The filing deadline for the Aug. 20 primary is June 21. Mayor Floyd Adams Jr. looked at what he had to lose: The top elected position in the city where he was born, along with its $45,000 salary and...

...Will he or won't he? And if he does, who will take his place? The political intrigue surrounding Savannah Mayor Floyd Adams Jr. is thickening. Mr. Adams has made a habit of keeping people guessing about his run for Congress. In March - after...

...privileges -- especially when you're Savannah's mayor with the city's American Express card in your wallet. Mayor Floyd Adams Jr. has put thousands of dollars in personal expenses on the city's corporate credit card since 1996, including purchases...

...and his treasurer is considering becoming a candidate himself. The soul-searching might be over for Savannah Mayor Floyd Adams Jr., who ended his congressional campaign this week. But it's a different story for Savannah's Democratic Party...

...perfectly painted houses in the Windsor Forest and Wilshire neighborhoods on the suburban southside of Savannah. Mayor Floyd Adams Jr. confused and alarmed residents last month when he said the two neighborhoods would be Savannah's next ghettos because...

...who will lead the city into the 21st century. But you'd never know that from the local campaign atmosphere. Mayor Floyd Adams Jr. and six of eight aldermen are running for re-election Nov. 2, and the other two likely will run again, too...

...Alderman Pete Liakakis and retired professor Otis Johnson. The runoff not only will decide who replaces outgoing Mayor Floyd Adams Jr., Savannah's first black mayor, but also will settle whether blacks or whites hold a majority on the nonpartisan...

...overall, I think, will be a positive impact on my candidacy," Chuck Pardue of Augusta said after Savannah Mayor Floyd Adams Jr.'s exit from the race. Mr. Adams pulled out Monday, saying he was disappointed with the amount of money he has...

...to the city; he has two already. But Town Crier Harry Jennings proclaimed it Midnight in Paperback Day, and Mayor Floyd Adams Jr. spoke in glowing terms of the book's impact on Savannah. "We're very proud of you," Mr. Adams said to Mr...

...is to downgrade the drunkenness of St. Patrick's Day and make it into the religious event it once was," Mayor Floyd Adams Jr. said. "We don't want Savannah to get the reputation that all we're having is a drunken feast all the time...