Alicia Carter / Carolina Public Press
Editor’s note: This article is part 1 of a two-part investigative series from Carolina Public Press.
After a sexual assault, survivors have choices to make.
Do they seek help at a hospital? If they do, they might be in for a wait.
If they are lucky, they’ve arrived at a hospital with nurses who are trained to help sexual assault victims. Called sexual assault nurse examiners, or SANE nurses, these specialized medical professionals train for months to understand how to help a victim take care of her or his health after a traumatic experience.
By Editor | January 14, 2021 |
Weakley County farmers and their equipment lined the funeral procession of former Commissioner of Agriculture and Dresden native Terry Oliver after the “friend to agriculture” died July 4, 2020.
BY DAVID FISHER
david@dresdenenterprise.com
While the global health pandemic, COVID-19, continues to make headlines in the new year after it emerged in the area in March 2020, Weakley County saw its share of good news, as well as losses for the final six months of the year.
The local, state and federal elections saw new faces as local governments welcomed candidates making history in their cities. The county mourned the passing of agricultural advocate Terry Oliver. Mask mandates were issued in Weakley County last year as businesses, schools and families continue to be impacted by the novel coronavirus.
Tensions were high at the Scottsboro City Schools Board of Education meeting on Thursday, Jan. 7.
Superintendent Dr. Jay Reyes engaged in a heated exchange with the president of the Scottsboro Board of Education, Patricia Stewart, who objected to his request that he and Assistant Superintendent Amy Childress receive pay increases while they would be assisting at Scottsboro Junior High School.
Jason Arnold, the current vice Principal at Scottsboro Junior High School, was to be appointed the interim Principal of the school.
Reyes, who has served as the superintendent of the Scottsboro City School System since shortly after the schoolâs consolidation, remarked that this is not an unusual measure for district office personal. The contracts would have extended until the end of the school year in May.
The mother of a Black man killed in July is working to set up a scholarship in his honor at Central Carolina Community College.
The Jason Arnold Black Lives Matter Scholarship is in honor of Sharon Johnsonâs 45-year-old son, gunned down July 5 on Crestview Street in Sanford.
âHe liked to help people and I feel like he would appreciate that heâs helping someone else,â Johnson said.
âHe knew that education meant a lot to people and it meant a lot to me.â
The goal is to raise $10,000 to create an endowment, according to Emily Hare, executive director of the CCCC Foundation, which is overseeing the private donations for the fund.