Savannah News

A Florida man wanted for an October 2013 armed robbery with a firearm and burglary by the Palm Beach County, Fla., Sheriff's Department was arrested in Savannah by the United States Marshals Service Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force on Friday.

Officially known as Home Economics, it started as a girls-only class that revolved around the business of running a household.

David DeWitt joined the Exchange Club of Savannah a few years ago to spend more time with his dad, Buddy, an Air Force veteran who served as the club's president.

The Georgia Democratic nominee for the open U.S. Senate seat stopped inby Savannah to urge voters to support her campaign.

The Freedom Cyclers started their journey in Los Angeles and biked 3,200 to Savannah, finishing the day on Tybee Island.

In preparation of the 225th anniversary of the City of Savannah, Virginia and John Duncan of V. & J. Duncan Antique Maps & Prints are sharing their personal collections, historical maps, prints, and postcards of Savannah at City Hall starting July 25th.

Not even the top 50. "Nightlife per capita ; Lingerie stores per capita; Adult stores per capita ; Adult entertainment per capita ; Massage parlors per capita; Hotels per capita; Average summer temperature "We ranked each place in each category from one to 100, with one being the best and hottest.

Fire officials are investigating a house fire that broke out on East 38th Street in Savannah around 8:30 a.m. Friday.

The call went out at 8:30 a.m. to a structure fire with heavy smoke and flames visible at a home on E 38th Street near Atlantic Avenue.

The call went out at 8:30 a.m. Friday to a structure fire with heavy smoke and flames visible at a home on E 38th Street near Atlantic Avenue.

There's been a lot of talk around here lately about new restaurants, new developments and growth downtown and beyond.

A June report in which the Savannah River fared poorly was re-examined at Thursday's City Council workshop in Savannah.

After visiting the shelter in Vidalia, Safe Shelter's Executive Director Cheryl Branch said she realized teens needed an area like the one in Vidalia at the Savannah shelter.

A 17-year-old Savannah resident has been charged with aggravated assault in the July 17 shooting of another youth in the city's Live Oak neighborhood.

Savannah has been witness to a rash of violence with 11 people shot, including one fatality, in a little over a week's time.

The Chatham County Mosquito Control said over a month ago the start of mosquito season was starting off slowly, but to just wait until a heavy rain, and that could change everything.

Local minority contractors are suing JE Dunn/Rives Worrell Construction Company, alleging that the firm fraudulently listed them as part of its intended construction team in order to win a $21 million public school construction contract.

Mumford Company represented First Florence Corporation in the sale of the Best Western, located in Savannah, GA, to Double S Hotel Ventures Savannah, LLC. Ed James, principal at Mumford Company's office here, with Steve Kirby, principal at the firm's Atlanta office, and Justin Pinkard, VP at the firm's Washington, DC office, represented the seller.

It happened around 3 a.m. at West 36th and Florance streets. Officials say a black male in his late twenties was found with at least one gunshot wound.

A week after a Tradewinds Casino boat ran aground on its maiden Savannah cruise, stranding nearly 100 passengers for 18 hours on a sandbar off Tybee Island, the company has issued an apology, insisting no laws were broken and exonerating the boat's captain from any wrongdoing.