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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.

Metro Savannah's unemployment rate increased to 6.9 percent in January, up three-tenths of a percentage point from 6.6 percent in December, the Georgia Department of Labor announced today.

Justin Timberlake's tour in support of his new album, "The 20/20 Experience," is on its way to London, courtesy of the Port of Savannah.

Transportation officials say the opening of the final phase of the Truman Parkway will ease traffic flow from downtown Savannah, particularly on Abercorn Street.

A Third ID Ranger lost his life in Afghanistan. Now his mother is fighting for a common sense resolution for the state of Georgia.

Gov. Nathan Deal signed Senate Bill 318 into law Thursday afternoon, allowing local drinking establishments to operate on Sunday for the St. Patrick's Day festival.

Here's your first look at this week's pets for adoption and info on how you can bring them home.

The Express Clydesdales are in Savannah for the St. Patrick's Day parade and are helping to raise funds for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.

Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police made the third arrest related to downtown Savannah shootings on and near Broughton Street occurring Feb. 25 just after 1 a.m. Shavatica Morris, 21, was taken into custody by the US Marshal's Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Mar. 6, during a traffic stop at Davidson Street and Dean ... (more)

The Housing Authority of Savannah and the Robert Hitch Village Master Development Team will host a collaborative community design workshop from 5:30 p.m. -7:30 p.m. on March 27 at the Savannah Baptist Center, 704 Wheaton St. The redevelopment of Hitch Village is the cornerstone of the East Savannah Gateway Transformation Plan.

The same company, Florida-based United Site Services, will be providing the portable commodes again for the fifth year in a row after the city received only two non-local bids to provide much-needed relief to the thousands of beer drinking partiers coming to town.

The Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police is searching for a Savannah man involved in a fatal traffic crash on March 5. Randal Lane Caruthers II, 39 has been charged with possession with intent to distribute marijuana, 13 counts of possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony and possession of tools for the commission of a crime.

The Libertarian Party of Georgia is planning to organize a local affiliate party in Savannah this year, according to a party leader.

The Richmond Hill woman charged in the 2012 wrong-way crash that killed a Bryan County Sheriff's deputy has agreed to an open-ended plea on April 29 in Savannah, according to the Chatham County District Attorney's office.