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Trenton Fire Chief Terrence Elam SHOTSPOTTER ALERTS JPD
On Sunday August 1st at approximately 6:50 P.M., Jackson Police received a Shotspotter alert for shots fired in the 100 Block of Lincoln Circle. Officers responded to the area but had negative contact with any victims. While officers were canvassing the area of the shotspotter alert for evidence, two gunshot victims arrived at a local hospital with what was determined to be non-life threatening injuries. Later Sunday evening, August 1st, at approximately 11:40 P.M. Jackson Police were dispatched to the 100 Building of 1580 N. Royal, Royal Arms Apartments, for another shooting. Responding officers located a
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Tennessee Governor:
Get vaccinated but masks not necessary in schools
Only one Tennessee district, Shelby County Schools in Memphis, has mandated masks for all students and staff this year.
By Marta W. Aldrich Jul 22, 2021 https://tn.chalkbeat.org/
Gov. Bill Lee is urging Tennesseans to get vaccinated as cases of COVID-19 surge, but doesn’t think schools should follow new recommendations from U.S. pediatricians for all students and staff to wear masks.
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TENNESSEE WON’T PUBLICIZE COVID-19 CASES BY INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL
by Kaylin JorgeTuesday, July 28th 2020 - https://fox17.com NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Tennessee health officials said Tuesday they won’t be publishing COVID-19 cases by individual schools. “The department will not be publishing that list, but I fully expect schools will often times be able to tell parents and it will be their responsibility,” Dr. Lisa Piercey, Tennessee health Commissioner, said. When the pandemic first broke out, Tennessee did not publicize COVID-19 cases at nursing homes and long term facilities, but changed course after getting the go-ahead from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, officials said. “Until CMS gave us clearance to do that, we didn’t feel comfortable putting that out because of the risk of re-identification,” Dr. Piercey said. Dr. Piercey pointed to an example in which schools have already notified parents of COVID-19 cases: Alcoa City Schools in East Tennessee have already opened and had its first case of COVID-19. Parents were notified through an email and those in contact with the case were notified, the schools said.
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DTRB Traffic Spotters Network says:
“OBSERVE SCHOOL SAFETY ZONES”
The Downtown Ricky Brown Traffic Spotters Network in cooperation with area officials, would like to remind the public that with school starting back, please be aware of your speeds in school zones and be on the lookout for children loading and unloading from buses around the community. Page 8
HEALTH DEPARTMENT CONFIRMS ADDITIONAL COVID-19 DEATH, 12,122 CASES OF COVID-19 IN MADISON COUNTY
JACKSON, Tenn. – The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department confirms a 50-year-old male died Aug. 1 due to complications from COVID-19. This brings the total number of COVID-19 related deaths to 240 in Madison County.