Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday said a study of the antiviral drug remdesivir showed promising signs for treatment of coronavirus. Fauci said the mortality rate for COVID-19 patients given remdesivir was 8 percent compared to 11 percent for those taking a placebo. “Remdesivir has a clear-cut, significant, positive effect in diminishing the time to recovery,” […]
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Police need your help finding a missing Macon man
UPDATE: Randall Head was found dead April 30. Read more here. Bibb County Sheriff’s Office investigators are asking for the public’s assistance in a missing person investigation. According to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office, 51-year-old Randall Head, of Macon, was last seen leaving his home Saturday afternoon, April 25. Head’s father contacted the Sheriff’s Office […]
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Registered sex offender arrested on sexual exploitation charges in Clayton County
FOREST PARK — A 30-year-old registered sex offender was arrested Tuesday in Clayton County and charged with two counts of sexual exploitation of children for alleged possession of child pornography. On Tuesday, April 28, 2020, Vincent Hughes, of Forest Park, a registered sex offender, was arrested by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Clayton […]
Posted inCoronavirus
Will Brian Kemp extend Georgia’s shelter-in-place order?
With only a day left on the clock, Gov. Brian Kemp has not revealed whether or not he plans to extend Georgia’s shelter-in-place order before it expires. The governor’s office was expected to make an announcement on the order Wednesday, but he will instead hold off until Thursday, his communications director, Candice Broce, confirmed. Kemp […]
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20 Tips For The Class of 2020 to Always Remember
Graduates of the class of 2020, I know this isn’t the graduation you were expecting when you first stepped inside the halls of your high school four years ago. Your graduation year has been without fanfare, without parties and without ceremony. You are graduating in the midst of a global pandemic that will shape you […]
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Georgia surpasses 25,000 confirmed coronavirus cases
Georgia reached another milestone today for coronavirus cases, surpassing the 25,000 case mark. The total number of confirmed cases now stands at 25,274, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health. Of those confirmed cases, 4,948 people have been hospitalized, 1,122 people have been admitted to the ICU and 1,052 people have died. In terms […]
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Ringgold School district providing breakfast and lunch to students during COVID-19 pandemic
The Ringgold School District will be providing breakfast and lunch to children during the emergency school closure every Monday, Wednesday and Friday/ Each day of distribution, every child will receive 2 breakfasts and 2 lunches. Pick up times are 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the following locations:• Ringgold Elementary School North• Ringgold Elementary School […]
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Meet Monroe County’s finalist for Emergency Services Director
The Monroe County Board of Commissioners announced Milledgeville resident Matthew Jackson is a finalist to fill the position of Monroe County Emergency Services Director. Jackson has 26 years of fire and EMS experience in the Forest Park Fire and EMS Department, including holding the title of Deputy Fire Chief, which made him second in command […]
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Kitchen fire ravages Norcross apartment building displacing 40 residents
A fire that started in a kitchen destroyed an apartment building in Norcross Tuesday evening. Firefighters responded at 7:32 p.m. to a resident report of an apartment fire on the 2020 block of Rockbridge Court in unincorporated Norcross. The caller to 911 reported the alarms going off. Crews arrived to find heavy flames showing from […]
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Supreme Court to Georgia: You can’t charge people to read the law
A divided U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision Monday that Georgia can no longer copyright an annotated version of the state code, which it previously sold for a profit. Georgia claimed Public.Resource.Org initiated the case that rose to the U.S. Supreme Court, after the state claimed the nonprofit violated copyright law by making the state’s annotated […]