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LATEST NEWSAlabama / al.com
Alabama couple who worked at Chick-fil-A and died of COVID ‘made our world just a bit better’
A couple who worked together for years at a Chick-fil-A restaurant in Gadsden are being mourned after they died days apart from COVID-19. General Manager Debbie Watson and her husband Jerry Watson were diagnosed back in July, only days after they had celebrated their 30th anniversary. Jerry died Aug. 19,... Read more
TRENDING NOWAlabama / gadsdentimes.com
Gadsden hospitals: 94 COVID-19 patients; eight vaccinated, five partially vaccinated
In the state of Alabama, 2,838 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 Thursday, according to the Alabama Department of Public Health. Gadsden's hospitals account for 94 of those hospitalized with the coronavirus. Of them, 54 were hospitalized at Gadsden Regional Medical Center and 49 of those patients had not been vaccinated,... Read more
TOP VIEWEDAttalla / wbrc.com
Attalla City Schools to require masks
ATTALLA, Ala. (WBRC) - Attalla City Schools leaders announced Thursday the system will implement a mandatory mask policy because of increasing COVID cases among students and staff. Starting Tuesday, September 7, 2021, students, staff and visitors will be required to wear masks or face coverings inside school buildings. The policy... Read more
LOCAL FAVORITEAttalla / gadsdentimes.com
Attalla City Schools: Mask up inside buildings, starting Tuesday
The Attalla City school system is the most recent to require masks inside buildings on campus, to try to keep the number of COVID-19 cases down. Superintendent Jeff Colegrove said cases in the system are not exceptionally high but have increased among students and staff. "What we want to do,... Read more