Stocking up for safety

Gene Nickel stocks packages of N95 face masks at Priority Medical Equipment to provide a resource to the community to help combat the spread of COVID-19. CDN

The “Beauty and the Beast” production at Clinton’s Southwest Playhouse has been postponed until April. Director Jill Berrong said the decision was made last week during a SWPL board meeting to ensure a safe environment for the cast and a quality production for the public.

Responded to a report of theft two and one-half miles north of State Highway 33 and old school house.

(AP) — An Israeli hospital said preliminary research indicates a fourth dose of the coronavirus vaccine provides only limited defense against the omicron variant that is raging around the world.

(AP) — Ralph Emery, who became known as the dean of country music broadcasters over more than a half-century in both radio and television, died Saturday, his family said. He was 88.

(AP) — The rabbi of a Texas synagogue where a gunman took hostages during livestreamed services said that he threw a chair at his captor before escaping with two others after an hours-long standoff, crediting past security training for getting himself and his congregants out safely.

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