mind?

Perdue got about 88,000 more votes than Ossoff in the general election, but a Libertarian candidate’s 115,000 votes kept him from topping 50%, which is required to win. Warnock got 1.6 million votes, while Loeffler got nearly 1.3 million and Republican U.S. Rep. Doug Collins placed third with nearly a million votes. No ballots, including absentee ballots received in advance of Election Day, can be counted until the polls close. Second, Republican voters have been more likely to vote in person, either on Election Day or during the early voting period. In November, more than 5 percent of Georgia’s votes were counted after noon on the day after Election Day.

Leaders in Wisconsin and other states have been begging the Trump administration for more doses as health care workers and senior citizens line up for the lifesaving vaccine. Police in Grafton, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) north of Milwaukee, said the Advocate Aurora Health pharmacist was arrested on suspicion of reckless endangerment, adulterating a prescription drug and criminal damage to property, all felonies. The Moderna vaccine is viable for 12 hours outside refrigeration, so workers used the vaccine to inoculate 57 people before discarding the rest. After multiple interviews, the pharmacist acknowledged Wednesday that he removed the vaccine intentionally over the two nights, Bahr said. Moderna has told Aurora that there's no safety concerns, but the hospital system is closely monitoring the people who received the spoiled doses, he said.

There are more than 700 children who are ready for foster to adoption in Virginia. 10 News is profiling one child who needs a home every day at 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. in 30 Days of Hope. Savannah is a sweet and energetic 14-year-old girl who is friendly and caring towards others. Savannah is a great teen who needs a family who will engage with her. If you have questions about Savannah or foster care/adoption, contact DePaul Community Resources here.

After some patches of fog Friday morning, we make our way back into the 70s by the afternoon. High temperature forecast for Friday, 10/23/2020Even by Saturday, we’ll notice temperatures make their way into the 70s. FutureTracker - Saturday afternoonThis is all riding on a cold front that will completely flip the script this weekend. Saturday’s high temperatures will be in the 70s. We’ll warm back up by next week with rain chances increasing later in the week prior to Halloween.

(AP Photo/Russ Bynum)RIO RANCHO, N.M. – A group of U.S. Black scholars, activists and writers has launched a new project they say will combat misleading information online around voting, reparations and immigration, supporters announced Friday. The newly formed National Black Cultural Information Trust seeks to counter fake social media accounts and Twitter trolls that often discourage Black voters from participating in elections or seek to turn Black voters against other communities of color. The effort isn't meant to silence groups that are behind any hashtag but counter “bad actors” who are using the hashtags to disseminate false information, Aiwuyor said. The founders also took issue with the National Black Cultural Information Trust on Twitter after the announcement that the project would monitor the #ADOS hashtag for xenophobic comments and false information. But also to measure the plunder of the ADOS community from 1619 to today.”Members of the National Black Cultural Information Trust plan to monitor social media posts and flag those spreading misleading and fake stories.

Khani Morgan, wearing a mask and face shield to guard against the coronavirus, waits in line to vote early on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, in Savannah, Ga. Black people are going to the polls by the thousands and waiting in lines for hours to vote early in Georgia. Morgan says her great-grandmother who was born a slave talked about the importance of voting, so "I won't let anything get in the way of me and this opportunity." (AP Photo/Russ Bynum)

SAVANNAH, Ga. – Police in Savannah, Georgia are using talking drones to enforce social distancing orders. The drones can play a pre-recorded message while hovering near crowds: “Due to the current health emergency, members of the public are reminded to keep a safe distance of six feet from others.”Sgt. Jason Pagliaro of the Savannah Police Department says officers will be following FAA restrictions while operating the drones, making sure they do not fly over crowds and other prohibited locations. “We do not use our drones for random patrol, they’re not flying all the time. We use them in directed areas where the need is present,” Pagliaro says.

Sammy the dog alerted five people to a house fire that broke out in Savannah, Georgia, around 1 a.m. Friday. According to KCRA, Her barking woke up her owners, which allowed the five people inside escape to safety. Sadly, two cats and another dog were unable to get out and did not survive the fire. Officials said it’s important to have smoke alarms on every level of your home. Officials believe the fire at the two-story home was caused by a deep freezer.

WSAV(CNN) - Customs agents seized $31 million worth of cocaine last week in Savannah, Georgia -- the largest cocaine seizure ever at the Port of Savannah. Officers found the cocaine, weighing 2,133 pounds, on a vessel from South America on October 29, US Customs and Border Protection announced Tuesday. When officers opened the container, they found 21 duffel bags containing a whopping 818 bricks of cocaine, the agency said. "I truly believe that we have disrupted these transnational organizations," said Christopher Kennally, Area Port Director Savannah, during a news conference Tuesday. Previously, the biggest cocaine seizure at the Port of Savannah took place in May, when officers seized 1,280 pounds of the drug.

When Harriet the toy monkey went missing from her tiny human, Savannah, during a recent trip to Buckingham Palace, the 5-year-old Australian was devastated. "She sneaked out of daddy's bag and she goes into the garden shed," Savannah, who takes Harriet on adventures all over the world, told APTN. After their trip back to Adelaide minus one, Savannah and some kindergarten friends decided to write a letter to Buckingham Palace. The palace had, indeed, found Harriet and sent her home. Now Harriet even has a new friend a toy corgi named Rex, which the palace sent along so Harriet wouldn't get lonely on her trip home.

Hours after human remains were discovered during the search for Savannah Spurlock, her aunt released a heart-wrenching statement about the family's loss and thanked the tipster who led authorities to the discovery. Lisa Thoma, Spurlock's aunt who served as a spokesperson for the family throughout the duration of the search, released a recorded statement on the Missing Savannah Facebook page after police concluded their press conference Thursday. Spurlock's family plans to grieve privately and plans to shutter the Missing Savannah Facebook page, which was created in the hopes of bringing the young mother home safe. Around the world, you have been Savannah Strong," she said, referencing the hashtag created to spread awareness of Spurlock's disappearance. Spurlock's cause of death will be determined by the State Medical Examiners Office, which is handling her autopsy.