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Officials say Torrey Scott kidnapped the woman from the parking lot of Candler Hospital on Feb. 9. They say Scott robbed her and then forced her to drive to a secluded area on the east side of Savannah where he attacked her.

By the time you finish reading this column, more than 30 cases of child abuse will have been reported to authorities nationwide.

F orget the door-to-door toil that Halloween asks of children. This is Easter in Savannah, and kids can find candy aplenty at one-stop sites this weekend.

The Georgia Board of Regents voted Wednesday to approve Armstrong State University as the southside Savannah college's official name, dropping Atlantic from the title.

World Trade Center Savannah announced today that Effingham County Industrial Development Authority has become a founding investor partner.

A Savannah man has been arrested and charged with Saturday's shooting of another man on the 2400 block of Harden Street.

Caught on camera: Terrifying moment a spooked horse carrying children smashes into cars and ejects its driver before being calmed with carrots The horse was startled after losing its bit and broke into a gallop with two women and three children between ages 7 and 12 in the coach A spooked carriage horse caused a commotion in downtown Savannah, ... (more)

A spooked horse pulling a carriage full of tourists tore through downtown Savannah, Ga., on Monday, smashing into cars, scaring passersby and injuring the driver.

According to a Metro Police accident report, Historic Savannah Horse Tours driver Ashley Bignault lost control of her horse on Ellis Square Monday afternoon when the horse lost its bit.

DID YOU EVER eat something at a restaurant or party that you just had to recreate in your own kitchen? If the chef doesn't care to share his or her precious formula, you might drive yourself bonkers trying to blindly imitate their culinary genius.

The 8 pound, 12 ounce baby girl was born at 5:52 a.m. on April 15, making her the first baby born at Savannah's Memorial University Medical Center on "Tax Day."

After 45 years of banking, Jerry Barton, city president of Sea Island Bank, is retiring with commercial lead manager Ken Rabitsch stepping up as his successor - the latest changing of the guard in the local banking world.

THE LAWS OF physics dictate that nature abhors a vacuum. A related but lesser known axiom postulates that you can't love nature if you're inside vacuuming.

A Savannah man today was sentenced to 90 years to serve in prison for the March 2013 assaults on five Savannah-Chatham police officers during and after a high-speed chase in which one officer was struck by gunshots fired by the defendant.

A fugitive who has eluded authorities since escaping from a Georgia jail earlier this year was recaptured near the same county he escaped from.

Police say three Savannah men stole a sports utility vehicle in Chatham County last week, drove to Glynn County and burglarized at least three homes in the Timber Ridge subdivision Friday before leading police on a 30-mile chase on Interstate 95. Investigators are now asking anyone who might have seen the gray 2012 Chevrolet Traverse the men ... (more)

Now that spring has finally sprung, a lot of us have one thing on our mind -- vacation.

Going to court to fight a traffic violation may end up being an all day affair, but is safety an issue as the number of cases on the dockets of Chatham County Recorder's Court grow? The last few months, case dockets have been as high 120 cases every time Recorder's Court is called to session.

It's hard to believe that March 27 marked my 47th anniversary of being employed by Morris Communications Co., starting as a police beat reporter for the Savannah Evening Press.

Savannah-Chatham police inspect a horse carriage Monday after the horse pulling the carriage was spooked and crashed into several cars along Congress street.