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Briggs & Stratton Enters Into Sale Agreement And Initiates Voluntary Reorganization Under Chapter 11

MILWAUKEE , July 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Briggs & Stratton Corporation (NYSE: BGG ), a recognized global leader in providing power to get work done, today announced it has entered into a definitive stock and asset purchase agreement with KPS Capi

Jul 20, 2020 5:46 PM Read more >

Bulloch, Candler and Evans COVID-19 Daily Update, July 20, 2020

Bulloch County: Region J Critical Care Bed Capacity decreased to 16 today . There are only 16% (468 beds) critical care beds available statewide. 803 Total confirmed cases and 7 deaths total reported here with 65 hospitalizations total.

Jul 20, 2020 5:31 PM Read more >

Averitt Center Launches Averitt Online Academy as Virtual Learning Option

Bulloch County Schools have set the decision date for Friday, July 24th to decide whether children will return to in-person classes or select the Virtual Learning school option.

Jul 20, 2020 4:23 PM Read more >

Bulloch Reporting Lowest New Positive COVID-19 Cases in 13 days. July 19, 2020 Update

Today in Bulloch County: Region J Critical Care Bed Capacity increased to 19 today . There are only 16% (464 beds) critical care beds available statewide. 791 Total confirmed cases and 7 deaths total reported here with 65 hospitalizations total.

Jul 19, 2020 6:23 PM Read more >

Nicola Stansel Receives EGRMC Staff Recognition Award

EGRMC would like to congratulate Labor & Delivery nurse Nicola Stansel for winning the hospital’s first ever Staff Recognition Award. This award is given to a team member that has outstanding patient experience scores for the month.

Jul 18, 2020 8:30 PM Read more >

10 Critical Care Beds in Region J, 4,689 Positive in Georgia a New Daily Record, July 18, 2020 Update

The Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) daily status report is now reporting only 10 total critical care beds are available in our Regional Coordinating Hospital District, which includes Savannah and Brunswick hospitals.

Jul 18, 2020 7:37 PM Read more >

42 Year Old is Bulloch's 7th COVID Death, Georgia Now in Widespread Community Transmission - July 17,2020 Update

Georgia reaches “widespread community transmission” of COVID-19. Community spread, or community transmission, happens when people contract the virus but do not know how or when they got it.

Jul 17, 2020 5:07 PM Read more >

Governor Kemp, State Officials Provide Update on COVID-19

From the State Capitol, Governor Kemp and state officials will provide a briefing on COVID-19. Joining Governor Brian Kemp; Dr.

Jul 17, 2020 7:57 AM Read more >

Fuel the Fight – Gift Cards for Bulloch Front Line Heroes - One More Time

Steve and Sally Minton, owners of BoroTakeOut, launched Fuel the Fight – Gift Cards for Heroes program in March as a way to help local businesses and Healthcare and Public Safety Workers get through this very hard time.

Jul 14, 2020 7:15 PM Read more >

Southeast Health District Releasing Bulloch Testing Data, July 14, 2020 Update

For weeks, we have been requesting more data from the Southeast Health District. Each health district decides what data to release locally. Often we are asked by readers why other neighboring counties release different or more data than we do.

Jul 14, 2020 5:11 PM Read more >