Ware State Prison was on lockdown early Sunday morning following what Georgia Department of Corrections officials called a disturbance that began late Saturday night. According to the Waycross Police …
2 Workers, 2 Inmates Hurt in Disturbance at Georgia Prison
The Georgia Department of Corrections says two staff members and two inmates were hurt during a disturbance at a state prison that forced the facility into a lockdown.
Kemp renews ban on mask mandates, extends Georgia coronavirus restrictions
Gov. Brian Kemp is set to sign an order Friday that extends Georgia’s coronavirus restrictions an additional two weeks and renew rules that explicitly ban cities and counties from adopting mandates …
Schools in bucolic North Georgia town opened Friday, masks optional
Jefferson Elementary School staff greet students for their first day back to school in Jefferson on Friday, July 31, 2020. More than 1,500 students and 1 …
At least 260 kids and counselors got the coronavirus at an overnight camp in Georgia
At least 44% of campers and counselors got the coronavirus from a single night at a Georgia summer camp. Campers weren’t required to wear masks.
A Georgia sleepaway camp’s coronavirus outbreak is a warning for what could happen when schools reopen, CDC says
The camp had followed some but not all of the CDC mitigation steps against the spread of the new coronavirus — but was not enough to keep campers and staff free of illness.
CDC report: More than 200 children infected with COVID-19 at Georgia overnight camp
A CDC report released on Friday details how more than 200 children were infected with Covid-19 at an overnight camp in Georgia, revealed in testing done in mid-June, as 260 campers and staff in all …
Georgia camp with COVID-19 outbreak didn’t require masks
A Georgia overnight camp hit by a coronavirus outbreak took many precautions, but didn’t make campers wear masks or have proper ventilation in buildings, according to a government report released …
Children and staff at Georgia overnight camp test positive for coronavirus, CDC says
The CDC said multi-day overnight camps “pose a unique challenge when it comes to preventing the spread of infectious diseases” because of the close proximity of people.
SEC charges former Georgia regent Dean Alford with defrauding investors
The SEC says Alford defrauded at least 100 investors in his now-bankrupt energy development company, Allied Energy Services LLC …