Getting Best People To Operate Clinics

If we agree we are at war against the spread of COVID-19 — and we are — it is good to know the Pentagon is sending out more than 1,100 troops to the first five mass vaccination centers planned by the Biden administration. Perhaps they are taking some cues from how well the National Guard handled its deployment for similar work in places such as West Virginia. Eventually, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is hoping for as many as 10,000 troops staffing 100 centers across the country. Meanwhile, the National Guard is also hoping to boost its efforts, with leadership considering ...

The Marshall County Health Department reported on Sunday night the county’s 60th COVID-19-related death since the start of the pandemic. The department announced one new death Sunday night, that of an 84-year-old man who was hospitalized at the time of his passing. It also reported five new ...

Return to School for Marshall, Wetzel Counties in Question

Just as high school students in Marshall and Wetzel counties were preparing to return to school next week, the map struck again. Marshall County had put forth its return to school plan last week that would have students at John Marshall High School and Cameron High School back in the ...

Officials: Don’t Let Super Bowl Become Superspreader

TAMPA, FLORIDA (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs superfan Ty Rowton hugged strangers in the streets of Miami last year after watching his team win the Super Bowl and then joined hundreds of thousands of fans back home at a victory parade, thinking little of a mysterious virus that his buddies were ...

St. Louis Jail Inmates Set Fires, Break Windows Over COVID

ST. LOUIS — Inmates at a St. Louis jail set fires, caused flooding, broke out fourth-floor windows and tossed a stationary bike, chairs, mattresses and other things outside Saturday in the latest disturbance over concerns about the coronavirus pandemic and restrictions that have limited ...