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The COVID-19 incident command center is not only for the local hospital but for all 11 Piedmont hospitals statewide.

Less than half of Americans approve of the job done thus far by President Donald Trump and the federal government in confronting the virus, per a new survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

Mobile carrier T-Mobile has completed its takeover of smaller rival Sprint, creating a new wireless giant that rivals AT&T and Verizon in size.

Hollywood studios have been scrambling to revise business plans amid the pandemic, which has closed theaters nationwide and halted productions indefinitely.

Mercy Med of Columbus and Cascade Hills Church are partnering to offer drive-through COVID-19 testing for patients with certain symptoms.

Gray Television sent a message to its employees Wednesday that it would be shipping them reusable cloth face masks to help slow the spread of COVID-19.

The difference in average Graduation Success Rate for white men’s players (94.3%) and black men’s players (80%) stood at 14.3 percentage points, up from 12.6 in the 2019 study.

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp is planning to sign two new orders amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

Parton said she hopes her donation encourages “people that can afford it to make donations.”

There are currently 111 cases of COVID-19 in the West Central Health District. 21 of those cases are in Muscogee County.