As coronavirus pandemic lockdowns force companies to close or limit services, employees working for those companies are finding themselves facing layoffs. While loss of income is a concern, the loss of employer-sponsored health insurance during a time when an unseen virus is spreading can be terrifying for those who have lost their jobs. Georgia’s insurance […]
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Missing Douglas County Teenager Found
UPDATE: The Douglas County Sheriff’s Dept., says Kyle Girard has been located. The original story is below. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s health locating a missing teenagers. Sheriff’s officials say 17-year-old Kyle Girard left his Lithia Springs home of his own volition and all possible leads in the case have […]
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Valdosta mayor says coronavirus order is ‘not a suggestion’
VALDOSTA — Lowndes County has had 20 confirmed coronavirus cases and one death so far during the COVID-19 pandemic. That is more cases than the counties surrounding Valdosta combined. The mayor of Valdosta, along with the Lowndes County Commission chair and the mayors of Hahira, Remerton, Lake Park, and Dasher are strongly urging residents to […]
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Two Charged in Connection with Shooting Death of Georgia Man
Two Crawford county residents have been charged with malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, tampering with evidence, armed robbery and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony in connection with the shooting death of a 38-year-old man at his home in Fort Valley. On Monday, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation obtained arrest warrants […]
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Rabies Alert: Rabid raccoon found in Hall County
Hall County has confirmed its first case of rabies in 2020. According to county officials, there was contact between a raccoon and two dogs on Lee Road in the Murrayville area. The raccoon was shipped to the Georgia Public Health Lab in Decatur. On March 27, Hall County Animal Control was advised that the raccoon […]
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Dougherty County has had the most deaths from coronavirus
Two Georgia counties have had more than 10 people die from coronavirus, according to today’s status report from the Georgia Department of Public Health. Dougherty County leads Georgia in the number of deaths from the virus with 17. Dougherty county is a hotbed for the virus in Georgia after it spread rapidly from two highly […]
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Georgia Man Charged with Sexual Exploitation of Children
A 35-year-old middle Georgia man was arrested and charged with sexual exploitation of children Friday after a GBI investigation. According to the GBI, 35-year-old David Heath II, of Lizella, was arrested and charged with five counts of Sexual Exploitation of Children, Possession of Child Pornography, as well as Possession of Methamphetamine. The investigation began as […]
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Gwinnett County man killed in motorcycle crash
A Suwanee man died in a Friday afternoon motorcycle crash on a Lawrenceville road. According to the Gwinnett County Police Department, shortly before 6 p.m. Friday, March 27, officers were dispatched to an injury crash at the intersection of Collins Hill Road and Russell Road in unincorporated Lawrenceville. The caller told dispatchers a motorcycle driver […]
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Atlanta is the fourth fastest-growing metro area in the U.S.
Metro Atlanta was the nation’s fourth fastest-growing metropolitan area in the last decade, according to new numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau. The population of Atlanta, including Sandy Springs and Alpharetta, was just more than 6 million as of last July 1, up from just less than 5.3 million on April 1, 2010. That increase […]
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These are the victims of coronavirus in Georgia
The Georgia Department of Public Health has released its first set of information on the people who have died from coronavirus. As of 7 p.m. Sunday, 83 Georgians have died. The new information includes the age of the patient, their gender, their county and whether or not they had any underlying conditions. Georgia has 2,683 […]