Tag: Haralson
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State Sen. Jason Anavitarte State Senator Jason Anavitarte talks voting law, infrastructure and more
Following a 40-day mad dash for the 2021 Georgia General Assembly, State Sen. Jason Anavitarte got a trial by fire in his first year serving the 31st District made up of Polk, Paulding and Haralson counties. In this latest episode of Talking Points on Polk.Today, Anavitarte joined in the conversation by phone to discuss what…
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Meeting growing demand for broadband in rural Georgia tough task
Dave Williams of Capitol Beat News Service provided this story for Polk.Today and other readers around Georgia to enjoy. Find additional state and political news at Capitol-beat.org. ATLANTA – Rural Georgians from business owners to teachers to elected officials know one of the region’s biggest challenges is inadequate internet connectivity, particularly amid a pandemic that…
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Tallapoosa Circuit court to resume with grand juries later this month
With the changes in orders from Chief Judge Harold Melton allowing for courts to resume jury trials in the near future, the one key item that the Tallapoosa Circuit Superior Court will start with is impaneling a grand jury for both Polk and Haralson counties, and getting the court back into the routine of regular…
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Release: GBI Makes Multiple Drug Arrests and Seizures in West Georgia
Note: The following is a release from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. – KtE On Thursday, September 10, 2020, at approximately 8:00 a.m., the GBI West Metro Regional Drug Enforcement Office and the Haralson-Paulding Drug Task Force executed a series of search warrants and arrest warrants resulting in the arrest of 15 persons. Search warrants were…
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This graphic representation of COVID-19 was provided by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Counting COVID Cases: new positives dipping back down at the start of the week, two new hospital patients added to tallies
The good news? Polk County is starting the week with a significantly lower number of new cases than has been reported in the past days. The bad? There’s also new hospital patients being treated. Two new hospitalizations were reported by the Georgia Department of Public Health in the August 3 report and seven new cases,…
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Charges against Judge Lim dropped after the grand jury returns no indictment in Haralson County
Update: Additional information was requested from District Attorney Jack Browning and he has provided the following statement: “The difference between the grand jury situation in Haralson County and Polk County is that there was already a grand jury summoned and sworn-in for the Haralson County grand jury term that began in January and ends in…
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Unemployment figures for June down to 7.1% in Polk County from the previous month
The unemployment rate went down in June from new highs following shutdowns in March that caused the rate to jump, but it hasn’t settled back to previous record lows from late last year and at the start of 2020. The Georgia Department of Labor reported the rate fell to 7.1% for the month of June…
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This graphic representation of COVID-19 was provided by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Counting COVID Cases: New death reported at midweek, 37 new cases and two new hospital patients per DPH
The Georgia Department of Public Health’s latest report added a new death to the total in Polk County, an additional increase of 37 new cases and two new hospital patients in the midweek report. A 62-year-old female with no other known health factors was reported as the latest death from COVID-19 in Polk, bringing the…
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This graphic representation of COVID-19 was provided by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Counting COVID cases: ten new positives locally, hospital patient in report starting final week of July
The week started with 10 new cases of COVID-19 reported locally, and another hospital patient added to the overall tally according to the Georgia Department of Public Health’s July 27 report. That brought the local tally to 531 positives for the virus, 23 total hospitalizations and five deaths since tracking began. Four of those deaths…
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This graphic representation of COVID-19 was provided by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Counting COVID Cases: Polk adds another 12 cases, new hospital case in Sunday report
No new deaths were reported after one each on Friday and Saturday, but a new hospital case was added to Polk County’s tally along with 12 positive tests for COVID-19, according to figures released this afternoon by the Georgia Department of Public Health. The total number of COVID-19 cases now stands at 521, and with…