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COVID-19: Taylor County adds 2 deaths, 96 cases Wednesday Hendrick Health System expects COVID-19 hospitalizations to surpass 200 after Christmas and New Year's Day holidays, according to a video statement from medical director Dr. Robert Wiley.  As of Wednesday afternoon, 39 of the 154 total COVID-19 inpatients at its facilities are on ventilators, and there are no ICU beds, he said.  "These are our parents, our grandparents, our friends within our community," Wiley said. Patients will be on ventilators for two to four weeks, but "half of these patients will not come off ventilators. That ...

Under a slate gray sky, a small band of volunteers in hot pink T-shirts set out on a recovery mission. They followed fresh footprints on a map of bone-white snow. Tuesday marked the Forever Sammi Foundation’s fourth annual clothing and blanket drive for the homeless. It was the first with no clothing and blankets. Instead, volunteers packed durable plastic pouches with winter hats, gloves, socks, disposable face masks, hand sanitizer and information on where to turn for help in a hard world. Many of the foundation’s volunteers are recovering addicts whose service to others is essent...