Dragon Con 2021 kicks off in Atlanta — with COVID-19 restrictions
The 35th annual Dragon Con kicked off in downtown Atlanta on Thursday — with restrictions and precautions in place amid a spike in COVID-19...
Grand jury indicts Brunswick DA for violating duty in Ahmaud Arbery case
BRUNSWICK (GA Recorder) — A Glynn County grand jury has indicted a former Brunswick district attorney for accusations that she hindered the investigation into...
Kemp directs $5.8 million to aid Georgia’s tourism industry
ATLANTA - Governor Brian Kemp has allocated $5.8 million in federal coronavirus relief funds to boost tourism in the state. The governor says the funds...
Georgia college professors warn of COVID danger as state pushes mask-less fall
Georgia Tech’s current COVID-19 prevention measures are not sufficient to prevent widespread transmission of the virus, a biology professor wrote this week in a...
State shatters record for Covid-19 hospitalizations
The state has broken its record for Covid patient hospitalizations, and has reached 5,880, a Public Health spokeswoman said Tuesday.
The previous mark was set...
Kemp announces incentive for Covid shots, aid for oxygen supplies
Adding a new incentive for Georgia teachers and state employees to get vaccinated is among several moves Gov. Brian Kemp announced Monday to combat...
U.S. military out of Afghanistan; evacuation of Americans and Afghans enters new phase
WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — Even as the last military planes left Kabul, members of Congress were still trying to facilitate the evacuations of more...
Kemp sends more National Guard troops to COVID fight as cases and divisions surge
ATLANTA (GA Recorder) — Georgia Public Health Commissioner Dr. Kathleen Toomey shared a frank and disturbing snapshot of the spread of COVID-19 in the...
Kemp says Georgians can choose not to get vaccinated, but they may die of...
ATLANTA — Gov. Brian Kemp may have perhaps made his most direct plea for Georgians to get a COVID-19 vaccine, Monday during a press...
Georgia college professors back to campus lecturing on COVID delta 101
(GA Recorder) — College students across Georgia are back to hitting the books and tablets as a new semester began this month on campuses...
Ida leaves at least 1 dead, over 1 million without power
Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana Sunday as a catastrophic Category 4 hurricane, killing at least one and knocking out power to over a...
At GOP Fish Fry, candidates break bread and brace for tough primaries
In the world of political sports metaphors, primary elections are like scrimmages, where teammates face off to decide who gets to suit up and...