For two hours Friday afternoon, the staff of the Boys and Girls Club of Bluffton waited outside with their signs as parents drove their kids through the parking lot
Metter’s police chief said the city’s decision to padlock the park and the playground aren’t to pull the plug on people’s fun but to protect people’s health.
Black ribbons on the doors of Vidalia City Hall represent the sadness and sorrow from the death of former Mayor Ronnie Dixon. Staff at city hall say this feels more like the loss of a father figure more than a boss.
The South Carolina Restaurant and Lodging Association along with the Scofflaw Brewing Company has launched a relief fund to help those who work in the hospitality industry who have been affected by COVID-19.
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp issued a statewide shelter-in-place order Thursday night, closing all non-essential businesses beginning Friday evening at 6 p.m.
The bleak news Thursday — 6.6 million new unemployment claims on top of 3.3 million last week — came as the competition for scarce ventilators, masks and other protective gear seemed to grow more desperate and deaths mounted.
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MICHAEL R. SISAK, LORI HINNANT and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press
Tybee Island City Council met Thursday to make changes to the emergency declaration regarding short-term vacation rentals and alcohol sales from restaurants.
Even as the virus has slowed its growth in overwhelmed Italy and in China, where it first emerged, hospitals in Spain and France are reaching their breaking points and the U.S. and Britain are bracing for incoming waves of desperately ill people.
School leaders across the state are reacting to Georgia Governor Brian Kemp’s decision to close in-person classes for the remainder of the school year. That decision has some districts working to figure out what is next.
Effingham College and Career Academy prides itself in offering a hands-on approach to education.Which, as you can imagine, is especially hard if not impossible right now.
Chatham County Sheriff John Wilcher confirmed a sheriff’s office staff member has tested positive for COVID-19. The sheriff says that person is isolated at home and doing well.
