Risen to 108. Meantime, the state is also now involved in trying to curb this outbreak. State employees plan on testing 100 cooling towers in the bronx today. Today Governor Cuomo dispatched approximately 150 state workers to test cooling towers on buildings all across the bronx for the bacteria that causes legionnaires disease. New York State Health commissioner, dr. Howard zucker. Id like to see those numbers go to zero and that we have no cases, no other mortalities. The pneumonialike illness has already taken ten lives and sickened more than a hundred others in the south bronx. Five towers have tested positive, and in a press conference this afternoon, the mayor explained the difficulty in tackling the outbreak which began three weeks ago. When this began, no one, understandably, had reason to think that cough might be something much worse, that shortness of breath might be something much worse because we had never had such an outbreak before. City officials are now requiring that
The Southeastern Quilt and Textile Museum in Downtown Carrollton is expanding its reach to younger audiences and encourages students at the UWG to get involved with its diverse classes, camps and internship opportunities
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MOUNT PLEASANT â Chase Crayton hadnât been a state wrestling champion for more than two days last year before someone he didnât even know slid into his DMs.
And this wasnât exactly an admirer sending direct messages to Craytonâs Instagram account.
This was someone who was gunning for Crayton, who hadnât even really had time to take a good stroll through Mount Pleasant High School with the gold medal heâd won for being the Class 2A 220-pound champ.
Chase Crayton squares off against North Pitt s Alex Johnson in the 220-pound finals. TARA CRAYTON, SPECIAL TO THE INDEPENDENT TRIBUNE