Georgia

Many people are following the latest about the Coronavirus and want to help, especially when it comes to nurses and doctors who are busy treating patients. Now members of a church in Canton are using Chick-fil-a reward points to feed people.

According to family members, one of Atlanta’s most revered civil rights icons and a lightning rod for community activism has died at the age of 98.

Adoptable puppies from the Atlanta Humane Society visited the Georgia Aquarium on Thursday, March 26, while it was closed due to the new coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic.

The woman was one of two health care workers in Georgia who died last week from coronavirus. A 48-year-old woman who worked at a hospital had also died. 

A Georgia woman has spoken out about the seriousness of the novel coronavirus after almost succumbing to the illness.

As the clear day turned into dusk in Midtown Atlanta on Wednesday, the normally busy streets were mostly still, save for the sounds of the occasional footsteps hitting the sidewalk. “The city too busy to hate” seems to have turned into the “city that will just have to wait” as residents remain under a shelter-in-place order amid the threat of furthering the coronavirus pandemic.

A second Centers for Disease Control and Prevention employee has tested positive for the coronavirus, the agency confirmed Tuesday.

He was one of the first in Georgia to put a face on the COVID-19 pandemic. Now he says he feels "totally restored."

A CHOA patient tested positive for COVID-19, according to officials with the healthcare system.

The banner outside Cartersville Medical Center has the hashtag "We're all in this together" in large words. It's designed to send a clear message in a community taking hard hits from COVID-19. Hospital CEO Chris Mosley told reporters 10 patients who remain in the hospital have varying stages of the illness.

A Gwinnett County principal transformed into a superhero this week as his school made sure students who normally rely on free meals or reduced lunches don't go hungry amid the coronavirus outbreak. 

The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation announced on Friday it would be donating nearly $5.4 million in funding for immediate and long-term recovery assistance to organizations in Georgia and Montana.

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced Thursday that she has signed an executive order limiting restaurants to take out service, closing bars, gyms, and other areas of gathering.

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has signed an executive order giving restaurants in the city the ability to serve alcohol to go temporarily. 

The Lieutenant Governor of Georgia and several members of the Georgia General Assembly are self-quarantining after a member of the Senate tested positive for the coronavirus.

Shaquille O'Neal surprised a Georgia first grade class' video chat. The students are participating in online learning due to the coronavirus.

Some Georgia college students are among hundreds of Americans stuck in Peru due to the coronavirus outbreak.

A Duluth brewery has transformed into a makeshift soup kitchen, in an effort to help those hit hard financially by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Department of Driver Services said they are suspending all road tests due to coronavirus concerns.