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At a press event last week on the first day of the Forecastle Festival in Louisville, Ky., Mayor Greg Fischer noted that we were all standing on a site that was formerly "junk yards and scrap yards."

In southeast Georgia's 1st District, state Sen. Buddy Carter of Pooler faces Bob Johnson, a Savannah surgeon backed by local tea party groups.

Mayor Edna Jackson along with District 2 Alderwoman Mary Osborne, interim Police Chief Julie Tolbert and other city officials held a press conference Monday at City Hall to address the recent wave of gun violence in Savannah.

After discovering fire and encircling his new flame in a tidy ring of stone, man has been wrangling wild landscapes into idealized form ever since.

Hargray Communications construction engineer Jason Ferguson, at right front, checks progress as a crew from contractor FiberOptic lays a cable for Hargray between Brooklet and Statesboro.

The chief and general manager of Southside Fire and EMS is stepping down; Wesley Meadows has been in charge of the largest private non profit fire service in the state for more than 15 years, and now, the search is on for a new chief.

The Most Reverend Katharine Jefferts Schori delivers the sermon at Christ Church in Savannah on Sunday, July 20, 2014.

Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police are seeking the public's help in locating a woman wanted for questioning in the investigation of a fatal shooting.

The Southern States Correctional Association is hosting a summer training conference in Savannah through Wednesday and is expected to draw more than 600 visitors from across the country.

But after retiring as principal at Garden City Elementary School in 2001, she just couldn't sit still.

Luckily, no one was seriously injured; only bumps and bruises. One woman was taken to the hospital, complaining of relatively minor injuries.

There is no better way to enjoy the hot summer days than with some ice cream. Sunday was officially National Ice Cream Day.

Both Rep. Jack Kingston of Savannah and former Dollar General CEO David Perdue have been spending a major portion of their time and money wooing voters along the busy stretches of Interstates 75 and 85 just before they merge south of downtown Atlanta and then as they split off heading for north Georgia and some of the most Republican parts of the ... (more)

Nearly 30 years later, when I was 13, I was on a survey party that was profiling something called the Casey Canal Parkway.

Duties: Walton will provide overall leadership for various units of student affairs to integrate academic and student development programs and activities.

Photo by Ben Brengman for the Savannah Morning News - Savannah's Mayor Edna Jackson and a student from Savannah Classical Academy cut the ribbon during the ceremonial ribbon cutting.

Senior Citizens Inc. is in its 56th year serving Savannah. It has long been identified with its Meals on Wheels program, in-home care, adult daycare and traditional neighborhood centers.

Brittney Lohmiller / Savannah Morning News - From left, Marcus Wright, Craig Smith and Vernon Williams pick-up debris and clear brush around at the East President Street homeless camp July 19. Approximately ten workers with Savannah Impact Program mowed grass, cleared small trees and cleaned-up debris at the homeless camp to allow volunteers to ... (more)

The big ships that make their way to and from Savannah, Ga., the nation's fourth-largest container port, can get you a shot of whiskey for a buck if you're in the right place at the right time on River Street, a seven-block stretch of cobblestone that lines the water.

A local group called "Gals" or "Growing and Loving Sisters" hosted the event. Lots of folks came out to learn about the disease, and what routes they can take to find even more information.