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As jury deliberations continue in the case against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd, Savannah officials are keeping an eye on the proceedings in Hennepin County, Minnesota. No matter the verdict, local city and county leaders along with first responders will be ready, Mayor Van Johnson said Tuesday. Speaking during his weekly press conference Tuesday morning, Johnson said the significance of the trial and the importance of this verdict cannot be underestimated.  "Whatever happens in Minnesota will affect what happens in Savannah as it did a littl...

Compiled by Adam Van Brimmer Savannah's squares wrong place to do business This newspaper recently featured a story of a businessman who sells prints in the Landmark Historic District. He appears to be a fine man, but is in the wrong place. Johnson Square is a sacred, public square, the largest and oldest in Savannah. Gen. Nathaniel Greene is buried there, and the cornerstone of his monument was laid by the Marquis de Lafayette. Greene was second in command to George Washington, and responsible for winning the South for our new nation. His son, George Washington Greene, who died in a drowni...

For the past three decades as the bustle of downtown ebbed and flowed, artist Gregory Myrick was a constant fixture on the north end of Johnson Square, selling prints of his original oil paintings.  He has watched the landscape change, he said, yet remained a part of its history. A history that began in Savannah as the only black student in his college painting classes and traversed to the longest consecutive busker downtown. Myrick wanted to do it his own way. And he did.  Apprentice His love of art comes from his mother, said Myrick. Growing up in Key West, Florida, he watched her create ...

Dominic Box was tied to several controversial incidents in the Savannah area before he was fired from Vaden Nissan.

teenagers whose bodies were found monday on the west bank and suffered the same fate. israel has named two men with ties to hamas as suspects in the kidnapping of the three israelis. so far, there are no reported suspects in the case of the dead palestinian boy. nbc's ayman mohyeldin has reported from the side of the jerusalem protest all day long and was caught in the middle of some of those protests. >> reporter: it's a scene similar to this one we got caught up in earlier today. we were on the other side with the palestinian side -- [ gunfire ] >> ayman, stay safe there. we're goi...