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Maury County’s Battle Creek Elementary School transitioned all of its classes to remote learning on Thursday as the school struggles with an increase of cases and staffing issues due to COVID-19.
The decision is “due to an increased number of classes pivoting to remote this week and the impact on staffing,” Principal Laura Duncan said in a message shared with parents.
Battle Creek Middle School’s front office and classrooms remained closed Thursday for deep cleaning, the school said.
Battle Creek Middle School, located in southern Spring Hill, will implement remote learning through Tuesday, Feb. 2 with students planned to return on Wednesday, Feb. 3.
First Farmers and Merchants Bank has named Joseph E. Yaroszewski as its new senior credit officer.
Yaroszewski starts the new role with more than 20 years of banking experience managing the credit risk for the Columbia-based bank s loan portfolio. First Farmers is a community bank with strong ties to its local neighborhoods, and I couldn t be more thrilled to join such a great team, Yaroszewski said. I look forward to supporting our lenders and serving customers from each of our locations in Middle Tennessee.
Yaroszewski will also be responsible for working closely with the bank’s lending team, credit analysts and special asset areas, the company said in a statement issued to The Daily Herald.
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During a commemorative service at Columbia State Community College, pastor and lawmaker Rep. Harold Moses Love, Jr., D-Nashville, emphasized Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. s greatest legacy love, the strong kind that transcends differences among people.
Love offered a contemporary reflection on the iconic civil rights leader at the Zoom online event on Wednesday, celebrating the life and legacy of King.
Columbia State College President Janet F. Smith and Assistant to the President for Access and Diversity Christa S. Martin, who is also the city s vice mayor, offered opening remarks, while Rev. Trent Ogilvie, CEO of Columbia Housing Authority and Advent Redevelopment Corporation, delivered an invocation.
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A group of Maury County residents gathered along U.S. Highway 31 Saturday to pay tribute to more than 130 local residents who have lost their lives to the coronavirus.
Together, the group worked in unison to create a grid of 131 American flags one for each resident who passed away due to complications of the virus.
Among those remembered were family, friends, employees of the local school district and the county.
Kenny Thomason placed a flag for his 82-year-old father, Houston Thomason, who passed away from the virus in September. It s hard to lose somebody, Thomason said. It s nice that people are doing this in the memory of people who have been lost to it.
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The Columbia Police Department is searching for a person of interest after a series of gun shots were exchanged in front of a local gas station.
Antonio Jamar Rolling is wanted by the Columbia Police Department stemming from a shooting that occurred on Jan. 15 at the Kwik Sak convince store located at 1800 Carmack Boulevard.
The department has issued warrants for Rolling of attempted first degree murder, two counts of aggravated assault, reckless endangerment and unlawful possession of a weapon.
The armed altercation took place in the store s parking lot as gunfire was allegedly exchanged between Rolling and a second individual, Lt. Jeremy Haywood told The Daily Herald.