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By Erica Thomas, managing editor TRUSSVILLE The city of Trussville is in talks with Walmart’s district asset protection leaders about how to make the area safer for shoppers. The meetings were spurred after a shooting on Feb. 2. No one was hurt in the shooting and police arrested 20-year-old Jordan Christopher Harris. Harris is now charged with attempted murder, criminal mischief second-degree and reckless endangerment. After the shooting, Police Chief Eric Rush said he mobilized a specialized unit to fight crime around Walmart. He also said he would like Walmart to provide funding for Flock Safety cameras at the entrance of the property, in order to help curb crime. ....
Walmart Apologizes for Calling Josh Hawley Sore Loser in Mistaken Tweet About Electoral College Certification On 12/30/20 at 1:56 PM EST Walmart, one of America s largest retailers, apologized on Wednesday for mistakenly calling GOP Senator Josh Hawley a #soreloser on Twitter. The tweet was mistakenly posted by a member of our social media team who intended to publish this comment to their personal account, Casey Staheli, Walmart s senior manager of national media relations, told Newsweek. We have removed the post and have no intention of commenting on the subject of certifying the Electoral College, Staheli added. We apologize to Senator Hawley for this error and any confusion about our position. ....
Post-holidays, a Christmas tree is settling into its new home. (Image submitted) Instead of depositing one’s Christmas tree on the curb post-holidays, why not continue the season of giving by recycling your tree? “What we don’t want to see is Christmas trees dropped into the landfill into the garbage system and then they catch fire and produce methane gas – that doesn’t really help any of us, said Andrew Holland, National Media Relations Director of the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC). “I know here in New Brunswick on the Acadian Peninsula, we’ve seen examples where communities have used Christmas trees to help fight coastal erosion.” ....
Staff Writer MARTINS FERRY A group of business leaders is asking others to be good role models in the battle against COVID-19. The newly formed Coalition to Stop the Spread held an online meeting Thursday during which they discussed the importance of encouraging people in the community to tell their friends, family members and co-workers to wear masks, stay 6 feet apart and continue washing their hands frequently in an effort to slow down the fast-moving spread of the coronavirus now invading smaller communities. The panel members included: TJ Obrokta Jr., president and CEO of Encova Insurance and a member of the OBRT; ....