FRIDAY
FRIDAY FORECAST AND A LOOK AHEAD OF THE WEEKEND TO AND WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS TODAY
AT FIVE MARION COUNTY IS
CLOSING BARS AGAIN AND DELAYING
THE START OF IN-PERSON CLASSES
UNTIL AUGUST 5TH. THIS NEWS
COMES TODAY AS INDINA SET A NEW
RECORD FOR SINGLE DAY COZAD 19.
POSITIVE TESTS 900 54. THAT'S
THE TALL BLUE BAR THAT YOU SEE
THERE AT THE RIGHT HAND PART
OF YOUR SCREEN AND THE DOTTED
LINE THAT YOU SEE HERE SHOWS
THIS DANGEROUS TREND AS INDIANA
CASES CONTINUE TO SOAR DAILY
CASES IN MARION COUNTY ALSO
MIRRORING THAT TREND AND NOW
THE MAYOR AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH
DIRECTOR STEPPING IN BECAUSE
THEY WANT TO STOP IT. OUR EMILY
LONGNECKER IS JOINING US LIVE
TODAY AT 5:00. SHE'S LOOK AT
THIS NEW ORDER TO SLOW THE
SPREAD. EMILY? WELL AND SCOTT,
WE'RE HERE ON MASS AND THIS IS
CERTAINLY BEEN THE SITE OF A
LOT OF FUN HERE IN THE PAST FEW
WEEKS, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE
STREET CLOSED TO ALLOW PEOPLE
TO GATHER OUTSIDE HERE SAFELY
DESPITE THIS PANDEMIC. WELL, IT
LOOKS LIKE THE PARTY IS GOING
TO BE COMING TO AN END AT LEAST
FOR NOW FOR BARS AND NIGHTCLUBS
.THE MAYOR ANNOUNCING BOTH
WILL BE CLOSED AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT UNTIL AT LEAST AUGUST
12TH. PICTURES LIKE THIS ONE
MIGHT BE PART OF THE REASON WHY
YOU CAN SEE THERE FOLKS LINED
UP LAST WEEKEND DOWNTOWN
WAITING TO GET INSIDE A CLUB.
MANY DON'T HAVE ON MASKS AND
ARE NOT SOCIAL DISTANCING
SCENES LIKE THIS COULD BE A
CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO WHY
MARION COUNTY HAS SEEN A STEADY
RISE IN COZAD CASES IN THE PAST
SEVERAL WEEKS, ESPECIALLY AMONG
THE 18 TO 30 AGE GROUP. THE
MAYOR REMINDING PEOPLE OF THE
MASK MANDATE HERE IN MARION
COUNTY WHICH BECOMES STATEWIDE
THE TWENTY SEVENTH. HE IMPLORED
RESIDENTS ESPECIALLY THE YOUNG
FOLKS IN MARION COUNTY TO
FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES. IF YOU
WANT OUR BARS AND OUR CLUBS TO
RETURN, DO BETTER FOR YOUR
CITY. AND IF YOU ARE FORTUNATE
ENOUGH TO BE YOUNG AND HEALTHY
,KEEP IN MIND THAT MANY
OF YOUR NEIGHBORS AREN'T.
PLEASE DO BETTER AND MASK UP
FOR THEIR SAKE. THE BAR CLOSURE
ALSO APPLIES TO BARS INSIDE
RESTAURANTS TOO. YOU WON'T BE
ABLE TO SIT AT THEM IN
RESTAURANTS OR GOING BACK TO 50
PERCENT CAPACITY AT LEAST
INDOORS. AND RESTAURANTS WILL
THEN CLOSE AT MIDNIGHT. THE
CITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH
OFFICIALS HOPING TO PUT THESE
RESTRICTIONS AT PUTTING THESE
RESTRICTIONS BACK IN PLACE WILL
HELP STOP THESE NUMBERS
FROM CONTINUING TO TREND UPWARD
SCOTT. YEAH. HOPEFULLY WE CAN
SEE THESE NUMBERS START TO GO
DOWN. EMILY, THANKS SO MUCH.
