Daily editionSaturday, October 31st, 2026
Good morning, Savannah.
The Daily Savannah Team
Here’s your local news at a glance for Saturday, the 31st of October.
Community
The Savannah Chamber thanked members renewing for the week of Nov. 1, naming supporters from Anita Deli Sandwich and Boyd & Jenerette, P.A. to Georgia Ports Authority, Georgia Power Company, The Doubletree by Hilton Savannah Airport, The Scented Vine, and others.
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Union Mission will hold its Empty Bowl fundraiser on Sunday, Nov. 1, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Reynolds Square to raise money for the Emmaus House Resource Center.
Guests will get soup and a handcrafted bowl from local restaurants, then may join an optional 1:30 p.m. tour of the center (127 Fahm St.) with parking available.
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At New Beginning Community Christian Church + New Beginning Community Development Center on Causton Bluff Road, the Maggie Lee and John B. Henley Sr. family awarded Nyanna Saunders $6,000 for UGA graduate social work and Charlotte Smart $4,000 for Savannah Tech on Sunday, Oct. 25, totaling $10,000 to support students.
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Business
Chemical supplier Teckrez is opening a Pooler distribution center and lab near the Port of Savannah in a 230,400 sqft warehouse about five miles from the port, backed by more than $1 million in investment from Porter Logistics.
Teckrez expects to move about 400 containers through the port in 2026 and more than 600 in 2027, and Porter Logistics will add technical and warehouse jobs.
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Culture
The SCAD Savannah Film Festival is drawing nearly 75,000 people to downtown this week and boosting restaurants and shops; Leopold’s Ice Cream welcomed Helen Mirren and launched special festival flavors, including an October sorbet for Breast Cancer Awareness.
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Wicked South Haunted Forest is an outdoor, walk-through Halloween haunt in Pembroke that runs weekends through Sunday, Nov. 1 and features custom carnival props, themed actors, and timed tickets; proceeds from select nights benefit Southeast Bulloch Project Graduation and the James L. Toles Foundation (3001 Lawrence Church Road).
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Government
SCAD students say they’re weighing candidates’ stances and will double-check their ballots when they vote after reports of touchscreen election monitor problems, and more than 2.4 million Georgians had cast ballots by Thursday with in-person early voting surpassing the 2022 midterm record.
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Sports
Week 11 of Savannah-area high school football kicked off Friday, Oct. 30 with key region games including Jenkins hosting Statesboro at Memorial Stadium and Bethesda Academy hosting First Baptist to decide the SCISA Region 3A-2 title; follow results and live updates from area matchups.
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