Stories from Friday, May 8, 2020

Even with the uncertainty of how his spring semester of his senior year would go, Community senior Lane Williams was on the hunt of finding a college to spend the next four years. On Sunday, he made it official by signing his letter of intent to commit to Hiram College, located in Hiram, Ohio...

Virginia Ann Haynes, 95, of Shelbyville died Monday evening, May 5, 2020 after a long illness. A memorial service may be held at a future date. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements.

When Shelbyville Tyson Foods workers report to work they sign a document informing them of how many of their fellow employees have tested positive for COVID-19. On Wednesday, this week, that number was 174, according to a Tyson worker who asked that his name not be used because he was afraid he might lose his job. On March 23, there had been 79 Shelbyville Tyson employees who had tested positive for the infection. In the following 14 days the number had gone up by 95 — a 120.3 percent increase...

MINNEAPOLIS — As coronavirus hotspots erupted at major U.S. meatpacking plants, experts criticized extremely tight working conditions that made the factories natural high risk contagion locations. But some Midwestern politicians have pointed the finger at the workers’ living conditions, suggesting crowded homes bear some blame...

When state officials visited the Shelbyville Tyson plant April 24 they had already made up their minds about the situation and what they would find there and were writing up their findings (“talking points”) the day before they actually took the tour...