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Georgia Teams Up With CVS for Drive-Thru Coronavirus Tests

ATLANTA — There is a new option for people who want to get tested for coronavirus in Atlanta. Gov. Brian Kemp announced that Georgia is teaming up with ...
On April 7, 2020 / By Jeremy Jones
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Coronavirus Turns Downtown Atlanta into a GHOST TOWN (VIDEO)

Usually, downtown Atlanta is packed around noon with people headed to lunch for meetings. But this week, Atlanta is essentially a ghost town. The sudden emptiness came after ...
On April 6, 2020 / By Jeremy Jones
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Future Links With Atlanta Sewing Style for “Mask On” Campaign

Cue the flutes. But this time, Future wants your mask on. The rapper behind the 2017 hit “Mask Off,” Future is partnering with a sewing organization to provide ...
On March 30, 2020 / By Jeremy Jones
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All Intensive Care Units in Atlanta are at “Full Capacity”

ATLANTA, Ga. (CBS46) Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms offered some dire news on Tuesday, telling CBS46 that intensive care units across the city are at “full capacity.” The ...
On March 25, 2020 / By Jeremy Jones
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Two Healthcare Workers in Georgia Killed by Coronavirus

AJC – Two Georgia health care workers died late last week after contracting the novel coronavirus, apparently, the state’s first medical personnel claimed by the pandemic. A 48-year-old ...
On March 24, 2020 / By Jeremy Jones
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Alpharetta Man Pulls Gun on Two Women Because He, “Thought They Had Coronavirus”

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Alpharetta Police said a man pulled a gun on a woman and her granddaughter at a post office because he thought they were going to ...
On March 23, 2020 / By Jeremy Jones
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12 year old Emma ‘Fighting for her Life’ After Testing Positive for Coronavirus

Emma, a 12-year-old girl, is “fighting for her life” in an Atlanta hospital after testing positive for the coronavirus, according to her cousin. Justin Anthony told CNN that ...
On March 23, 2020 / By Jeremy Jones
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Good News: Gas Prices Continue to Drop

It now costs $29.25 to fill a 15-gallon tank of gasoline; that is $11.85 less than what motorists paid in April of 2019. ...
On March 23, 2020 / By Rick Limpert
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Georgia Department of Revenue Caught Spending Seized Assets

Recently, an AJC investigation discovered that a division within the Georgia Department of Revenue has been using millions of dollars seized in criminal investigations to buy personal items. ...
On March 13, 2020 / By Jeremy Jones
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Georgia’s First Coronavirus Patient Has Been Taken to State Park for Isolation

Atlanta, GA – During a press conference with state emergency management officials and Coronavirus Task Force members, Governor Kemp and Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security (GEMA) Director ...
On March 11, 2020 / By Jeremy Jones