I m no hero. I imagine anyone who was in my shoes would have done the same. Author: WBIR Staff Updated: 8:17 PM EDT April 15, 2021
MOUNTAIN CITY, Tenn An East Tennessee corrections officer is being called a hero after he jumped into action to save a mother and her two young girls trapped inside a burning vehicle near Johnson City.
The Tennessee Department of Corrections said officer Leon Odom from the Northeast Correctional Complex put his training and life on the line to save the family from grave danger Friday night.
TDOC said it happened after Odom watched a vehicle swerve across the highway and hit two trees before it burst into flames.
Colby-Sawyer outbreak grows
Modified: 3/15/2021 10:08:07 PM
NEW LONDON Colby-Sawyer College extended its remote learning period and entered a “modified stay-in-place phase” on Monday amid a growing outbreak of COVID-19, according to an announcement on the school’s website.
The outbreak at Colby-Sawyer grew over the weekend to include a total of 57 active student cases as of Sunday, nearly twice the number the college reported on Friday, according to the school’s COVID-19 dashboard. The college, which first moved to remote learning on Friday, also had nearly 100 people in quarantine, including 81 on campus in New London.
“… Many of those who have tested positive this week are experiencing mild-to-significant symptoms,” said Gregg Mazzola, the school’s vice president for marketing and communications, in the announcement sent to students on Saturday.
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