Congressman Tom Graves and Senator David Perdue are among Georgia leaders who have sent letters to Governor Brian Kemp, Lieutenant Governor Geoff Duncan, and Speaker of the Georgia House David Ralston requesting they replace the statue of Alexander Hamilton Stephens with a statue of John Lewis in the United States Capitol Statuary Hall.
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August 12, 2020
The Hamilton County Health Department reported Wednesday that there have not been any new deaths from coronavirus, keeping the toll at 56. Total cases now are 6,380 in Hamilton County, up ... (click for more)
Georgia state health officials reported on Wednesday there have been an additional 109 deaths due to the coronavirus. The new total is 4,456. There were 3,660 new cases as that total reached ... (click for more)
The 2020 Wine Over Water Food+Wine Festival will look a little different this year because of the pandemic. After 25 years of essentially the same event being held on the Walnut Street Bridge ... (click for more)
The Hamilton County Health Department reported Wednesday that there have not been any new deaths from coronavirus, keeping the toll at 56. Total cases now are 6,380 in Hamilton County, up 102. There are 5,013 people that have recovered from the virus in the county. The number of COVID patients in Intensive Care has decreased two since Tuesday to 25. There are 75 COVID patients ... (click for more)
Georgia state health officials reported on Wednesday there have been an additional 109 deaths due to the coronavirus. The new total is 4,456. There were 3,660 new cases as that total reached 226,153 confirmed cases of coronavirus. Hospitalizations are at 21,379 - up 348 since Tuesday. Dade County recorded its second death from the virus. Here are the numbers by county: ... (click for more)
I have filed many open records requests over the years, and no open records administrator has performed as HCDE’s Tim Hensley. It is truly lala land seeking public records from governments and their agencies. There are many methods utilized to render public records unattainable to citizens, such as making the records cost prohibitive, government attorneys declaring their entire ... (click for more)
You’ll remember the COVID crisis abruptly ended the 2019-20 school year in April and then followed a miserable four months where the flu effectively prohibited our children from seeing their friends, playing Little League baseball and being on the swim team. Our psychologists tell us the children have also suffered from “negative mental health issues.” Children need to begin catching ... (click for more)
Lee University in partnership with the Gulf South Conference will postpone competition in basketball, soccer, and volleyball until at least Jan. 1. These sports are identified as high contact risk sports by the NCAA and are subject to significant testing requirements for all student-athletes and "inner bubble" personnel. Three significant factors helped the conference ... (click for more)
The USA South Athletic Conference announced that it is postponing fall sports competition due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The presidents of the USA South voted unanimously to postpone all fall sports conference competition until the spring 2021 semester. The USA South sports impacted are football, men's soccer, women's soccer, volleyball, men's cross country, and ... (click for more)