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New Year’s Day brought the death of Carl Stephens’ only son.
Ozell Stephens Jr. suffered a stroke on Nov. 2. He was released from the hospital three weeks later and was recovering at a rehab facility. The 55-year-old still wasn’t able to walk as the new year approached, but could speak clearly. He called his mother every evening to say goodnight.
“I’d ask him how he was feeling and he’d say ‘Good,’” Carl said. “He talked about wanting to come home.”
On Jan. 1, Ozell was rushed from the rehab facility to Sarasota Memorial Hospital with a fever. Carl went to see her son at the hospital, where a doctor told her he had COVID-19, which is listed as the probable cause of his death in medical examiner records.
START bus riders will likely have more company onboard going forward.
With an OK from Teton County health officials, and after the Wyoming attorney general said Jackson Holeâs public transit system was exempt from state health orders limiting bus capacity, the Jackson Town Council and Teton County Board of County Commissioners voted Tuesday to increase the number of people allowed to ride START buses at one time.
Teton County Director of Health Jodie Pond supports the increase but didnât say itâs safer â or more risky â than the previous situation.
In Pondâs view, operating buses under the state-mandated restrictions versus the town and countyâs new capacity limits, which allow 11 more people on Teton Village buses, and 12 more people on town shuttle vehicles, is âessentially the same thing.â