ATLANTA (AP) — Leaders of some of Georgia's hospitals told Gov. Brian Kemp in a meeting Wednesday that they're seeing increasing numbers of COVID-19 patients, although they said in some cases those infected with the coronavirus do not appear as gravely ill as patients who were hospitalized in earlier waves.The Republican governor continued to express optimism about Georgia's level of infection compared to other states, as well as about vaccines on the horizon. But some ..read more

Tuesday afternoon, as Georgia neared the deadline for its second presidential election recount, Gabriel Sterling had had enough."Somebody is going to get hurt. Somebody is going to get shot. Somebody is going to get killed," the state’s voting implementation manager said during ..read more

Georgia’s confirmed case count for COVID-19 rose by 4,094 since Tuesday to reach 428,980 on Wednesday. The statewide death toll rose by 35 to reach 8,830, according to figures posted just before 3 p.m. on Wednesday by the Georgia Department of Public Health.Cases have been trending upward in Georgia and across the country in recent weeks. Wednesday’s increase was the largest daily increase in cases since Aug. 8. The peak of new daily cases was 4,782 on July 24 ..read more

The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) has confirmed the purchase of the historic Chatham Apartment building at 609 Abercorn St. near Forsyth Park with an intent to use the building for student housing.Sales records obtained from the Georgia Superior Clerks' Cooperative Authority show SCAD purchased the building from Atlanta ..read more

ATLANTA — Georgia is going to need $135 billion to $150 billion during the next 30 years to keep up with the demand for freight capacity of a fast-growing state, a logistics industry executive said Wednesday.That’s far too much money for the state government to cover, Brad Skinner, a board member at Denver-based freight railroad operator OmniTrax, told members of the Georgia Freight & Logistics Commission. Georgia is going to have to turn to the private sector for help ..read more

Pooler will not have an early voting location for the two Senate runoffs, due to a scheduling conflict at Pooler Recreation Park Gym.Board of Registrars Chairman Colin McRae said the conflict didn’t overlap with all of the days in the early voting period, which runs from Dec. 14 to Dec. 31, but because it was so sporadic, it would be difficult to let voters know when they could or couldn’t early vote there ..read more

With the temperature dropping below freezing in some places in Georgia, many are wondering if snow could be among us this winter in the Lowcountry.Although snow has occurred in northern parts of Georgia, experts suggest there will be no winter wonderland this season in Savannah ..read more

Effingham County Sheriff’s deputies have arrested three people and accused them of stealing packages from porches.Sheriff’s spokeswoman Gena Sullivan says members of the traffic unit became aware on Tuesday of a video circulating from a Ring doorbell camera. It showed a white male with long blonde hair taking a package off a porch and running back to a car. The vehicle, a 2007 Honda Accord, could be seen driving away from the house ..read more

Two Georgia election officials again called out President Donald Trump for fanning flames of violence by questioning his defeat by Joe Biden in the state.Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and other state officials have asked the president to tone down the rhetoric and Tuesday, Attorney General William Barr said the Justice Department found no evidence of widespread election fraud, but Trump was unfazed, Raffensperger said."Even after this office requested ..read more

Savannah Police Department has identified three suspects in a shooting that resulted in two men being shot at a Largo Drive apartment complex on Nov. 28, according to a press release from the SPD.Officers responded to the 12400 block of Largo Drive around noon and discovered Tyrell Heard, 21, and Robert Green, 23, suffering from gunshot wounds.An investigation determined that Green, who was armed with a gun, forced his way into Heard’s apartment. The two exchanged ..read more