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Mass shootings in Colorado increased to 11 in 2020 from four the year before, while nationally mass shootings jumped...

Mass shootings fall in Georgia, but nation faces record high Marco della Cava and Mike Stucka USA TODAY NETWORK Mass shootings in Georgia fell to 17 in 2020 from 19 the year before, while nationally mass shootings jumped nearly 50% during a pandemic with crippling unemployment, violent protests and idle youth. In 2020, Georgia reported 17 mass shootings that killed 18 and injured 73. A year earlier, the state had 19 mass shootings that killed 16 and injured 74. Among Georgias deadliest shooting...

Marco della Cava and Mike Stucka USA TODAY NETWORK Mass shootings in Montana fell to zero in 2020 from two the year before, while nationally mass shootings jumped nearly 50% during a pandemic with crippling unemployment, violent protests and idle youth. In 2020, Montana reported zero mass shootings. A year earlier, the state had two mass shootings that killed five and injured four. With COVID-19 cases falling and vaccines rolling out, some criminologists hope a rebounding economy and reopened s...

‘Do the right thing’: Alabama’s top health officer concerned about Mobile Mardi Gras risk Updated Feb 13, 2021; Posted Feb 12, 2021 Facebook Share Mardi Gras Day in Mobile represents a concern for Alabama’s leading public health officer who implored revelers on Friday to “do the right thing” and avoid large crowds. Dr. Scott Harris, the state’s health officer, said he sees a large gathering for Mardi Gras having the potential of causing a COVID-19 super spreader event one year a...

What went wrong with the vaccine rollout in Alabama and what happens next Updated on Jan 24, 2021; Published on Jan 24, 2021 Dr. Mary McIntyre, chief medical officer for the Alabama Department of Public Health, receives the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine Monday, December 21, 2020 at Baptist South Medical Center in Montgomery. (Governors Office/Hal Yeager) Twitter Share Daphne Crocker, 73, watched the line of cars in front of her pulling away from the Daphne Civic Center. A police officer ca...

The owner of Mark Anthony's Pretzels is continuing to grow, adapt, and move his bakery forward and says the shop made it through 2020 with the help of those in the Colorado Springs community.

Alabama county readies for mass clinic as state struggles administering COVID-19 vaccine Updated Jan 16, 2021; Posted Jan 15, 2021 A map of the COVID-19 vaccine event at the Alabama Cruise Terminal in Mobile, Ala. (map provided by the Mobile County Health Department). Facebook Share Mobile County officials are preparing the Alabama Cruise Terminal ahead of the first major COVID-19 vaccination distribution effort in coastal Alabama on Saturday. Large-scale vaccination efforts in Mobile County ...

Vaccines given to ineligible recipients in this Alabama County Updated Jan 15, 2021; Posted Jan 15, 2021 Kortni Kennell with the infection prevention team at USA Health prepares the first Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at University Hospital in Mobile on Tuesday, December 15, 2020. (John Sharp/jsharp@al.com). Facebook Share The Mobile County Health Department confirmed Thursday and again on Friday that it gave out doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to people who were not eligible to receive one. The dose...

Now Accepting Applications for Educating Kentucky Scholarships News provided by Share this article Share this article PADUCAH, Ky., Jan. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Bryant Law Center, with offices in Paducah and Louisville, began accepting entries in the firms new Educating Kentucky Scholarship program to award two $1,000 scholarships to eligible Kentucky high school seniors and Kentucky college students who produce and submit winning video essays. For graduating Kentucky high school seniors...

PADUCAH -- Paducahs new mayor talked with Local 6 about his priorities after he and the other members of the Board of Commissioners took their oaths of office Monday afternoon. Mayor-Elect George Bray, along with Commissioners-Elect Sandra Wilson, Raynarldo Henderson, David Guess and Carol Gault, attended the inauguration ceremony at city hall. The event began with a welcome by City Manager Jim Arndt, followed by a posting of colors by the Paducah Police and Fire Departments. Kentucky Supreme C...