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Grand Re-Opening Ceremony held for Hill Hall

The oldest building on the Savannah State University's campus, Walter Bernard Hill Hall, is now re-opened after 12 years. A grand ceremony was held on Monday, August 11, 2008 with faculty, students, alumni and community supporters. More...

AKAs Celebrate 100 Years of Service

Under the leadership of President, Emma Conyers, approximately seventy-five (75) local members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority traveled by train, plane, cars and motor coach to the nation's capital to enjoy the festivities of the Centennial celebrati More...

Actor, Comedian Bernie Mac Dies at 50

Actor, comedian Bernie Mac died Saturday, August 9 at age 50, of complications from pneumonia in a Chicago-area hospital, his publicist, Danica Smith, said in a statement from Los Angeles. More...

Social & Community News

Meet Ramah Junior Academy's New Principal

Sheridan Brown Albert is a native of Macon, Georgia who grew up in Bethany Seventh-day Adventist Church (formerly the Spring Street Tabernacle Seventh-day Adventist Church). Sheridan was a 1970 honor graduate of Ballard-Hudson High School. More...

Bell Completes Senior Engineering Design Project

Clarence Bell (at the University of Cape Town) on the right with Iverson Bell (no relation) who also completed his senior engineering design project at the University of Cape Town. Clarence A. Bell, Sr. More...

CAT Awarded a $1.98 Million Grant

The Chatham Area Transit Authority has been awarded a $1.98 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation for the Job Access and Reverse Commute (JARC) program. More...

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Church

Bryan Neck Missionary Baptist Pays Homage to Pastor Pete Broxton, Jr.

Bryan Neck Missionary Baptist Church, Richmond Hill, Georgia, invites all to join us as we pay homage to our pastor, Reverend Pete Broxton, Jr., for 48 dedicated years of sharing, teaching, and preaching the Gospel of our Lord and Savior Jesus Chri More...

14th Annual Education Day at Second Arnold Representative Bob Bryant, Guest Speaker

On Sunday, August 24, 2008, Second Arnold Baptist Church will observe the 14th Annual Education Day. This year's theme is "Education for All." The scripture is taken from Matthew 22:16 (Living Bible). More...

P.O.P. at Trinity Baptist

Trinity Foundation Missionary Baptist Church located at 1209 Bull St. Savannah, will hold their Power of Praise Evangelistic Service (POP) on August 17, 2008 at 5:30 pm. More...

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Sports

Tiger Sports With Walter Moore

Jackson Selected Independent Preseason Defensive Player of the Year
Walter Moore

Savannah State senior defensive back Javorris Jackson was tabbed as the 2008 Independent Preseason Defensive Player of the Year by Lindy's Magazine. More...

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Obama's Strategy to Maximize Vote in Black America

By. Cash Michaels Special to the NNPA from the Wilmington Journal

WILMINGTON, N.C. (NNPA) - Two weeks before his momentous Democratic National Convention appearance in Denver, Colorado, presumptive presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama knows he is in the fight of his life with GOP rival, Sen. More...

Isaac Hayes Dies at 65

In Memory

Isaac Hayes, the singer and songwriter whose luxurious career included arrangements in songs like "Theme From 'Shaft'" died on Sunday in East Memphis, Tenn. He was 65. More...

Health

Preventing High Blood Pressure

by Carolyn Guilford, Certified Nutritionist

The only way to know if you have high blood pressure is to have it checked. Recent estimates say that almost onethird of all adults in America now have high blood pressure. More...

Blood Donors of all Types Needed to end Summer Blood Shortage

ATLANTA - As students throughout the region bid farewell to summer, the American Red Cross wants to remind donors that though school is back in session, the summer blood shortage is far from over. More...

Call for Study Participants: SSU Community Obesity Outreach Proposal

Savannah State University (SSU) is seeking 200 participants for a oneyear research, educational, and community outreach program on obesity. More...

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Community Events

PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS

Sponsor of the Community Events

The emancipation Association of Savannah and Chatham County to meet The Emancipation Association Of Savannah and Chatham County will meet Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. More...

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