Masks Required, PPP Loans, Hurricane Season: GA Top News

GEORGIA — Top news stories from Georgia Patches this week include Tyler Perry paying for a little girl's funeral, most parents say schools can't safely reopen, and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has the coronavirus. Where PPP loans went locally, face masks required in Atlanta, and how to prepare for hurricane season were more big stories this week.

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• Tyler Perry To Pay For Funeral Of 8-Year-Old Atlanta Girl

• Atlanta Mayor Issues Executive Order Requiring Face Masks In City

• How To Prepare For GA Hurricane Season During Global Pandemic

• Survey: Georgia Schools Can’t Safely Reopen Say Half Of Readers

• Atlanta Mayor Tests Positive For COVID 19

• Coronavirus Paycheck Protection Loans In GA: Where The Money Went

Here are more important stories this week:

• Girl, 8, Shot And Killed In Atlanta, Enough Is Enough Says Mayor

• Atlanta Police Remove Memorial Outside Wendy's After Shootings

• Gov. Kemp Declares State of Emergency, Authorizes GA Troops

• Dragon Con Moves To Free, Virtual Convention During Labor Day

• Hospitals Need COVID-19 Survivors To Help Treat Current Patients

• Braves’ Markakis Talks To Freeman, Decides To Sit Out Season

• Marietta Schools Make Masks Mandatory For Coming School Year

• Cobb School Board Member: Masks To Be Required

• Gwinnett Schools Will Mandate Masks To Slow Spread Of Coronavirus

• Downtown Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Park Closed 'Indefinitely'

• Atlanta Strip Club Shuts Down After Worker Gets COVID 19

• Masks Now Required Inside University System Of GA Institutions

• Employees In 'Dough Noose' Video Fired From Woodstock Restaurant

• Join The Club: GA Now One Of Nine States With 100K COVID-19 Cases

• Kemp Asks Local Officials To Promote Mask Wearing, But Not Order It

• Election Board Extends Absentee Ballot Rules As Vote-By-Mail Debate Lingers

• Black Leaders To Continue Pushing For Eggert’s Resignation

• Atlanta City Council Approves Police Reform Legislation

• Man Who Waited In Line To Rob Store Arrested By Gwinnett Police

• VIDEO: Georgia Aquarium Sea Lion Shows Off Fancy Dance Moves

• President Trump To Visit Atlanta Next Week: Report

• COVID-19 Shuts Down The Varsity In Midtown

• Fallen Heroes Fund Established After Hall County Deputy's Death

• Atlanta Couple's Dead Cat Receives Voter Registration Application

• Gov. Kemp: Atlanta's Face Mask Mandate Is 'Unenforceable'

• Imagine Music Festival Canceled Due To Coronavirus

This article originally appeared on the Johns Creek Patch