Corrections officer stabbed at Marshall County Jail
Updated May 01, 2021;
The Marshall County Sheriff’s Office reported Saturday that a female corrections officer had been stabbed by an inmate at the Marshall County Jail.
According to information posted by the sheriff’s office, the incident occurred at about 11 a.m. Saturday and involved a female inmate being held on drug charges.
“The Corrections Officer has been transported to Marshall Medical Center North and is alert at this time,” said a statement posted about noon. According to the sheriff’s office an investigation is under way and more information will be released “as the case unfolds.”
The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Alabama jumped by 2,846 Wednesday more than 600 more new cases than Tuesday and the number of people hospitalized with the virus in Alabama reached 2,353, as the first vaccinations were enthusiastically administered in 15 hospitals.
Although it was only a two-patient increase over Monday’s 2,351 people hospitalized, that number has increased every day but one since Dec. 7, when the state topped 2,000 inpatients.
“There’s a lot of excitement over the vaccine distribution beginning in the United States, but we all have to remember that large scale distribution is still a few months away,” East Alabama Medical Center spokesman John Atkinson said.
Precautionary tents set up outside Marshall Medical Centers due to influx of patients
Hospital officials said it s precautionary right now, but could be used for patients.
Posted: Dec 15, 2020 1:49 PM
Updated: Dec 15, 2020 1:50 PM
Posted By: Sierra Phillips
Marshall Medical Centers in Boaz and other emergency organizations are preparing for the worst with two tents set up outside their hospital branches.
Hospital officials said it s precautionary right now, but could be used for patients. This is preparatory. We re making preparations for if things do get worse, explained Marshall County Emergency Management Director Anita McBurnett.
McBurnett said right now, she hopes the tent outside of Marshall Medical Center North and South is never used.