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Marcus Tyrone Newton today was sentenced to life in prison without parole plus five years for his July 2 conviction in the 2013 robbery at a Wells Fargo Bank branch on Ogeechee Road.

Kimpton Hotels held a grand opening Thursday evening for its newest boutique property, The Brice, located on Bay and Houston streets in Savannah.

Authorities say in March 2013, Marcus Newton went into the Wells Fargo Bank on Ogeechee Road, waved a pistol at the tellers and demanded money.

But he quickly rebounded, finding his way at Grace House at Union Mission and moving back into the mainstream, where he became a homeless advocate and a champion for low-cost housing alternatives for those left on the streets.

Savannahians will soon have the opportunity to meet and listen to one of the highest ranking religious leaders in the United States.

Diana Churchill/For Savannah Morning News A female northern bobwhite, commonly called a quail, is a frequent visitor below the feeders in Statesboro.

Anyone who has ever been to an historic square in downtown Savannah can appreciate the green space left in the city, but some feel a bit left out as they see huge oaks torn down to make way for new highways cutting across once pristine marsh and the drone of traffic all night in place of the chirping of crickets and frogs.

This 10-week-old kitten survived being tossed into the water from the Diamond Causeway Bridge on July 10. Construction workers alerted by a noise saw the animal fall into the water, swim to shore and get stuck in mud, the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department said.

Savannah City Councilman Van Johnson is calling for more EMS personnel in the Godley Park area after the tragic drowning death of a 4-year-old boy last week.

The city is looking to build an online database of the top 100 worst properties, which will allow people to track the progress of these homes and it's a way to shame some of these homeowners who to refuse to bring their properties up to code.

The City of Savannah is looking back on this past St. Patrick's Day Festival and ahead to next year.

Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police are investigating the theft of a car left running while its driver was visiting a friend Wednesday night.

MusicFile Productions, LLC announced the full lineup of bands who will play the second installment of the festival to take place at the Georgia State Railroad Museum on Sept.

Chief Gary Casteloes confirms to WALB that officer Larry Carter was shot by a suspect early this morning.

The marker was dedicated on March 3, 2008, 149 years after the slave auction occurred, and at the commemoration ceremony then-mayor Otis Johnson-only the second African-American to hold that office-offered up a short speech honoring the enslaved men and women whose labor helped build the oldest city in the state of Georgia.

In its third year, the Operation Welcome You Home Wounded Warrior 5K drew a record crowd, with more than 1,300 registered participants.

Corey Dickstein/Savannah Morning News Service Brewing Co. CEO Kevin Ryan takes a look at the clarity of the mash as the brewery on Indian Street in Savannah brews one of its first batches of its Compass Rose IPA on Tuesday morning.

Eyeheart the Savannah Music Scene will not only showcase nine Savannah-based rock/metal/punk bands in a benefit show at Dollhouse Productions, but it will also be a standing testament to the camaraderie and solidarity of musicians in Savannah.

A Savannah man's fight for a nude friendly beach on Tybee Island is getting some sand kicked in its face.

A grand jury in Chatham County today indicted Phell Hudson Jr. in the June slaying of another man on Savannah's westside.