As part of the company’s continued efforts to keep our employee-partners and customers safe, Brookshire Grocery Co. provides enough face masks for their more than 15,000 employee-partners to wear while serving their communities.
Physicians with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler and UT Health East Texas are researching a potential treatment to help severely afflicted COVID-19 patients recover. Leading this research effort is Julie Philley, MD, pulmonologist and associate professor of medicine, and Megan Devine, MD, pulmonologist and assistant professor of medicine. With this research, the duo hopes to provide a recovery pathway for patients across the globe.
State Parks recently re-opened, but with heavy restrictions. State parks have reopened for day use, with limited facilities available and advance reservations required. To help keep parks safe during the pandemic, visitors must bring and wear face coverings, keep a sixfoot distance from those outside their group and avoid gathering in groups larger than five people.
In addition to health concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic, many individuals and families are also having to deal with unexpected financial concerns.
• Rakeem Dreon Chandler, of Mount Vernon, was arrested April 7 by Morris County deputies on three counts of forgery of a financial instrument.