Daily editionTuesday, October 27th, 2026
Good morning, Savannah.
The Daily Savannah Team
Here’s your local news at a glance for Tuesday, the 27th of October.
Community
A Chatham County police officer found six hungry kittens in an overgrown area Saturday, helped trap them with colleagues, and took them to All About Cats sanctuary on Hilton Head Island; the kittens (Savannah, Tybee, River, Ellis, Whitaker, Forsyth) passed vet exams and went into foster care while two officers plan to adopt two of them.
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Savannah Police recommend families go trick-or-treating from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, and say officers will patrol neighborhoods while urging kids to stay with adults, use flashlights, add reflective tape, and have adults inspect candy.
The department and partners will host a free Trunk-or-Treat on Thursday, Oct. 29, 5 to 9 p.m. at 2005 Waters Ave., and SPD's Blue Light Fright Night will be Saturday, Oct. 31, 5:30 to 8 p.m. at Central Precinct, 1710 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
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Business
Starting Nov. 20, Airbnb will stop hosts from requiring guests to wash or put away dishes, strip beds, start laundry, or take out trash and will offer seven standard checkout rules; (a Savannah host said the change could make quick turnarounds harder).
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Culture
SCAD Savannah Film Festival's lineup includes Marvel’s VisionQuest at 3 p.m., award presentations for Paul Bettany, Rosalind Eleazar, James Gray, and Kane Parsons, and a 9:30 p.m. screening of Backrooms; check the SCAD Box Office for tickets and confirm venue times.
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Education
Fowler Doty teaches seventh-grade history at Savannah Country Day and uses hands-on activities (including Boston Massacre reenactments) plus one-on-one, after-school help to make lessons memorable; she has taught there five years and says seventh graders bring a unique spark.
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Environment
A woman reaching to touch a great white shark off Tybee Island had a close call when the shark whipped its head and lunged, but crew from the Knot Lucky tagging program kept control and released the shark unharmed after deciding tagging wasn’t safe.
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Government
Georgia's 33.3 cents-per-gallon state gas excise tax will stay suspended through Nov. 30, Gov. Brian Kemp announced, keeping about 33.3 cents off pump prices and saving roughly $5 on a 15-gallon fill-up during the Thanksgiving travel period.
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Health
The Habersham School volleyball team raised $3,357 for the Telfair Mammography Fund at its annual Pink Night to support no-cost breast screenings for uninsured and underinsured people.
Livingood’s Appliance is donating a portion of its Clearance for a Cause October sales to the same fund + proceeds will be handed over at month’s end.
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Accidents
The U.S. Coast Guard rescued an overdue boater near Cumberland Sound after a Savannah helicopter spotted the person on a 14-foot boat; two emergency flares led crews to the scene, a rescue swimmer provided aid, and Georgia DNR took the person ashore with no medical issues reported.
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