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WOODY MARSHALL/THE TELEGRAPH Macon, Georgia, 12/10/2013: TailsSpin in downtown Macon will be closing at the end of the year.

A casting team for the CWTV's hit reality series America's Next Top Model returned to Savannah on Monday to audition young men and women for cycle 21 of the show.

A 47-year-old Savannah woman was killed Monday night when she tried to retrieve something from an intersection and was struck by a pickup truck in the process.

It happened at a two-unit apartment at 206 and 208 Scarbrough Street in Savannah.

Doug McGarity stands inside his old unit at Crown Villas Apartments on Monday. The building his unit was in was destroyed by fire Wednesday night, and McGarity and his wife were salvaging what they could Monday afternoon.

Three men arrested in a child pornography sweep have been sentenced, and another will be back in court in a few weeks.

An Effingham County man accused of the July shooting death of his cousin was arraigned last month in Effingham County Superior Court.

Savannah is going to hold a special called meeting 30 minutes earlier than initially scheduled today, according to a city news release this morning.Chatham Area Transit Executive Director Chadwick Reese will now present his streetcar plan to the City Council at 4:30 p.m., at the City Manager Stephanie Cutter's request.The City Council is also ... (more)

For the second year in a row, Mayor Edna Jackson is showing her support to the education community.

The average gasoline prices have fallen 6.2 cents per gallon in the past week in Savannah, averaging $3.27 per gallon Sunday.

"The president's subordinates all the way up and down the line need to be put on notice that candor will be rewarded handsomely and failure to transmit vital information will be punished severely."

Members of 13th Colony Sound, the Savannah chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society, sing Christmas tunes Sunday at the Jepson Cente for the Arts' annual "I Have Marks to Make" annual exhibition.

Police say violence in Savannah on Saturday left two people dead and three others hospitalized.

It includes money the city sets aside and spends each year for the payment and defense of civil claims against the city.

After a self-proclaimed "hard summer," during which she admitted to using a racial slur, was dropped by the Food Network and several sponsors, and endured rumors of marital discord, Paula Deen says she's looking forward to the new year .

The Inoculation Project , founded in 2009 by hyperbolic pants explosion , is a group of Kossacks who gather weekly to combat the anti-science push in conservative America by providing direct funding to science and math projects in red state classrooms.

Harry Spirides, owner and CEO of Ocean Plaza Beach Resort on Tybee Island, is proposing the addition of a parking deck on the hotel property and replacement of the current Conference Center with a larger meeting facility.

WTOC's Sonny Dixon presents a manufacturing advancement award to SNF President Peter Nichols on Friday night during the Savannah Technical College Foundation's 10th annual Opportunity Award Gala.

More than a year ago Dana and Robert Hedengren started noticing a gritty white dust accumulating frequently on their vehicles and other surfaces around their East Savannah home.

Hundreds of motorcycle riders and enthusiasts gathered at the Harley Davidson near Georgia 204 and I-95 Saturday morning for the 23rd Annual Savannah Toy Run.