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July 26, 2021
JACKSON, Tenn. The Scarlet Rope Project organization is bringing awareness with red sand.
The red sand in sidewalk cracks might pique your interest, and that is exactly what Scarlet Rope is trying to do with their Red Sands Project.
The week-long awareness campaign is attempting to spark conversation about an issue that affects many people: human trafficking.
“It was started to bring awareness to the vulnerable people among us that fall in the cracks,” said Julanne Stone, with Scarlet Rope.
Stone says human traffickers see vulnerability and take advantage of those individuals.
She says this is a way to educate the public on the dangers of human trafficking.
Local health director warns of rising COVID cases locally
COVID-19 cases in Jackson and Madison County are on the rise again.
Weekly e-mails updating the latest virus numbers in Madison County jumped from 22 new cases for the week on July 14 to 77 this past Wednesday.
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital’s COVID-19 case count went from five total people in the hospital for the virus on July 12 to 19 on July 21.
It’s enough of an increase to classify as a spike, and it’s enough of a spike to warrant discussions inside the Jackson-Madison County Health Department about possibly increasing the frequency of their e-mail updates.