DeKalb County announced last week that police officers and firefighters would be passing out COVID-19 care packets to residents. The care packages include two disposable nonsurgical masks and a container of hadn sanitizer with a card containing tips on how to prevent the spread of coronavirus. County officials report being overwhelmed with calls from residents […]
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Will you be able to see The Blue Angels and Thunderbirds when they fly over metro Atlanta today?
The U.S. Navy and Air Force will showing their support for Georgia’s frontline workers in the coronavirus pandemic today when The Blue Angels and Thunderbirds fly over metro Atlanta. The flyover is scheduled to begin at 1:35 p.m. and is expected to end at about 2 p.m. The flight path will start in Marietta and […]
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Here’s what soldiers saw after coronavirus hit a rural Georgia nursing home
This article was produced in partnership with ProPublica. Georgia Health News is a member of the ProPublica Local Reporting Network. On Tuesday afternoon in a small town in southwest Georgia, Army National Guard 2nd Lt. George Peagler stepped into a white hazmat suit, pulled up his bright green gloves and adjusted his N95 mask. Georgia Gov. Brian […]
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Brian Kemp wants you to wear a mask despite end of shelter-in-place
On the first day after Georgia’s shelter-in-place order officially expired, Gov. Brian Kemp is urging Georgians to continue wearing face masks when they go out, a sign that the governor doesn’t expect the state to return to normal immediately. Kemp, Dr. Kathleen Toomey, and the Georgia Department of Public Health urge all Georgians to continue […]
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Georgia senator introduces plan to address doctor shortage by allowing immigrant visas
U.S. Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., is planning to introduce bipartisan legislation aimed at relieving the nation’s shortage of doctors and nurses critically needed to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. The bill would recapture and reallocate 25,000 unused immigrant visas for nurses and 15,000 for doctors and instruct the State Department and Department of Homeland Security […]
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Gordon County has an absentee ballot drop box
CALHOUN — Voters in Gordon County will be able to drop off their absentee ballots for the June 9 primary election at a new absentee ballot drop box. The Gordon County Board of Elections and Voter Registration Office recently installed an “Official Absentee Ballot Drop Box” for voters to use when dropping off their absentee […]
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$25,000 reward offered for information on shooting at DeKalb Solicitor-General’s home
The DeKalb County Police Department is offering a $25,000 reward for details leading to the arrest, indictment and conviction of the individuals responsible for firing at the home of DeKalb County’s solicitor-general Donna Coleman-Stribling. According to police, shots were fired at Coleman-Stribling’s home at about 10 p.m. April 11 while the family was inside the […]
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Georgia’s shelter-in-place order expires tonight, but not for everyone
The Gist: As expected, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has decided to let the state’s shelter-in-place order expire at 11:59 p.m. tonight. However, Kemp has extended the shelter-in-place order for medically fragile and elderly Georgians until June 12. He has also set restrictions on businesses until May 13. Why it Matters: Kemp has faced pressure from […]
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Missing Macon man found dead
MACON — A Macon man who was missing since Saturday afternoon was found dead Thursday morning near a wooded embankment. The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call of a person down just before 10 a.m. When deputies arrived they found a man unresponsive down a wooded embankment. After further investigation, authorities were able […]
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Burn bans begin in some Georgia counties May 1
Beginning May 1, the Georgia Environmental Protection Division open burning ban will be in effect for 47 Georgia counties. The ban will begin June 1 in seven additional counties, which were given extra time to clear vegetative debris from April storms. Counties that have until June 1 are Banks, Catoosa, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Upson and […]