WANT TO MENTION A COUPLE
OF OTHER THINGS NEW FROM THIS
ORDER. HAIR SALONS AND SPORES
WILL OPERATE BY APPOINTMENT
ONLY GYMS AND FITNESS CENTERS
ARE GOING TO OPERATE AT 25
PERCENT CAPACITY SOCIAL
GATHERINGS CANNOT EXCEED 50
PEOPLE AND INSIDE CHURCH
SERVICES WILL BE LIMITED TO 50
PERCENT CAPACITY. ALSO BREAKING
TODAY AT 5:00 THE FOOTBALL AND
BASKETBALL TEAMS AT BEECH GROVE
HIGH SCHOOL ARE NOW UNDER
QUARANTINE. THEY WERE POSSIBLY
EXPOSED TO SOMEONE WITH COZAD
19. THIS QUARANTINE WILL LAST
14 DAYS. NOW THE CHEERLEADERS
AND BOYS SOCCER PLAYERS ARE
BEING MONITORED TOO. AFTER THEY
WERE POSSIBLY EXPOSED BY
SOMEONE SECOND HAND TODAY THE
PEDIATRICS IS OUT WITH SOME NEW
GUIDANCE FOR PARENTS FOR KIDS
WHO ARE IN SPORTS FIRST
PARENTS. HERE'S MY ADVICE TO
MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE KEEPING
UP A DIALOG WITH THE
PEDIATRICIAN NOT ONLY ABOUT THE
SPORT BUT THE SETTING OF THE
SPORT AND LOCAL DISEASE
ACTIVITY. ALSO ATHLETES
ENCOURAGED NOW TO WEAR A CLASS
FACE MASK DURING NON VIGOROUS
ACTIVITY WHEN PHYSICAL
DISTANCING CANNOT BE
MAINTAINED. AND WHAT ABOUT
TEAMS THOSE TRAVEL TEAMS? WELL,
THOSE TEAMS SHOULD MINIMIZE
EVEN ELIMINATE TRAVEL. TEAMS
SHOULD AVOID AREAS THAT HAVE
POOR VENTILATION AND SMALL
SPACES. AND ANY PLAYER THAT HAS
COVERED SYMPTOMS SHOULD NOT
PLAY AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY
GET A DOCTOR'S CLEARANCE BEFORE
THEY RETURN TO THE FIELD. THERE
ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS TONIGHT
ABOUT HOW THIS STATEWIDE MASS
MANDATE WILL BE ENFORCED. COME
MONDAY, KAREN CAMPBELL EXPLAINS
RIGHT NOW WHY SOME POLICE
DEPARTMENTS ARE URGING PEOPLE
NOT TO CALL 9 1 1 IF THEY SEE
SOMEONE VIOLATING THE
GOVERNOR'S ORDER. WEARING A
MASK IS NOW BECOMING PART
OF EVERYDAY LIFE. COME MONDAY
IT BECOMES A STATEWIDE MANDATE
MEANING ANYONE WHO DISOBEYS
COULD POTENTIALLY FACE A
MISDEMEANOR. WE DON'T WANT IT
TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE
MISDEMEANORS COME INTO PLAY
THAT THEY HAVE AROUND OTHER
STATES BUT WE DON'T THINK WE'RE
THERE YET. WHILE THE GOVERNOR
SAYS THERE WILL BE NO MASK,
POLICE IF ANYONE VIOLATES THE
ORDER SOME POLICE DEPARTMENTS
SAY DON'T CALL ON 1 1. WHAT WE
DON'T WANT IS TO BE DISPATCHED
REPEATEDLY ON CALLS IF
SOMEONE'S IN A BUSINESS WITHOUT
A MASK OR SOMEONE'S ON THE
SIDEWALK IN A GROUP WITHOUT A
MASK. MARTINSVILLE POLICE CHIEF
KURT SPIVEY SAYS OTHER
DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN INUNDATED
WITH CALLS ABOUT MASCOTS SHOES
.HE SAYS CONCERNS OR
COMPLAINTS SHOULD BE DIRECTED
TO THE COUNTY OR STATE HEALTH
DEPARTMENT. WE'RE JUST LIKE ANY
OTHER SMALL AGENCY IN A STATE
OF INDIANA. WE HAVE TO BALANCE
OUR OUR MANPOWER AND STAFFING
WITH OUR RUN LOAD AND OUR CALLS
FOR SERVICES AND THAT BECOMES
DIFFICULT TIMES, SPIDEY SAYS.
