Savannah News

A website aimed at helping people find biking and walking friendly places to live recently gave Savannah a failing grade overall, although some areas such as downtown received high marks.

DIRTT stands for Do It Right This Time and is the company's name, as well as its core philosophy.

Detectives with the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department's Special Victims Unit are asking for the public's assistance in locating a Savannah woman who absconded with her 2-year-old and 4-month-old daughters last Thursday.

The quarantine on the Savannah-Chatham police's Animal Control Shelter is expected to be lifted by the Georgia Department of Agriculture on Tuesday.

Atlanta-based Jamestown Properties broke ground Thursday morning on a $25 million renovation of the 124,000 square-foot property that once served as the home of the old Savannah Ice Factory on the corner of Victory and Bull streets.

Deepening the Port of Savannah will be just as important to Georgia's growth as was the expansion of Atlanta's international airport.

Savannah Fire & Emergency Services investigators believe arson was involved in a late Wednesday night fire in the city's Sackville area.

A jury on Thursday found Jerry Lewis Howard, 50, guilty of rape, aggravated assault and third-degree cruelty to a child for his involvement for an assault of is former live-in girlfriend.

Former Savannah psychiatrist William George Ellien today was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for his guilty plea for unlawful distribution of addictive prescription drugs to former patients.

It happened shortly before 1 a.m. Thursday at the Quail Run Mobile Home Park at the intersection of Quail Run Circle and Standard Lane in Springfield.

We have so much more great food to offer in Savannah than people realize. There is magnificent talent all over town cooking up some wonderful things.

Rico Lavon Edwards, 30, of Savannah, pled guilty earlier this month for his role in the armed robberies of the Savannah Postal Credit Union and of Barnett Educational Supplies.

When it was all over, the building was destroyed, but no one, no patients or staff, were harmed.

WTOC has been checking into some places in Savannah and getting all kinds of mixed answers.

Teens are bombarded from all sides when it comes to messages on sex. At church, they hear, "Wait until marriage," while the rest of the world loudly asks, "Why wait?" Even though they know deep down what they should do, heart and hormones challenge the head.

Richard Burkhart/Savannah Morning News A model of the S.S. James Oglethorpe was on display Wednesday during a Georgia Historical Society marker dedication at the Savannah International Trade and Convention Center.

The metro Savannah economy will grow better than the state this year, according to Georgia State University's quarterly economic forecast released Wednesday.

Two escapees from a Savannah transition center and another man were arrested Tuesday night after robbing a man in Forsyth Park during a Savannah-Chatham police undercover operation, said Julian Miller, police spokesman.

JinHi Soucy Rand, the proprietress of Muse Arts Warehouse, guest-directed Bay Street Theatre's joyful production of Jonathan Larson's musical Rent last spring.

As if taking college classes wasn't enough, prospective World of Beer employees are required to attend Beer School.