Page 29 - Lee Drive News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

One man injured in Huntsville shooting Police line do not cross (Source: WALB) By WAFF 48 Digital Staff | December 22, 2020 at 2:34 PM CST - Updated December 22 at 2:35 PM HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - One person is now in the hospital after a shooting took place in north Huntsville Tuesday afternoon. The incident took place on Lee Drive NW in Huntsville around 12 p.m. An official with HEMSI confirmed one male was transported to Huntsville Hospital in serious condition. There are no further details at this time. Stick with WAFF for any updates. Copyright 2020 WAFF. All rights reserved....

Decision on new private school to open at Braehead Manor expected in January [Image: Facebook] The Fredericksburg City Council recently held a public hearing regarding a request for a special use permit to allow the Brompton Community School to open a new elementary school at the former bed and breakfast site. Brompton proposes a private school that would teach kindergarten through eighth grade at Braehead Manor, at 123 Lee Drive, at Lee’s Hill, part of Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. The school would have 116 students and staff. The manor, which last used a...

‘I was so afraid to die alone’: COVID-19’s toll on Mississippi’s chicken plant employees Alissa Zhu and Maria Clark, The American South © Barbara Gauntt/Clarion Ledger A man who took pleasure in cooking for and being surrounded by friends was left to battle COVID-19 alone after contracting the virus at the Koch Foods chicken plant in Forest where he works. He thought he would die alone and gives thanks to God for his recovery, he explains during a Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, interview. When he returned to work at the chicken plant after weeks of being sick, no one would...

Email Alissa Zhu and Maria Clark, The American South Published 11:07 am UTC Dec. 14, 2020 In mid-April, an employee at one of the chicken processing plants in Mississippi’s poultry capital of Scott County noticed two coworkers showed up sick, one complaining about a headache and shortness of breath. At that point — about one month after Mississippi announced its first confirmed case of COVID-19 and outbreaks at meatpacking plants across the country began to make headlines — his company had not yet taken precautions against the pandemic, said the worker, who asked not to be named out of ...