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Households across the country have received invitations to complete the 2020 census, but people aren’t necessarily rushing to respond—despite sheltering at home as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nationally, just 47.5 percent of households have responded to the census so far, according to data released by the U.S. Census on April 10. The state of Georgia closely mirrored the national response rate with a 45.5 percent response rate, the data shows. As of April 10, the response rate for the following counties: Gwinnett:  51.5 percent Cobb:        50.8 percent DeKalb:    46.8 percent Fulton:    …

Kemp: 200 COVID-19 beds headed to Georgia World Congress Center ATLANTA—The State of Georgia has executed a contract with PAE to build a 200-hospital bed alternate care facility at the Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC), state officials announced today(April 12) . Officials say they are preparing for the patient surge expected this month.  Georgia’s total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has reached 12,550, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health’s web site as of April 12. Officials say 2,518(20.06%) have been hospitalized and 442 (3.52%) deaths have been reported. “Across Georgia, we have partnered with existing healthcare infrastructure to…

DeKalb County School District students will receive a two-day meal package on each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday as shown in the chart below. The 21-meal distribution sites will remain operational and the bus meal delivery will continue following the amended plan of meal service on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Meal Distribution Days Number of Meals Monday 2 Lunch Meals & 2 Snacks Wednesday 2 Lunch Meals & 2 Snacks Friday 2 Lunch Meals & 2 Snacks For more information, visit https://www.dekalbschoolsga.org/student-meal-service/

https://youtu.be/njiBlh3NXHA Stonecrest Mayor Jason Lary is urging the community to come out today and help the families who were impacted by fires that broke out at two separate apartment complexes in the city of Stonecrest in a five-day period. Donations of clothing and non-perishables are being accepted TODAY, APRIL 11, NOON UNTIL 4 P.M. AT TRI-CITIES FUNERAL HOME, 6861 MAIN ST., LITHUANIA.

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The Stonecrest City Council will meet virtually on April 13, 7 p.m. The public can view the meeting by logging into the City of Stonecrest YouTube channel or clicking the following link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp3rYzHzhZvd9Y7Ruf1O6kg. Public Comments Public comments should be emailed to Megan Reid (mreid@stonecrestga.gov) who will read them during the meeting. The maximum time is still three minutes per comment which is approximately 375 words. As in regular meetings, the comment must contain the first and last name and street address of the commenter. The agenda can be found at: https://www.stonecrestga.gov/pdf/council_meeting_agendas/city-council-agenda-04132020.pdf  

The Rockdale County Sheriff’s headquarters got a deep cleaning from top to bottom today (April 10).   Members of the 179th Military Police Company, 170th Military Police Battalion, Georgia Army National Guard, went into action utilizing their COVID-19 sanitation team and equipment to conduct a thorough sanitation procedure at the Rockdale Sheriff’s headquarters.    The team, comprised of 13 members lead by Sergeant Jerrod Ulin, spent over three hours sanitizing the three-story, 36,000-square-foot building, Sheriff’s spokesman Deputy Lee A. Thomas said.   The deep scrub follows the announcements that three staff members, Sheriff Eric Levett, and inmate tested positive for…

The DeKalb Board of Education will hold the following meetings on Wednesday, April 15, 2020: 1 p.m.– Virtual Executive Session for the purpose of discussing permitted matters regarding litigation, personnel, and student appeals. 2 p.m.– Virtual Combined Work Session & Business Meeting The revised meeting agenda is attached and can be accessed online by going to: www.dekalbschoolsga.org, click on Leadership, go to Simbli (formally known as eBoard) Home Page and click on the date for the meeting agenda/information.

Rockdale County Board of Commissioners(BOC) will host is meeting via teleconference on Tuesday, April 14, at 10 a.m. The public is welcome to listen in to the meeting by calling the dial-in number at 1-929-205-6099. The meeting ID is 361 442 334. After the meeting, the recording will be placed on Vimeo and Facebook for on-demand listening. To access it, the public can go to vimeo.com/rockdalegov or facebook.com/rockdalegov. To see the agenda for the upcoming meeting, click here: https://rockdalecountyga.gov/our-government/board-of-commissioners/board-of-commissioners-meeting-agendas/