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The Georgia Supreme Court today affirmed the 2012 murder and armed robbery convictions of a Savannah man in a 2006 slaying during a drug deal.

Average retail gasoline prices in Savannah have fallen 0.4 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.33 per gallon on Sunday, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com.

A Chatham County Superior Court jury on Friday night convicted a Savannah man of attempted armed robbery but acquitted him on a murder charge in the 2012 slaying of a man during a botched drug transaction.

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The team has a game scheduled in Savannah on Thursday and in advance of the big game, the Harlem Globetrotters Buckets Blakes will be spending some time with kids at Memorial University Medical Center Monday, and then they will head over to the Habersham YMCA to talk about bullying prevention at 3:45 p.m. The Harlem Globetrotters will be at the ... (more)

There is still no word on a suspect after a shooting late Sunday in Savannah sent one man to the hospital.

ROBIN TRIMARCHI/rtrimarchi@ledger-enquirer.comMorgan Kendrick, president of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia, oversees 4,000 employees statewide.

Calling all weather watchers. A nationwide network of backyard weather observers wants you to join them in measuring and mapping precipitation.

Savannah's Irish groups surrounded the Celtic Cross with their banners Sunday before the ceremony began in Emmet Park.

Organizers of the event received the honor at the at the Southeast Festivals and Events Association's Kaleidoscope Awards, at the Hilton Savannah DeSoto in Savannah, Georgia on Feb. 18. The ceremony was held in conjunction with the 11th Annual Southeast Festivals and Events Conference.

The absence of funding for the deepening of the Savannah River shipping channel in President Barack Obama's budget took on political significance in Georgia when it was released Tuesday.

When Madeleine Crawford has her blood drawn at the doctor's office, she never looks away.

We invite newcomers to dinner. We chitchat as we walk our dogs in the neighborhood.

One afternoon last week, I spent some time wandering around the outside of the Savannah Pharmacy building on Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard.

Steve Bisson/Savannah Morning News - Nine-week old Hansel is held by Jodi Lewis, a supervisor at the Chatham County Animal Control Shelter.

In ancient Rome, the consumption of oysters was thought to imbue great power and influence, so it is little wonder that this humble mollusk features prominently at the Savannah-Chatham Day seafood fest in Atlanta.

Richard Burkhart/Savannah Morning News Spence Howell, right, helps translate for Dr. Lawrence Zottoli as he talks with Ana Arevalo at the St. Joseph's/Candler Good Samaritan Clinic in Garden City.

The Band Perry performed in Savannah on Friday night as part of their "We Are Pioneers" world tour, featuring special guests Lindsay Ell and Easton Corbin.

The American Red Cross Chatham County Disaster Action Team responded to a mobile home fire Friday night in Garden City, displacing 1 adult and 1 child.

Detectives are asking the public for help identifying a car that heavily damaged a historical park in downtown Savannah on Sunday morning.