American workers who process the nation’s meat have proven especially susceptible to the new virus, as they work shoulder-to-shoulder on production lines.
For Georgia State, the sports money crunch is a squeeze
Georgia and Georgia State are both FBS programs. Both beat Tennessee last year. There the similarities end. Georgia State’s athletic budget is $30 million. For the fiscal year that ends June 30, …
Tyson Foods says four of its Georgia poultry workers have died from coronavirus
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Four employees of a major poultry producer’s operations in rural southwest Georgia have died after becoming infected with the coronavirus, a company spokesman said Friday. Tyson Foods …
Kemp devising plan to reopen Georgia for business
Gov. Brian Kemp has quietly begun planning to reopen Georgia for business, weeks before the expected peak of the coronavirus pandemic.
Small US towns are neglected from coronavirus relief and it’s a ‘slap in the face’: Georgia mayor
Just as the $349 billion set aside to help small businesses hurt by the coronavirus shutdown exhausted its funds Thursday, more questions were being raised about how the federal government intends to …
OPINION: Why Georgia Supreme Court rule on juvenile shackling doesn’t go far enough
My experience with the practice of unshackling kids in court coupled with my nearly 21 years of serving as a juvenile court judge informs me with extreme confidence that there …
Tourism workers hit hard as virus hikes Georgia unemployment
In a city where tourism fuels a bustling nightlife, bartender Jacques Primo never imagined he’d find himself out of work. But the seafood restaurant where Primo tended the bar on Savannah’s historic …
Coronavirus in Georgia: Confirmed cases surpass 16,000 with 617 deaths
ATLANTA — The Georgia Department of Health announced new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday. As of 7 p.m., there are now more than 16,000 confirmed cases of the virus with more than 600 deaths reported.
Alleged white supremacists from North Georgia denied bond
Three North Georgia men accused of belonging to a white supremacist group and of plotting the murder of a Bartow County couple were denied bond Thursday after citing concerns about the coronavirus …
South Carolina man killed after standoff with SWAT at Georgia hotel, cops say
A South Carolina man was killed Wednesday night after an hours-long standoff with Georgia police at a Super 8 motel in Augusta, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. The GBI is currently …