WARNER ROBINS — Parts of the city of Warner Robins are under a boil water advisory until further notice. Warner Robins residential Utility customers on Greenbriar Road from Briarwood Drive to North Houston Road, North Houston Road from North Lake Drive to Greenbriar Road, and Johnson Road and Santangelo Court are advised to boil all […]
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Avondale Estates mayor warns community to follow coronavirus guidelines
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, […]
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Coronavirus has spread to 96 of Georgia’s 159 counties
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 […]
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Atlanta Man Wanted for Shooting Ex-girlfriend in Front of One-year-old Child
Gwinnett Count Police are searching for an Atlanta man in on the run after police say he shot his ex-girlfriend while dropping off diapers at her Snellville home. Their one-year-old child was outside with them, according to police. Officers were dispatched to a “person shot” call on Laurel Bend Court in unincorporated Snellville at about 3:30 […]
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Lawmakers agree on $2 trillion coronavirus response bill
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate leaders announced a compromise with the White House on a massive $2 trillion spending package that would send checks to Americans and provide aid to small businesses in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The deal was announced early Wednesday morning after days of heated negotiations on Capitol Hill. Senate Majority Leader Mitch […]
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Georgia’s medical schools are processing coronavirus tests faster than commercial labs
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 […]
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In Georgia, more than 32% of coronavirus patients are hospitalized
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 […]
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A DeKalb inmate and a Sheriff’s Department employee have tested positive for coronavirus
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 […]
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Albany hospital reaching ‘critical mass’ as coronavirus takes its toll
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 […]
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Is Georgia doing enough to stop the spread of coronavirus?
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 […]
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Georgia will mail absentee ballot request forms to all voters
Every Georgia voter will receive an absentee ballot request form in the mail ahead of the May 19 primaries, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Tuesday. The unprecedented step will reinforce the social distancing public health officials are recommending in the midst of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic. “Times of turbulence and upheaval like the one […]
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Georgia now has over 1,000 coronavirus cases
Georgia’s number of confirmed coronavirus cases has hit the 1,000 mark as of noon Tuesday. The state now has a total of 1,026 cases with 32 deaths from the virus. The new numbers bring the state’s death rate to 3.12%. The largest number of cases continue to be in the 18 to 59 age group. […]
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Coronavirus Update: Atlanta residents have been ordered to stay in their homes
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued an Executive Order instituting a temporary order for residents within the city limits of Atlanta to stay in their place of residence in response to the rising number of coronavirus infections. The order came just after Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp ordered medically fragile groups across the state to shelter-in-place, closed bars and […]
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Georgia governor closes all bars, bans gatherings, orders shelter-in-place for medically fragile
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has ordered all medically fragile residents, those who have tested positive for coronavirus, those who have been exposed to the virus and those who suspect they may have the virus to stay home. He has also banned all gatherings throughout the state of 10 or more people and has shuttered bars […]
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Gwinnett Police Nab Man Wanted for Murder in Florida
The Gwinnett County Police Department located a man wanted for murder in Florida after officers followed up on a vehicle that fled from a traffic stop. According to the Gwinnett County Police Dept., Officer Blackburn pulled a vehicle over on March 12, after he witnessed it traveling on Lawrenceville Suwanee Road with no working brake […]
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Atlanta Police Officers Shoot Knife-wielding Woman
Atlanta police officers shot a woman they say came towards them with a knife Monday morning. According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, preliminary information indicates that at about 9:19 a.m., a 911 call was placed regarding a subject stabbing herself with a knife in the area of Eleanor Terrace in Atlanta. When officers responded, […]
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Georgia sheriff pens letter to community about coronavirus
Putnam County Sheriff Howard R. Sillis wrote a heartfelt letter to his community urging them to stay home and take the spread of coronavirus seriously. In the letter, the sheriff said he will be petitioning the Putnam County Board of Commissioners and the Eatonton City Council to legally require residents to stay home. The full […]
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Two more Georgia senators test positive for coronavirus
Four state senators including the chairwoman of the Georgia Democratic Party have tested positive for coronavirus as the untreatable respiratory disease continues to spread across Georgia with hundreds of confirmed cases and more than two dozen deaths. First to publicly announce his COVID-19 diagnosis was Sen. Brandon Beach, R-Alpharetta, whose test results came back positive days after […]
