Amanda Karol Bright
SEVIERVILLE A Sevier County grand jury charged a Gatlinburg woman with vehicular homicide based on evidence from a Sept. 26 wreck that claimed the life of a 66-year-old Sevierville man.
Amanda Karol Bright, 40, of 335 Buhrs Way, was allegedly driving while intoxicated when she took the life of Ulra Winford McCollum.
The evidence was taken straight to the grand jury when it met earlier this month. It was the first time the panel had been convened in months, as the Tennessee Supreme Court suspended many court activities due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The court documents show Bright was also charged with reckless endangerment, DUI, driving on a suspended license, driving left of center, and failure to exercise due care.
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“Our vaccine supply continues to surpass demand and we do not anticipate this shift will impact our efforts to vaccinate as many Tennesseans as possible. We continue to monitor the situation closely,” the department said in a statement.
The department added that the pause was part of “necessary precautions” even though reports of the adverse events following the J&J; vaccine administration are rare - currently just six cases out of nearly 7 million doses distributed.
Around 318,000 J&J; vaccines have been delivered to Tennessee out of the total 4.6 million doses the state has received to date, according to the agency’s website.
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Friday, April 9, 2021
BRANDON HUTCHESON
On Friday afternoon, April 9, Dyer County Mayor Chris Young announced the county-wide mask mandate, originally set to expire on April 28, will expire at 12 a.m. (midnight) tonight.
According to the mayor, the deciding factors leading to removal of the mandate were due to the number of the Dyer County population who has been vaccinated, as well as the decrease in active cases and hospitalizations.
Dyer County is approaching 33 percent of our population being vaccinated with at least one shot as of today [Friday]. Our active cases are now at 27, much less than it has been for months (Nov. 26, 2020 265 active; Feb. 13, 2021 108 active), said Young. Hospitalizations are down and treatment is now available at our local hospital to avoid serious and most life-threatening infections if someone is diagnosed with coronavirus. I waited to see if Spring Break would have a negative impact on us and fortunately it had very little.