Savannah News

Irish Catholics in Georgia are no longer "refugees from famine" like their forefathers, but must not forget the plight of new "refugees" who are fleeing poverty and persecution in hopes of finding a better life here, the Rev.

Today in Savannah, he's also the saint whose name is on nearly everyone's mind and lips, and emblazoned across more than a few tacky T-shirts.

St. Patricks Day Parade Grand Marshal Dave Roberts, left, and 3rd Infantry Division Command Sgt.

After graduating from Beach High School in 1988, Purvis set off for Miami with a group of his friends to pursue their dream of becoming famous rap stars.

Senator Carter visited the Savannah Ports Authorities, as he believes it is one of the most important economic drivers for our state.

Several weeks after Rep. Jack Kingston generated controversy for suggesting low-income students ought to sweep cafeteria floors to learn "there's no such thing as free lunch," local Georgia NBC station WSAV 3 revealed all the "free lunches" Kingston receives on the taxpayer dime.

Many of the headlines coming out of the legislative session this year about Obamacare, Common Core, guns and "medical marijuana" might give a false impression job-creation bills are nonexistent.

Developer Ben Carter's Broughton Street project is gaining steam with more retailers signing up and more properties firmly in his portfolio, but his efforts to revitalize these historic storefronts have begun to encounter the red tape of zoning rules and bureaucratic scrutiny.

The hottest party in town happened on Saturday night at the Trustee's Garden: The Annual Saint Patrick's Day Firefighter's Ball.

Photo by Ben Brengman for the Savannah Morning News - Dancers from the Glor Na Daire preform during Tara Feis in Emmet Park.

I am delighted to be in Savannah for St. Patrick's Day. Our national holiday is a time of year when we celebrate our remarkable Irish family across the world.

Police in Atlanta's northern suburbs are searching for an armed man suspected of robbing an Alpharetta convenience store.

The St. Patrick's Day celebration kicked off Friday night on a depressing note, when a head-on collision on the Back River bridge, just north of the Talmadge Bridge, closed both lanes over the Savannah River for several hours.

The fifth and final phase of the Harry S. Truman Parkway opened to traffic 20 minutes early around 9:40 a.m. Friday.

The Savannah City Council has been pushing for the closing of the state's Coastal Transitional Center as a way to increase public safety, but the effort has failed to gain necessary support.

It's kind of like visualizing your dad as a teenager. That old yearbook photo just isn't the man you know.

As the executive director of the new Savannah Honor Academy and also the school's K-2 teacher, Cocalis envisions a school that consists of families and teachers - not bureaucracy.

It's been nothing but hustle and bustle along River Street all day, as vendors began setting up for Savannah's biggest celebration of the year, St. Patrick's Day.

A federal judge has called it "somewhat troubling" that a city of Savannah water department employee with a lengthy criminal history and carrying a gun was allowed to make service calls, including to homes of citizens, for three years as part of his job.

Painting by Sandy Branam "Arthur's World" by Thunderbolt artist Sandy Branam shows the man with the things Savannahians identify with him: White beard, white buckets, white boots, bicycle, rowboat and cast nets.