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 […]
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SEC charges former Georgia lawmaker in Ponzi scheme
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged former Georgia state legislator and former member of the Georgia Board of Regents Clarence Dean Alford with defrauding at least 100 investors in his now-bankrupt energy development company, Allied Energy Services LLC. According to the SEC’s complaint, from 2017 to 2019, Alford fraudulently raised at least $23 million […]
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Three former U.S. Presidents visit Atlanta to say goodbye to John Lewis
Three former U.S. presidents said goodbye to civil rights icon John Lewis Thursday, culminating a weeklong series of ceremonies honoring the Atlanta congressman who died July 17 of cancer at age 80. Lewis’ funeral took place at historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta’s Sweet Auburn neighborhood, where Lewis mentor Martin Luther King Jr. once served […]
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Former presidential candidate Herman Cain dead at 74 from coronavirus
Former presidential candidate and Georgia resident Herman Cain, who was hospitalized earlier this month with COVID-19, has died from the virus. He was 74 years old. Cain’s death was confirmed by his spokesman Dan Calabrese Thursday morning. “Herman Cain – our boss, our friend, like a father to so many of us – has passed […]
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Need a mask? Walker County’s libraries are distributing them
Following the success of Mask Up Monday, Walker County is partnering with the three Cherokee Regional Library branches in the county to distribute additional face coverings. Beginning today, the Chickamauga, LaFayette and Rossville library branches will have free face coverings to hand out to the public on a limited basis. Each library has been stocked with nearly 1,000 […]