CONYERS — Rockdale County residents are now once again able to work and live freely after being under a shelter-in-place order since Sept. 29.
The county announced the decision to lift the shelter-in-place order at a press conference on Oct. 17 and includes businesses or residents who are within the two-mile radius of the BioLab plant.
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