Fight Over Masks, Virtual Schooling, Juneteenth: GA Top News

GEORGIA — Top news stories from Georgia Patches this week include a battle over masks, Georgia in the coronavirus "red zone," and the abortion law. Juneteenth added to calendars, coronavirus restrictions extended, and the Wendy's where Rayshard Brooks was shot was demolished were more big stories this week.

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• Kemp, Mayor Disagree If Mask Mandate Is Politics, Saves GA Lives
• GA's Coronavirus Restrictions Extended Again As Cases Rise
• White House Document Shows Georgia In Coronavirus 'Red Zone'
• 3 People Test Positive For Covid 19 After Atlanta Delta Flight
• Gwinnett DA Throws Support Behind Moving Confederate Monument
• Juneteenth Declared Holiday In Fulton County; Added To Calendar
• Federal Judge Strikes Down Restrictive GA Abortion Law
• ‘We Will Always Be The Atlanta Braves’: Email To Fans
• Atlanta Wendy's Where Rayshard Brooks Was Killed Is Torn Down
• SEC And ACC Punt Decision To Play Football To Late July
• Trump Touts Construction Jobs, Changes Reviews In Atlanta Stop

Back-to-school updates:

• Fulton Schools Make Decision Regarding Beginning Of School Year
• Douglas County To Start 2020 School Year With Online Only
• Cartersville City Schools Delay Opening By Week And A Half
• DeKalb Schools Delays Start Date, Releases Tentative Calendar
• Cobb County Schools Will Start The Year With Remote Learning

Here are more important stories this week:

• Atlanta TSA Workers Test Positive For Coronavirus
• Midtown Atlanta Golf Club Closes After Nearly 70 COVID 19 Cases
• Free Food Will Be Distributed In DeKalb County This Weekend
• Civil Rights Leader Rev. C.T. Vivian Dead At 95
• Substitute Teachers Could Be Scarce If Coronavirus Spreads In Classrooms
• Man Threatens To Set People On Fire At Lake Allatoona: Sheriff
• As GA Mask Battle Continues, Nearly 4K More COVID Cases Reported
• Rapper Lil Marlo Killed In Atlanta Shooting: Report
• ATL Boy, 9, Shot Recording TikTok, Family Sets Up GoFundMe
• Decatur City Commission Passes Mask Ordinance
• Georgia's Contact Tracers Could Be Swamped By State's COVID-19 Spike
• GA Judicial Emergency Extended Again Through August
• Forsyth Officials Issue Proclamation Supporting Law Enforcement
• Krispy Kreme Opens Retro-Designed New Location On Scenic Highway
• North Point Community Church To Remain Closed Through The Year
• Gwinnett County Fair Canceled For 2020 Over COVID-19 Concerns
• Atlanta Based Delta Air Lines Loses $2.8 Billion, Cuts Flights
• Georgia Power Creates Special Payment Option During Pandemic
• DeKalb Commissioners Make Juneteenth A County Holiday
• Tyler Perry Gives $50 Gift Cards To Atlanta Police To Distribute
• Atlanta's Mask Mandate Is 'Enforceable' Says Mayor Lance Bottoms
• Face Mask Mandates Struck Down By Kemp, Leaders Furious
• Wear A Mask In Walmart Or Face Consequences: Gwinnett County
• Cherokee Schools Employee Died From Coronavirus: District
• Publix To Require Face Masks In All Stores
• Atlanta Suspect In 8 Year Old Secoriea's Death Will Turn Himself In
• Sandy Springs Rolling Back Reopening Plan, Delaying Events
• GA Posts More Than 3K COVID-19 Cases For Seventh Time In July