A 100-year old gets a second vaccine dose for her birthday
(CNN Newsource) — Mildred Grassman’s second Covid-19 vaccine appointment fell on her 100th birthday. Watch what surprise hospital staff prepared for her.
Archives: 2021
COVID-19 in Tennessee: 2,387 new cases, 744,600 total
The gallery above shows the latest statewide COVID-19 data from the Tennessee Department of Health as of Sunday, February 7. The health department also released an updated case count by county. *Click to Enlarge For more information on COVID-19, go to the CDC website, the Tennessee Department of Health website or call (877) 857-2945. For more information on COVID-19…
Jerry Dewayne Wilson
Jerry Dewayne Wilson 1977-2021 Mr. Wilson died Wednesday, February 3, 2021 at Tri-Centennial Hospital in Nashville, TN. Visitation for Mr. Wilson will be Wednesday, February 10, 2021 from 10:00 AM until 6:00 PM at Mercer Brothers Funeral Home and Thursday, February 11, 2021 at Oak Grove Church of Christ from 11:00 AM until time of service. Graveside service…
Stephen King helps kids publish pandemic-inspired book
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — A group of budding young writers are about to publish a book with some help from Maine’s most famous writer. Author Stephen King’s foundation covered the $6,500 cost of publishing a 290-page manuscript by students in Farwell Elementary School’s Author Studies Program. “Fletcher McKenzie and the Passage to Whole” is a story about a Maine boy…
Penguins visit the NFL Super Bowl Experience
(CBSNewspath) — PENGUIN TAKEOVER: Three penguins took over the NFL Super Bowl Experience on Thursday (2/4). Cliff, Kini, and Pebbles got to train like an NFL player and see the Vince Lombardi trophy. Check out their adventure.
Reagan’s longtime secretary of state George P. Shultz dies
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Ronald Reagan’s longtime secretary of state, George P. Shultz, has died at age 100. Shultz spent most of the 1980s trying to improve relations with the Soviet Union and forging a course for peace in the Middle East, has died. Shultz died Saturday, according to the Hoover Institution, a think tank on the Stanford University campus…
Cardboard cutouts will help fill the stands for Super Bowl LV
(CBS Newpath) Only 25,000 fans will be at Super Bowl LV in person this Sunday because of the pandemic. But the NFL has figured out another way to pack Raymond James Stadium in Tampa.
Rosie M. Johnson
Rosie M. Johnson May 10, 1950 – January 28, 2021 Mrs. Johnson died Thursday, January 28, 2021 at Villa Nursing Home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Visitation for Mrs. Johnson will be Monday, February 8, 2021 from 9:00 AM until 10:30 AM at Mercer Brothers Funeral Home. Graveside service for Rosie M. Johnson, age 70, will be Monday, February 8, 2021…
Officials plead: Don’t let Super Bowl become superspreader
(AP) –The nation’s top health officials are sounding the alarm about the Super Bowl being a potential superspreader event. They urge people to gather with friends over Zoom, not in crowds or at bars and parties. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Kansas City Chiefs will play Sunday in a partially filled stadium. The game is happening as the nation sees…
33 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Madison Co.; 10,661 total
JACKSON, Tenn. — The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department has confirmed 33 new cases of COVID-19 in Madison County, bringing the total number of confirmed positive cases to 10,661. Those new patients range in age from 11-years-old to 82-years-old. There are currently four Madison County residents hospitalized, with one of those patients on a ventilator. The health department also released…