HIS DEPARTMENT WILL NOT RESPOND
TO CALLS THAT ONLY RELATE TO A
MASK. BUT IF A DISTURBANCE
HAPPENS OR IF A CUSTOMER
REFUSES TO LEAVE A BUSINESS
WHICH REQUIRES A MASK SPIKE HE
SAYS THAT COULD RESULT IN
CRIMINAL TRESPASSING. ATTORNEY
GENERAL CURTIS HILL SAID THE
GOVERNOR SHOULD HAVE CALLED FOR
A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION
TO CONSIDER THE STATEWIDE
MANDATE. IN A STATEMENT HE'LL
SAY THE ISSUE IS NOT WEARING A
MASK. RATHER THE ISSUE IS
WHETHER WE ARE FOLLOWING THE
PROPER AND CONSTITUTIONAL
PROCESSES FOR ENACTING LAWS AND
WHETHER WE ARE RESPECTING THE
DISTINCT RULES OF EACH BRANCH
OF STATE GOVERNMENT HOKUM SAYS
HIS GOAL IS TO HELP REDUCE THE
NUMBER OF COZAD 19 CASES
WHITELAND POLICE DEPARTMENT IS
FOLLOWING SUIT. THE POLICE
CHIEF SAYS OFFICERS WILL
RESPOND IF A DISTURBANCE OR ANY
OTHER ISSUE WERE TO TAKE PLACE
.THE GOAL OF WEARING THE MASK
IS TO HELP SLOW THE SPREAD
OF THE CORONA VIRUS BUT LOTS
OF PEOPLE ACROSS OUR COUNTRY
LIKED THE IDEA OF FACE MASK
REQUIREMENTS. IN FACT, THERE'S
A NEW POLL OUT FROM THE
ASSOCIATED PRESS. FOUND THREE
OUT OF FOUR AMERICANS ARE IN
FAVOR OF IT. ABOUT KIDS NOW SAY
THEY ARE EXTREMELY OR VERY
WORRIED ABOUT THEMSELVES OR
FAMILY MEMBERS BECOMING
INFECTED. VISE PRESIDENT MIKE
PENCE WILL BE HERE IN
INDIANAPOLIS TOMORROW COMING
HERE ALONG WITH HIS WIFE KAREN.
THE PLAN IS TO VISIT AND
DISCUSS HOW TO REOPEN HIGHER
EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS SAFELY
DURING THIS PANDEMIC. HE WILL
MAKE HIS STOP AND VISIT AT
MYRIAD UNIVERSITY BEFORE THEN
RETURNING TO WASHINGTON D.C.
TOMORROW NIGHT FOR THE WEEKEND.
NOW TODAY LAWMAKERS ARE NOWHERE
CLOSE TO COMING TO AN AGREEMENT
ON THE NEXT RELIEF BILL.
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS REJECTED
REPUBLICAN PLANS AND THAT GOP
PROPOSAL IS EXPECTED COSTS ONE
TRILLION DOLLARS. THAT WILL
INCLUDE ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE
BILLION DOLLARS FOR SCHOOLS, 16
BILLION FOR TESTING PLUS MORE
DIRECT PAYMENTS FOR PEOPEL.
DEMOCRATS, HOWEVER, CALLED IT
AN UNSERIOUS PROPOSAL THAT WILL
NOT PASS CONGRESS. WE DID LEARN
TODAY SOME DISAPPOINTING
ECONOMIC NEWS WORKERS SEEKING
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS WENT UP
LAST WEEK. THIS IS THE FIRST
TIME WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE IN
THAT FOUR MONTHS ONE POINT FOUR
MILLION PEOPLE FILED CLAIMS TO
RECEIVE THOSE SIX HUNDRED
DOLLARS A WEEK FROM THE FEDS.
THAT BY THE WAY, IS PART OF AN
AID PACKAGE THAT IS SET TO
EXPIRE AT THE END OF THIS WEEK.
WELL, MORE HELP IS NEEDED HERE
IN CENTRAL INDIANA TONIGHT TO
HELP THE HOMELESS POPULATION
AND KEEP THEM SAFE. THE FOLKS
AT WHEELER MISSION TELLING 13
NEWS THAT COZAD 19 HAS ONLY
INCREASED THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO NEED HELP.
THE SUMMER MONTHS THEY SAY EVEN
MORE CHALLENGING BECAUSE IT'S
WHEN THE DONATIONS TYPICALLY
DWINDLE. HUNGER AND
HOMELESSNESS, HOWEVER, IT COSTS
NEARLY TWO DOLLARS TO PROVIDE A
MEAL FOR ONE PERSON AT WHEELER.
THE WHITE HOUSE HAS NAMED
INDIANAPOLIS A HOTSPOT BUT JUST
WAS RELEASED BY BOUDIA A FEW
MONTHS AND SO THE NEED FOR PPE
FOR REAL MISSION FOR THE
HOMELESS IS GOING TO CONTINUE
TO SKYROCKET. SO AN ONLINE GIFT