Middle Tennessee is dealing with its first case of the Omicron COVID-19 variant. Nashville health officials say the Nashvillian who tested positive recently returned from a trip to South Africa. They experienced mild symptoms and didn’t need to be hospitalized. They had been fully vaccinated, including a booster shot before testing positive..
Meanwhile, there are more than 22-hundred new coronavirus cases in Tennessee. The Tennessee Department of Health reported the new cases yesterday, bringing the total since the outbreak began to over one-million-346-thousand. Nearly 40 additional COVID-19-related deaths were also reported, with the total number standing at over 17-thousand-900. There are more than one thousand COVID-19 hospitalizations in Tennessee.
Tennessee is getting millions of dollars in grants and loans from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Tennessee Rural Development officials said yesterday the 163-million dollars will be invested across the state. They say the money will impact rural Tennesseans by expanding access to broadband and electricity, and will also improve wastewater infrastructure. State officials say they’re committed to a stronger rural Tennessee.
A Middle Tennessee U.S. Army soldier is being mourned. Military officials say 26-year-old Specialist James T. Roberts was killed in a training accident at Fort Campbell early yesterday morning. Specialist Roberts was from Nashville and joined the Army in September of 2018 as a military intelligence analyst. Another soldier was injured in the accident but has since been treated and released.
Earlier this week two store burglaries occurred in Ridgetop and Greenbrier — both believed to be committed by the same suspects. The first burglary was at the AM/PM Market on Hwy. 41 South in Ridgetop before dan Monday morning. The second was at the SpeedGo on Old Greenbrier Pike in Greenbrier less than 20 minutes later. The Sheriff’s office is offering a reward for anyone that provides information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspects.
