Cherokee County School District leaders announced Saturday that students will not physically return Monday for classes at three high schools. Parents at River Ridge, Sequoyah and Woodstock high schools received letters saying virtual learning would begin Monday and that in-person classes would resume Wednesday, Jan. 6. Read the full article: ajc.com
Three Georgia congressmen, all Republicans, have tested positive for the coronavirus since October. The latest is U.S. Rep. Austin Scott of Tifton, who announced his diagnosis Monday. A statement from Scott’s chief of staff, Jason Lawrence, indicated the congressman’s wife, Vivien, also has the coronavirus. Read the full article: ajc.com
Chances are slim that any Georgia physician accused of mistreating or abusing patients will face serious consequences from state regulators. And even if the allegations are substantiated, the doctor’s future patients may never find out about them. Read the full article: ajc.com
A judge has denied Cobb County’s request to dismiss a federal lawsuit filed by a medical sterilizing company over permitting issues, clearing the way for the case to move forward. Sterigenics, which operates a plant near Smyrna, has been under public scrutiny since last year when its emissions of the carcinogenic gas ethylene oxide was…
Gov. Brian Kemp will self-quarantine, his office said Friday, after U.S. Rep. Drew Ferguson disclosed he tested positive for the coronavirus. The two Republican politicians attended a crowded indoor political event together on Thursday. Read the full article: ajc.com
A patient at the Georgia Veterans War Home in Milledgeville never got the mental health evaluation he needed for his aggressive behavior this year before he allegedly beat another resident, who died moments later, according to a state inspection report obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Read the full article: ajc.com
Atlanta Public Schools will not resume in-person classes until at least January, the superintendent announced Friday. Read the full article: ajc.com
Thousands of military veterans in Georgia who signed up for a program to speed access to medical care are instead waiting longer, a review of internal Veterans Affairs reports shows. A poorly functioning VA appointment department, a surge in veteran requests amid a pandemic and a rocky transition to a private company that manages referrals…
Wednesday’s Child is a partnership between the Georgia Division of Children and Family Services and local media to highlight children in foster care and encourage adoption. Adoptions from foster care have increased in Georgia in recent years. Read the full article: ajc.com
In the same suburban Atlanta ballroom where President Donald Trump rallied cheering supporters a week ago, hundreds of conservative activists gathered Friday for a solemn prayer that the Republican recover from a coronavirus diagnosis he revealed earlier that morning. Hardly anyone in the crowd, clustered in rows of chairs filling most of a Cobb Galleria…