The Savannah Police Department and the Chatham County Police Department have filed charges against a man accused of impersonating a police officer. The Savannah Police Department arrested 34-year-old Donald Williams, Jr. on January 5 and charged him with Impersonating a Police Officer or Employee and Blue Light Restrictions on Vehicles. Both crimes are felonies. On […]
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Cherokee County schools close due to coronavirus surge among staff
Schools in Cherokee County will be closed at least through Jan. 19 after a coronavirus surge in the county and throughout the school system caused the absence of 400 staff members system-wide. The school system just reopened for in-person learning on Wednesday. “Cases are higher in our community, our state and our nation than ever […]
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Ralston does not plan to end no-excuse absentee voting
Georgia’s most powerful state lawmaker threw cold water Thursday on calls by some top Republican officials to eliminate no-excuse absentee voting after the 2020 election cycle. House Speaker David Ralston, R-Blue Ridge, indicated he may not support any legislative moves to require Georgians to give specific reasons for requesting mail-in ballots, following a recent push […]
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Cherokee High School art teacher chosen to complete mural on Railroad Street
CANTON — With a submitted rendering of a mural representing the history and diversity of Cherokee County, Shanna Coulter, a fine art instructor at Cherokee High School, was selected as the featured artist to complete a three-foot-high and 540-foot-long mural on Railroad Street. The City of Canton and the Downtown Canton Main Street’s Public Art […]
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Hospitals across Georgia can’t keep up with coronavirus surge
A Georgia town’s current status as a COVID hot spot has left its mark on the local hospital. Dublin, in Middle Georgia, is now listed as No. 7 among U.S. metro areas in per capita rate of COVID-19 infections over the past two weeks, according to the New York Times. About one-third of Fairview Park […]
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Fulton County to make COVID-19 vaccines available to residents 65 and over
The Fulton County Board of Health is making COVID-19 vaccines available to all residents who are age 65 and over. As the vaccine distribution begins, the board of health is asking for residents to be patient as national vaccine stocks are limited and will be for some time. Here’s what you need to know about […]
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Capitol raid will become Trump’s legacy
The president promised he would be there every step of the way. It was a pledge Donald Trump made to thousands of supporters who had gathered Wednesday morning to protest Congress’s certification of the Electoral College vote. Behind bulletproof glass on a stage at the Ellipse, only a quarter-mile from the U.S. Capitol, Trump insisted […]
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Emergency services in Habersham County are maxed out due to COVID-19
Habersham County Emergency Services is asking the public to use caution and only dial 911 if there is a true medical emergency. With COVID-19 cases continuing to rise, local emergency services agencies have been stretched to their limits. County officials say all hospitals south of Gainesville are on a diversion. While North Georgia Medical Center […]
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Vernon Jones says he’s joining the Republican party
On the day after an election that looks like it will seat two democrats from Georgia in the U.S. Senate, firebrand political figure Vernon Jones announced that he is joining the republican party. Jones, who has always run as a democrat when serving in the Georgia House of Representatives and as CEO of DeKalb County, […]
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Pets die in Woodstock house fire
WOODSTOCK — A Woodstock homeowner lost several pets in a house fire last night, according to the Woodstock Fire Department. The Woodstock Fire Department and the Cherokee County Fire Department responded to a structure fire at a home in Buckingham Place in Woodstock at 5:42 p.m. Tuesday. On arrival, crews were met with heavy fire […]
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Here’s where it might snow in Georgia on Thursday
Forecasts predicting snow in North Georgia on Thursday have been updated and give a better picture of the area that might see some snow flurries. A low pressure system will bring rainfall to much of the area on Thursday afternoon. As temperatures begin to drop later on Thursday, there’s the potential for rain to transition […]
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Warnock defeats Loeffler in Georgia Senate race
A steady trickle of Georgians mostly breezed in and out of polling places across the state for the final day of voting in the state’s high-stakes U.S. Senate runoffs, adding more than 1 million votes to the already 3 million cast before Tuesday. The nation watched as voters here narrowly elected Democrat Raphael Warnock, making […]
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The Georgia Senate runoff is razor thin as counting continues
The runoff races for U.S. Senate in Georgia looked too close to call late on Election Day, though Democratic candidates Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock held favorable positions with thousands of votes left to be counted in suburban Atlanta counties and Savannah. With more than a dozen counties still outstanding by midnight, Warnock clung […]
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Election Results: 19,000 remaining ballots in DeKalb must be manually scanned
Georgia’s Senate runoff election takes center stage nationally today as the result of today’s election will determine the balance of power in Congress. If republicans win, Mitch McConnell will hold onto a republican majority in the Senate. If both democrats win, most Senate votes would be tied 50-50, allowing Vice President-elect Kamala Harris to be […]
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Suspect arrested in Decatur funeral shooting
The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Unit, working with the Atlanta Police Department, has arrested a suspect in the murder of a man at a Decatur funeral last month. Sheriff’s investigators arrested 29 year-old Denard Juantez Conyers of Atlanta at an Atlanta residence on charges of Aggravated Assault and Murder in the shooting death of […]
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It’s Here: The more contagious variant of coronavirus is in Georgia
The Georgia Department of Public Health says the more contagious variant of coronavirus — known as B..1.1.7 — which was first discovered in the UK, has been found in a patient in Georgia. The variant was discovered during analysis of a specimen sent by a pharmacy in Georgia to a commercial lab. The Georgia resident […]
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Georgia elections chief says voting is running smoothly today
The Senate runoff election in Georgia is running smoothly throughout the state with no reports of long lines, according to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. Wait times average just one minute at polling locations throughout the Peach State. “After wait times averaging just 2 minutes on November 3rd, Georgia’s election administration is hitting a […]
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Could it snow in North Georgia on Thursday?
In a week that has seen both President Donald Trump and President-elect Joe Biden visit Georgia, one of the most consequential election runoff’s in state history happen on Tuesday, and what is all but certain to be a dramatic Electoral College vote certification process on Wednesday, it would only be fitting to end the week […]
