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DeKalb County's certification of its election results may be postponed after an elections employee tested positive for COVID-19, forcing a 14-day self-quarantine for all employees who have come in contact with the employee.
Posted inCoronavirus

DeKalb elections employee tests positive for coronavirus

by Thom ChandlerJune 19, 2020June 19, 2020
covid-19, coronavirus, virus
Posted inCoronavirus

VIDEO: What is contact tracing?

by Thom ChandlerJune 19, 2020June 19, 2020
SOUTH FULTON -- Police in South Fulton say a 6-year-old who was shot and killed Wednesday was accidentally shot by one of his siblings.
Posted inIn The News

Police say 6-year-old South Fulton boy was accidentally shot by a sibling

by Thom ChandlerJune 18, 2020June 18, 2020
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Posted inCoronavirus

Coronavirus cases surge at Georgia military base

by Andy Miller | GHNJune 18, 2020August 12, 2020
DULUTH -- A train derailed in Duluth Wednesday morning after colliding with a truck that was on the tracks, Gwinnett County Firefighters say.
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Train derails after hitting truck in Duluth

by Thom ChandlerJune 17, 2020June 17, 2020
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More than 2,500 people have died from coronavirus in Georgia

by Thom ChandlerJune 16, 2020June 16, 2020
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Here’s how Atlanta plans to reform the police department

by Thom ChandlerJune 16, 2020September 24, 2023
coronavirus, virus, mask
Posted inCoronavirus

Georgia is ‘trending poorly’ in coronavirus recovery

by Andy Miller | GHNJune 15, 2020August 12, 2020
Georgia is on the verge of 2,500 deaths from coronavirus. The Georgia Department of Public Health reported a total of 2,494 deaths as of its 3 p.m. status update Monday.
Posted inCoronavirus

Georgia nears 2,500 coronavirus deaths

by Thom ChandlerJune 15, 2020June 15, 2020
The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee this week adopted an amendment to require the Defense Department to rename U.S. military facilities named in honor of Confederates, including two in Georgia.
Posted inIn The News

Should two Georgia military bases named after confederates be renamed?

by Robin Bravender | Georgia RecorderJune 14, 2020August 12, 2020
ATLANTA -- The city too busy to hate was rocked Saturday by news that an Atlanta Police Officer shot and killed a 23-year-old black man in the parking lot of a Wendy's Friday night.
Posted inIn The News

Atlanta responds to police killing of black man at Wendy’s

by Thom ChandlerJune 13, 2020September 24, 2023
Georgia reported 1,018 new COVID-19 cases Saturday, making it the largest single-day increase in reported cases since the state's shelter-in-place order on May 1.
Posted inCoronavirus

Georgia reports highest single day increase in new coronavirus cases since May 1

by Thom ChandlerJune 13, 2020June 13, 2020
The economic downturn triggered by COVID-19 is producing the expected result in Georgia’s Medicaid program: A surge in enrollment.
Posted inCoronavirus

Georgia’s laid off workers are turning to Medicaid in droves

by Andy Miller | GHNJune 12, 2020August 12, 2020
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Georgia has more than 55,000 confirmed coronavirus cases

by Thom ChandlerJune 12, 2020June 12, 2020
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Georgia has now tested 97% of nursing home residents for coronavirus

by Thom ChandlerJune 12, 2020June 12, 2020
On a day that saw Georgia's highest number of newly reported coronavirus cases since May 1, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed an executive order lifting more coronavirus pandemic restrictions and allowing conventions in Georgia.
Posted inCoronavirus

Kemp loosens COVID-19 restrictions, ends shelter-in-place for elderly residents

by Thom ChandlerJune 11, 2020June 11, 2020
ATLANTA -- For the first time in over a week, the City of Atlanta will not have a curfew.
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Atlanta has lifted its curfew for Saturday night

by Thom ChandlerJune 6, 2020September 24, 2023
A Piper 31T twin engine turbo prop aircraft crashed in a densely wooded area off Tanyard Road near Eatonton Friday.
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Putnam County plane crash kills 5

by Thom ChandlerJune 5, 2020June 5, 2020

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