The quickest way to get caught up on the most important things happening today in Savannah.

Happy Saturday, Savannah! Let's get you all caught up on what's happening locally to start today off on an informed note.

First, today's weather:

Warmer with a thunderstorm. High: 83 Low: 65.

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Here are the top three stories in Savannah today:

1. Some parents within the Savannah Chatham County public school district have been given free public bus passes through a new program. The Leaping In the Future Together (LIFT) program is meant to provide children with transportation to schools outside of their district. The bus passes reportedly total roughly $2,000. (WTOC)
2. Savannah's Higinio Perez-Bravo, 52, is facing a mandatory life sentence after pleading guilty to conspiring to kill a whistleblower who exposed an undocumented worker hiring scheme. The whistleblower blew the whistle on a multi-million-dollar scheme that hired and mistreated those living in the United States illegally. Perez-Bravo allegedly acted as the getaway driver during the murder of the whistleblower, Eliud Montoya. (WSAV-TV)
3. The Savannah City Council has approved the purchase of a virtual reality training simulator for the Savannah Police Department. The system reportedly costs more than $80,000. The reality training simulator will provide trainees with...

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