Since the start of the pandemic, masks have become a ubiquitous part of daily life.
They ve been a way to stop the spread of the coronavirus that s killed more than 3.3 million people worldwide, including more than 580,000 in the United States.
Indiana dropped its statewide mask requirement last month, but most businesses and other establishments still required, or at least recommended, face coverings indoors.
Now the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is saying fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks inside in most cases in what some have heralded as a sign that a return to normal life is getting closer.
CROWN POINT â Friends and family gathered Monday afternoon to honor Bruce Woods, a beloved Lake County historian and educator.Â
Rev. Mark Wilkins, senior pastor at First United Methodist Church of Crown Point, said those gathered at Burns Funeral Home â in person or via Facebook Live â were there to honor Woods greatness. It is sadly trite to begin a funeral service by saying that we come to remember a great man, Wilkins said. The reason I say sadly is because greatness has become somewhat of a demeaning term in our modern culture. We attribute greatness to anyone from our greatest heroes all the way down to somebody whose chief skill is hitting 3-pointers in overtime. Â