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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.

A Savannah-Chatham Metro police officer who forwarded his fiery resignation letter to all 609 members of his department spoke exclusively with WTOC on Wednesday.

Daniel Patrick Sheehan, 50, has been charged with the murder of Kathleen Sheehan, 45, who was found dead in their residence on West Montgomery Cross Road on April 4. Violent Crimes detectives initiated a death investigation that led to a ruling of homicide by state medical examiners on July 8.

A pit bull blend, Jonie, was found carrying her injured Chihuahua friend, Chachi, inside her mouth around a Savannah, Georgia, neighborhood.

Savannah's Chip Lane wrote and co-produced the feature film Untouched , which will have its world premiere Tuesday, July 29 at the Lucas Theatre.

The polls are open for a few more hours, and there are several major races that impact the area, including the First Congressional District race, the U.S. Senate race and the State Superintendent's race.

From left, J.T. Carter, father of Buddy Carter, Buddy Carter, candidate for the 1st Congressional District of Georgia, and Gloria Sears talk at the Hyatt Regency in Savannah while waiting for the votes to be tallied.

CRI President and 17th U.S. Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., FACS, understands diabetes from many perspectives, including its economic burden for the nation and the emotional toll it takes on patients.

Leonardo Lamont "Scoochie" Anderson, 38, has been charged with the Friday night shootings of two men on the 1200 block of Seiler Avenue that left one man dead and a second with serious injuries.

Police are asking the public's help locating a Savannah man they filed murder and aggravated assault charges against in connection with a Friday night double shooting on the city's eastside that left one person dead.

The message from shark researchers sums it up: "Female shark hotspot?" tweeted the nonprofit Ocearch earlier this afternoon.

Mozart's Don Giovanni forms the centerpiece of the 2014 Savannah VOICE Festival, a two-week celebration of opera Aug. 1-17.