Free COVID-19 Testing in Forsyth County Free COVID-19 testing provided by District 2 Public Health will be held at Browns Bridge Church at 3860 Browns Bridge Road. Tests will be by appointment only from 8:30 a.m to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, August 5. To schedule a testing appointment, please call 770-781-6900. As of Monday, Forsyth […]
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26-year-old drowns in Ocmulgee River
MACON — A 26-year-old Mississippi man drowned in the Ocmulgee River in Bibb County Saturday. The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office, along with the Macon-Bibb County Fire Department, responded to Frank Amerson Park at the Ocmulgee River regarding the drowning at 10:23 a.m Saturday. According to witnesses, there was a group walking the trails that decided […]
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If you’re in a non-injury car accident in Atlanta, don’t call the police
ATLANTA — If you get into a car accident in the City of Atlanta and no one is injured, the police will not be dispatched to the accident. The new policy, announced last week on Facebook, is temporary and is being implemented for the safety of police officers during the coronavirus pandemic. If you are […]
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Congress demands answers about Georgia’s coronavirus response
A Congressional committee on coronavirus is demanding answers from Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp about the state’s response to COVID-19. The committee has given Kemp until August 12 to provide documentation and an explanation for why the state is not following the recommendations of the Coronavirus Task Force, which recently put Georgia in the “red zone” […]
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Kids and COVID, Chinese mystery seeds and other things we learned this week
It’s time for another rundown of facts, figures and tidbits behind this week’s headlines. Below are some items we learned about this week that most Georgians were unaware of before they surfaced in news stories. The kids aren’t alright (part 1) Toward the end of the week we were bombarded with headlines about children and […]
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Kemp’s executive order remains unchanged despite COVID-19 surge
On Friday, a day when Georgia lost 81 lives to coronavirus and saw 4,149 new cases, 386 new hospitalizations and 60 new ICU admissions, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s executive order on COVID-19 was set to expire at 11:59 p.m. Kemp extended the order through August 15 Friday night, keeping it largely unchanged despite a growing […]
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COVID-19 slams Georgia’s rural hospitals
Evans Memorial Hospital in southeast Georgia recently struggled to find someone to accept the transfer of a very sick COVID-19 patient. After Evans staff called 14 hospitals, one finally agreed to take the patient. That hospital turned out to be two states away — in Bowling Green, Ky. The patient was flown to the Kentucky […]
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Coronavirus Update: Georgia to use World Congress Center surge beds next week
As COVID-19 cases continue to grow throughout Georgia, Gov. Brian Kemp announced the state will begin using the surge bed facility at the Georgia World Congress Center Aug. 3. With a total capacity of 120 beds, the facility will house an initial surge of 60 beds and increase based on need. The move comes as […]
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Dog rescued from thrift store fire
LAWRENCEVILLE — Gwinnett County Firefighters rescued a dog from a thrift store in Lawrenceville was heavily damaged by fire Thursday afternoon. Firefighters responded to a neighbor’s report of a fire at the Quinn House Thrift store at 219 Scenic Highway in Lawrenceville at 3:49 p.m. The neighbor reported seeing smoke coming from the front and […]
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Georgia’s Congress members want a statue of John Lewis at the U.S. Capitol
A bipartisan group of Congress members from Georgia want to put a statue of John Lewis at the U.S. Capitol, and they have written a letter to state officials to make the statue to the recently deceased civil rights icon a reality. Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. Dean of the Georgia Delegation, Congressman Tom […]