Eight Georgia public schools were named 2020 National Blue Ribbon Schools today. Blue Ribbon is a national recognition from the U.S. Department of Education. The Georgia schools named 2020 recipients of the honor are: Academy for Classical Education – Elementary (State Charter Schools Commission) Academy for Classical Education – Middle (State Charter Schools Commission) Martha […]
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COVID, internet deserts and mistrust harm Georgia’s Census results
Last September, Gov. Brian Kemp named 66 state leaders to promote the 2020 Census as members of the statewide Complete Count Committee. In November he gave the committee a pep talk to urge that they give the high stakes headcount their all. Co-chaired by Anna Miller of the Governor’s Office of Planning and Budget and Rusty Haygood […]
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CDC says no to trick-or-treating
The CDC released its guidelines for how to celebrate Halloween amid a global pandemic, and those recommendations are not going to be popular among many kids and parents. The agency says families should avoid door-to-door trick-or-treating, trunk-or-treat events, indoor costume parties, indoor haunted houses, crowded hayrides and rural fall festivals from hotspots. The CDC did […]
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Here’s where you can find a drop box for your absentee ballot in Georgia
Drop boxes to deposit absentee ballots ahead of the Nov. 3 general election have been set up by the dozens across Georgia as an option for voters who prefer not to show up in-person at a polling place during the COVID-19 pandemic. First rolled out for the June 9 primaries, the secure drop boxes have […]
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Georgia’s first African American state trooper has died
Retired Major Robert Hightower became the first African American State Trooper hired by the Georgia State Patrol in 1970. After 28 years of service with the Department of Public Safety, Hightower retired in 1998 as the Division Director of Driver Services. Hightower died Friday, Sept. 18. His funeral will be held on Saturday, Sept. 26, […]
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Trump has narrow lead over Biden in Georgia, Warnock gaining ground in senate race
There’s been little movement since summer in either the presidential race in Georgia or Republican U.S. Sen. David Perdue’s re-election bid, according to a new Monmouth University poll. But Democrat Raphael Warnock has made the Peach State’s other Senate contest a three-way race, according to a Monmouth Polling Institute telephone survey of 402 registered Georgia […]
Posted inTraffic & Transportation
Two pedestrian fatalities reported in Bibb County
Two pedestrian deaths in two separate incidents were reported within hours of each other in Bibb County. The first incident occurred at about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday. Bibb County Sheriff’s Office deputies answered a call of a pedestrian struck by a vehicle in the 1100 Block of Gray Highway near Dairy Queen, just after 9:30 p.m. […]
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Congress launches investigation into hysterectomies at Georgia detention facility
Top U.S. House Democrats are investigating a whistleblower’s allegations that immigrant women in a Georgia detention center endured gynecological procedures without their consent or full understanding of the treatment that was being performed. Dawn Wooten, a nurse who worked at the Irwin County Detention Center, said women at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility “were […]
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Active shooter barricaded in Cobb County subdivision
Update: The Cobb County Police Department reports that the standoff ended peacefully around noon. The original article is below. The Cobb County Police Department is asking the residents of a Cobb County neighborhood to shelter in place due to an active shooter situation. According to police, shots are actively being fired on Kingsley Drive. All […]