A new COVID-19 model from Georgia Tech projects increases of thousands of cases and deaths in the state by mid-August. The university’s Center for Health and Humanitarian Systems and Health Analytics Group say that depending on how much the public follows physical distancing measures in the coming weeks, Georgia’s total number of COVID-19 deaths could […]
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21-year-old Johns Creek man arrested and charged with child molestation in Gordon County
A Johns Creek man is in the Gordon County jail today after sheriff’s department officials say they caught him with a minor early Thursday morning outside a recreation facility. According to Gordon County Sheriff Mitch Ralston, at about 4 a.m. May 7, a deputy sheriff on patrol observed a suspicious automobile at a county recreation […]
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High-ranking Georgia lawmaker says ‘now is the time’ to act on hate crimes amid Ahmaud Arbery shooting
On the heels of the public outcry about the Ahmaud Arbery shooting, another key Georgia lawmaker is calling for hate crimes laws to be passed when the state legislature returns to work. State Representative Calvin Smyre a democrat from Columbus who is also the Dean of the Georgia House of Representatives, today issued the following […]
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Coronavirus confirmed in Glascock County. Now the virus has spread to all Georgia counties
The first confirmed case of coronavirus in Glascock County was confirmed yesterday by the Georgia Department of Public Health. Glascock was the only county in Georgia that had not seen a single case of COVID-19. For weeks, Glascock and Taliaferro counties remained the only counties in the state with no coronavirus infections. Now both counties […]
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Police release name of victim in Dunwoody Village Apartment Homes homicide
DUNWOODY — Police in Dunwoody have released the name of the victim in the Wednesday homicide at Dunwoody Village Apartment Homes. Police say the victim was 39-year-old Spencer Lavest Foster. Foster’s death has now officially been ruled a homicide and the investigation is underway. At 6:43 p.m. Wednesday evening, the Dunwoody Police Department received a […]
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Fire destroys vacant Valdosta home
VALDOSTA — A vacant home in south Georgia was destroyed by flames Thursday night. The Valdosta Fire Department responded to the report of a structure fire at 828 W. Adair St. The call came in from dispatch at about 11:26 p.m. The first fire unit arrived within five minutes to find a vacant house fully […]
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Arrests made in Ahmaud Arbery murder investigation
As part of its investigation into the February slaying of Ahmaud Arbery, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation has arrested Gregory McMichael and his son Travis McMichael. Both were charged with murder and aggravated assault. They have been taken into custody and will be booked into the Glynn County jail. On Feb. 23, Arbery was in […]
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38-year-old man killed in Savannah homeless camp
SAVANNAH — The Savannah Police Department is investigating the death of a 38-year-old man at a President Street homeless camp this morning. Officers responded to the camp at President Street and Truman Parkway just after midnight and discovered Christopher Johnson dead as a result of an apparent cutting. Detectives say they have identified a possible […]
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Victims identified in Lawrenceville murder-suicide
LAWRENCEVILLE — The victims in a murder-suicide yesterday in Lawrenceville have been identified. Police say they were a mother and son. Officers performed a welfare check on a residence on Highland Ridge Pte. in Lawrenceville yesterday and found the mother and son dead from gunshot wounds. The victims in the case were identified as 83-year-old […]
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Georgia Governor Brian Kemp calls Ahmaud Arbery video ‘absolutely horrific’
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp weighed in on the killing of Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick after a video depicting his death went viral on the Internet. “Earlier this week, I watched a video depicting Mr. Arbery’s last moments alive. It is absolutely horrific, and Georgians deserve answers,” Kemp said. Kemp said he was confident the GBI […]
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Police investigate fatal crash involving a motorcycle and a mail truck
NORCROSS — Police are investigating a fatality crash in Norcross involving a motorcycle and a mail truck. The incident occurred at the intersection of Oakbrook Parkway an Indian Trail Lilburn Road just after 5 p.m. Wednesday. The driver of the motorcycle, 24-year-old Austin Caldwell, of Cumming, was turning left from Oakbrook Pkwy onto Indian Trail […]
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Lawmaker pushes for hate crimes law amid Ahmaud Arbery controversy
On the heels of a viral video that showed Ahmaud Arbery getting gunned down by two assailants in Brunswick, one Georgia lawmaker is advocating for the legislature to pass hate crimes laws in Georgia. State Representative Chuck Efstration, a republican from Dacula, who happens to be the chairman of the House Judiciary Non-Civil Committee, today […]
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In Georgia, 14% of coronavirus tests are positive
Georgia has 31,309 confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of noon Thursday. A total of 217,303 coronavirus tests have been processed. In terms of percentage, that means that just over 14% of all coronavirus tests are positive in Georgia. Breaking down the rest of the numbers, the peach state has had 5,816 hospitalizations for coronavirus, though […]
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Peach Bowl to fund more COVID-19 testing in Georgia
The state of Georgia is getting help from The Peach Bowl to improve COVID-19 testing statewide. Peach Bowl, Inc. will provide funding that will help make COVID-19 screenings available statewide during a critical time in the mitigation of the virus. The Peach Bowl has donated $1.09 million to help scale the telemedicine screening mobile application […]
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Police suspect foul play in Dunwoody Village Apartment death
DUNWOODY — A man was found dead Wednesday evening at the Dunwoody Village Apartment Homes and police say they suspect foul play in the case. At 6:43 p.m., the Dunwoody Police Department received a 9-1-1 call regarding a person possibly deceased inside an apartment at the Dunwoody Village Apartment Homes. Officers arrived and located one […]
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Police search for Georgia man who wore surgical mask during robberies
SAVANNAH — The Savannah Police Department needs the public’s help identifying a man they say robbed two gas stations while wearing a surgical mask last month. According to police, on Friday, April 3, at about 6:10 a.m., the Shell gas station on the 14000 block of Abercorn Street was robbed by an unidentified man. On […]
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Should Georgia college students get pass-fail grades for coronavirus-plagued semester?
Legislative Democrats stepped up the heat on the University System of Georgia Wednesday to let students forced off campus by coronavirus to opt in to a pass-fail grading system for the spring semester. A group of Democratic state representatives held an online discussion of the issue featuring several students who have led the charge for […]
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GBI to investigate shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery
State law enforcement officials have opened an investigation into the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery, a coastal Georgia resident who was gunned down during an encounter in Brunswick with two men in February that has sparked widespread outrage. Video footage purporting to show the fatal encounter between Arbery and the two men, Gregory McMichael and […]
