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Category Archives: Paulding County

Georgia plans to provide bonuses to public school teachers & staff

Georgia plans to provide bonuses to public school teachers & staff

January 14th, 2021 – 2:12 PM Georgia Department of Education – Georgia plans to provide bonus payment to every public school teacher, school staff member: Governor Brian Kemp and State School Superintendent Richard Woods plan to pro​​vide a  one-time, $1,000 bonus payment to every K-12 public-school teacher and school-level staff member in the state. The bonus…read more

Major Disaster Declaration for Tropical Storm Zeta for 21 GA Counties

Major Disaster Declaration for Tropical Storm Zeta for 21 GA Counties

January 13th, 2021 – 2:30 PM Georgia Emergency Management  & Homeland Security Agency – Governor Brian Kemp requested a Major Disaster Declaration for Tropical Storm Zeta based on joint federal, state and local preliminary damage assessments totaling more than $22 million. The disaster declaration approved by President Donald Trump makes public assistance available for 21 counties…read more

Paulding & Haralson Sheriffs seeking shooting suspect

Paulding & Haralson Sheriffs seeking shooting suspect

January 13th, 2021 – 11:45 AM Paulding & Haralson County Sheriff Offices –  The following press release was shared by the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office: “Christian Taylor Davis is wanted in connection with a shooting that occurred on 01/08/2021. He is known to frequent the Draketown and Corinth communities. BOLO for a white early-mid 90s…read more

Department of Public Safety addresses security concerns at State Capitol

Department of Public Safety addresses security concerns at State Capitol

January 12, 2021–8:37 p.m. GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY In a joint press conference held today at the Georgia Capitol, Governor Brian Kemp; Major General Thomas Carden, Adjutant General of the Georgia Department of Defense; and Colonel Chris Wright, Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Public Safety (DPS), addressed security concerns following the events that…read more

[VIDEO] Gov. Kemp updates Georgians on COVID-19 vaccines

[VIDEO] Gov. Kemp updates Georgians on COVID-19 vaccines

January 12th, 2021 – 4:30 PM Georgia Governor Brian Kemp – On Tuesday afternoon, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp updated Georgians on the status of the COVID-19 Vaccine situation in the state, and also what citizens over the age of 65 need to know about registering to receive it.   You can view his full message…read more

DPH closes its online COVID-19 vaccination registration portal

DPH closes its online COVID-19 vaccination registration portal

January 11, 2021–7:30 p.m. GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH The Georgia Department of Public Health Northwest Health District has closed its online registration portal for adults 65 and older and their caregivers. If you already registered online, please know the DPH has that information and will contact you just as soon as possible. All COVID-19…read more

DPH launches COVID vaccine locator

DPH launches COVID vaccine locator

January 11, 2021–10:19 a.m. GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) is launching a COVID vaccine locator on the DPH website at https://dph.georgia.gov. The tool allows users to search by county for a vaccine provider in their community and provides location and contact information for the provider. This is not a centralized…read more

More Georgians can get COVID-19 vaccine starting Monday

More Georgians can get COVID-19 vaccine starting Monday

January 10, 2020–5:30 p.m. GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH Starting Monday, more Georgians will be able to get the COVID-19 vaccine. The governor has expanded the list of those eligible to anyone over the age of 65. The vaccines are being administered at local health departments but you have to make an appointment. You can…read more

Northwest Health District sets up COVID-19 vaccine portal

Northwest Health District sets up COVID-19 vaccine portal

January 7, 2021–6:53 p.m. STAFF REPORTS The Georgia Department of Public Health Northwest Health District has set up a new web portal for COVID-19 Vaccine Registration. If you are an adult 65 or older or a caregiver, law enforcement officer, firefighter or first responder you may register online to be notified when COVID-19 vaccine is…read more

GDOL Issues Continued Assistance Act Payments to over 166,000 Georgians

GDOL Issues Continued Assistance Act Payments to over 166,000 Georgians

January 7th, 2021 – 2:55 PM The Georgia Department of Labor –  The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) issued over $130 million last week to Georgians in regular Unemployment Insurance (UI), Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC), Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC), State Extended Benefits (SEB), and Lost Wages Assistance (LWA) payments.…read more