Across the country, furniture retailers are reporting months-long delays in every step of the supply chain—from overwhelmed factories to clogged ports—amid surging demand for desks, chairs and sofas.
The Indiana State Department of Health on Monday also reported the lowest COVID-19 daily death count since Jan. 31. Meanwhile, hospitalizations due to the virus hit their lowest mark since July 5.
The CDC is continuing to recommend that fully vaccinated people continue to wear well-fitted masks, avoid large gatherings, and physically distance themselves from others when out in public.
The funds will be used for housing, food and child care assistance, among other needs determined by local communities.
Kelly Tingle kept her job in internal communications at Cummins Inc. but had to adjust to working at home. Lisette Woloszyk lost her job at the JW Marriott but has since found a new one. Andrea Haydon started her own design firm after being laid off from Ratio Design. They talk with host Mason King about their anxieties, fears and hopes about the future.
Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 decreased from 663 on Friday to 656 on Saturday, the lowest number since July 6.
Adam Silver expressed confidence Saturday that the worst of his league’s pandemic-related challenges, which included a four-month stoppage in play and billions in lost revenue, are in the past.
Schools still must be able to maintain 3 feet of social distancing, require masks, and ensure a strong contact tracing protocol, Superintendent Aleesia Johnson said.
The state said more than 677,000 Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. More than 1.1 million had received the first dose of a vaccination.
As approved by the Senate on Saturday, the legislation also would send $350 billion to state and local governments, $130 billion in additional help to K-12 schools and $60 billion for COVID-19 testing and vaccine distribution.
After laboring through the night on a mountain of amendments—nearly all from Republicans and rejected—bleary-eyed senators on Saturday approved the sprawling package on a 50-49 party-line vote.
Julie Cranfill lost her father to COVID-19 last March. Because of pandemic restrictions, she felt there was no way to publicly remember her dad, to tell the world what a wonderful father he was.
Kelly Tingle contacted her doctor early in the pandemic, to get control of her anxious thoughts.
Former JW Marriott employee Lisette Woloszyk watched things go from bad to worse in March, as cancellations for the city’s hotels racked up alongside COVID-19 cases.
Dee Alderman’s doctors told her in November, as cases heated up, to stay home completely; her husband and son decontaminate every time they come in the house.
Three months after Dan McFeely was released from the hospital, he still struggles with shortness of breath and gets exhausted more quickly than before he caught the virus.
Jason Welch hopes his Indy Executive Cleaning will retain the customers it’s gained in the past year.
Andrea Haydon was notified by email that her job at Ratio Architects was being eliminated. She has since started her own firm.
Nolan Taylor says the online processes he and his students have to navigate get more grueling by the day.
The pandemic changed just about every aspect of Lori Casson’s job as executive director of Dayspring Center.
