Savannah News

A raccoon trapped after it got into a scuffle with a family dog on Savannah's southside has tested positive for rabies.

The Supermarket of Veterans Benefits will be from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursday at the Georgia Department of Veterans Service at the Georgia National Guard Armory, 1248 Eisenhower Drive in Savannah.

Carelessness caused a Savannah man to shoot himself in his pinky finger on Monday.

The new Fresh Exhibitions Fellowship Program of Art Rise Savannah - formerly Desotorow Gallery - is designed to "create opportunities and match them to a deserving artist and art sponsor," a spokesperson says.

The Savannah Toy Run XXIII will take place this Saturday. ABATE of Georgia and the Wingmen 9339 of Savannah are hosting the annual toy run.

Tommy Linstroth, owner and founder of Savannah based Trident Sustainability Group unveiled the GreenBadger LEED documentation APP at the 2013 GREENBUILD conference in Philadelphia last month.

Mayors from across southeast Georgia will join forces in Savannah to provide a "brighter holiday for those in need" at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4, as part of the 55th annual Mayors' Christmas Motorcade.

A Savannah woman has pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the 2011 death of her newborn baby.

On these street corners, you'll hear saws, hammers and paint brushes busy at work.

A Savannah woman Tuesday pleaded guilty to reduced charges in the December 2011 death of her newborn who was found in a garbage truck.

A Savannah woman accused of killing her baby found in a trash can by a garbage crew in 2011, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge on Tuesday.

When: At 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, Dec. 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21; and at 3 p.m. Sundays, Dec. 8, 15 and 22 Witches in popular culture came a long way in the years between Margaret Hamilton's green-skinned freakshow in The Wizard of Oz and blonde Elizabeth Montgomery, in Maybelline and miniskirts, on Bewitched.

The family of a mother of two who was killed on Halloween last year will hold a vigil in honor of her birthday Tuesday at Forsyth Park.

Delta is a 15-month-old loggerhead sea turtle that has found its home at the Tybee Island Marine Science Center for the past year.

Steve Bisson/Savannah Morning News - Sisters Mary Elizabeth Angaine, left, and Carmela Marolda look at plans for a new Carmelite Monastery building.

Several local merchants reported strong weekend sales, in part due to Small Business Saturday, a shopping holiday aimed at spreading consumer dollars beyond big retail stores on Black Friday.

A groundbreaking Monday for the University of Georgia Center for Research and Education at Wormsloe Plantation signalled the expanding focus on research at this iconic Savannah site.

The man's identity was not released Sunday. Fort Stewart spokesman Kevin Larson said man was about 22 years old and his body was found at Holbrook Pond.

Officials say Jonathan Edwards, 35, of Savannah, was killed when he was struck by a vehicle driven by Jessica Krebs, 25, on Johnny Mercer Boulevard just east of the Spencer Grayson Bridge over Turner's Creek Krebs has been charged with driving under the influence, hit and run with fatal injuries and first degree vehicular homicide.

Savannah-Chatham metro police are asking the public to help expand their search for a 21-year-old man charged with two counts of murder in a July 30 triple shooting on Savannah's eastside.