Georgia House Speaker David Ralston is asking Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to delay the May 19 primaries because of the coronavirus pandemic. In a letter dated Thursday, Ralston, R-Blue Ridge, suggested holding the primaries no earlier than June 23. “You and I both agree that the right to vote is one of our most […]

Gov. Brian Kemp Thursday ordered Georgia’s public schools closed through April 24 as cases of coronavirus continue to rise. “I am deeply grateful to State School Superintendent Richard Woods, the Georgia Department of Education, superintendents, and parents for keeping us informed and helping us make the right decision for our students,” Kemp said in a […]

As of Thursday’s noon status update from the Georgia Department of Public Health, coronavirus cases in Dougherty County have surged past every county in Georgia except Fulton County, which is Georgia’s most populated county. Dougherty County now has 156 confirmed cases of coronavirus. DeKalb County has 129 cases and Cobb County has 115. Fulton County […]

Georgia House Democrats on Wednesday increased pressure on Gov. Brian Kemp to implement a shelter-in-place order in the state. Members of the House Democratic Caucus sent a letter to Kemp urging him to institute the order to stop the spread of COVID-19. “In this moment, each of us must do everything in our power to […]

DUNWOODY — Dunwoody Mayor Lynn Deutsch wrote a letter to residents today in which she asked residents to take the coronavirus social distancing policies seriously. Below is the full text of her letter. Today, I’m imploring Dunwoody residents to stay at home. I am incredibly grateful that most of you are already following the guidelines […]

CANTON — The City of Canton is now under a shelter in place order. The city’s mayor says the order is the result of residents asking for the order. “The citizens have overwhelmingly asked the Council to look out for their interests during this pandemic,” stated Mayor Bill Grant. “This declaration and shelter in place […]

A fifth state senator has tested positive for coronavirus as the respiratory illness eclipsed 1,000 confirmed cases and claimed 40 lives in Georgia Wednesday. Sen. Lester Jackson, D-Savannah, told the Savannah Morning News Wednesday that his test results came back positive after a five-day wait. Jackson said he and his wife requested the test “out of an abundance of […]

AVONDALE ESTATES — Avondale Estates Mayor Jonathan Elmore is warning residents that if they don’t follow the city’s coronavirus guidelines, more aggressive actions will need to be taken. “Avondale Estates is a close knit and very social community,” Elmore wrote in a letter to resident. “Staying at home is causing us all cabin fever. However, […]

COVID-19 has now spread to 96 of Georgia’s 159 counties. Fulton County has the highest number of reported cases with 198. DeKalb is the second highest with 116. Dougherty county, which became a hotbed for the virus in Georgia after the virus spread through two highly attended funerals in the Albany area, has the third […]

Georgia’s two U.S. senators are asking the Trump administration to steer more of the available COVID-19 testing resources to Georgia’s academic medical centers. In a letter to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, Republicans David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler explain that the medical schools at Augusta University and Emory University are returning test […]

Georgia began releasing the number of Georgians hospitalized due to coronavirus and the numbers show that 32.9% of patients who tested positive for coronavirus are currently hospitalized. As of 7 p.m. Tuesday, 1,097 Georgians have tested positive for COVID-19. Of those, 361 are hospitalized and 38 people have died because of the virus. Georgia’s death […]

Dekalb County confirmed today that it has one inmate who tested positive for coronavirus and one Sheriff’s Department employee who tested positive. A 35-year old male inmate in the DeKalb County Jail is undergoing treatment at Grady Memorial Hospital after he tested positive for the virus during a medical assessment while in custody in the […]

An Albany hospital inundated with COVID-19 patients said Tuesday that it is “quickly reaching a critical mass,’’ and that some other hospitals are refusing to accept its transfer patients who don’t have the virus. Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital also reported three more COVID-19-related deaths Tuesday, bringing the hospital’s total to 11. It has 31 COVID-19 […]

How far should Georgia go to curb the spread of coronavirus while also protecting the economy from collapse? It’s a question state and local leaders are grappling with as COVID-19 continues sickening Georgians at a rapid pace and has led to nearly three dozen deaths as of noon Tuesday. Many officials and observers worry executive orders […]