Savannah News

As the world learned of Nelson Mandela's death, people around the globe mourned.

It may be Christmas time, but some people aren't feeling, or at least seeing, the holiday spirit in some parts of downtown Savannah.

He is best know for his role in the 1998 film "Half Baked" and his popular sketch comedy series, "Chappelle's Show."

The event pairs up a variety of red and white wines with fast food favorites, including French fries, hamburgers and cheeseburgers.

Benedictine Military School paid tribute to the first Savannah man to die at Pearl Harbor Wednesday morning along with all BC cadets that lost their lives in World War II.

Imagine the outrage when one of the most popular lunch spots in town closed. You could count the number of jaws dropping across town when word started to spread that SOHO South Cafe, an eclectic cafe on Liberty Street near Bull, was closing its doors.

A raccoon trapped after it got into a scuffle with a family dog on Savannah's southside has tested positive for rabies.

The Supermarket of Veterans Benefits will be from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursday at the Georgia Department of Veterans Service at the Georgia National Guard Armory, 1248 Eisenhower Drive in Savannah.

Carelessness caused a Savannah man to shoot himself in his pinky finger on Monday.

The new Fresh Exhibitions Fellowship Program of Art Rise Savannah - formerly Desotorow Gallery - is designed to "create opportunities and match them to a deserving artist and art sponsor," a spokesperson says.

The Savannah Toy Run XXIII will take place this Saturday. ABATE of Georgia and the Wingmen 9339 of Savannah are hosting the annual toy run.

Tommy Linstroth, owner and founder of Savannah based Trident Sustainability Group unveiled the GreenBadger LEED documentation APP at the 2013 GREENBUILD conference in Philadelphia last month.

Mayors from across southeast Georgia will join forces in Savannah to provide a "brighter holiday for those in need" at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4, as part of the 55th annual Mayors' Christmas Motorcade.

A Savannah woman has pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the 2011 death of her newborn baby.

On these street corners, you'll hear saws, hammers and paint brushes busy at work.

A Savannah woman Tuesday pleaded guilty to reduced charges in the December 2011 death of her newborn who was found in a garbage truck.

A Savannah woman accused of killing her baby found in a trash can by a garbage crew in 2011, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge on Tuesday.

When: At 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, Dec. 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21; and at 3 p.m. Sundays, Dec. 8, 15 and 22 Witches in popular culture came a long way in the years between Margaret Hamilton's green-skinned freakshow in The Wizard of Oz and blonde Elizabeth Montgomery, in Maybelline and miniskirts, on Bewitched.

The family of a mother of two who was killed on Halloween last year will hold a vigil in honor of her birthday Tuesday at Forsyth Park.

Delta is a 15-month-old loggerhead sea turtle that has found its home at the Tybee Island Marine Science Center for the past year.