FORECAST Golf: Rahm TODAY WED THU with major win on 81°/59° 85°/65° 87°/70° Complete forecast, A2 first Father’s Day. B1 Statistics on COVID-19 reported by the Alabama Department of Public Health as of Monday. FLORENCE n MUSCLE SHOALS n SHEFFIELD n TUSCUMBIA n NORTHWEST ALABAMA County Cases Deaths Colbert 6,415 140 Franklin 4,317 82 Tuesday, June 22, 2021 timesdaily.com timesdaily @TimesDaily Lauderdale 9,612 250 Statewide 549,013 11,311 COLBERT COUNTY Hardest hit county: Jefferson with 81,046 cases and 1,571 deaths. REGION Commission OKs purchase of building for new jail Mobile home park complies with order The Woodland Hills Mobile Home Park has taken action to correct a sewage spill coming from its pri- vately owned pumping station. A5 LIFE Losing sleep over pandemic? More people turning to doctors and new treatments to help cure insomnia. B8 WEIRD NEWS NASA sends squid from Hawaii into space for research HONOLULU — Dozens of baby squid from Hawaii are in space for study. The baby Hawaiian bobtail squid were raised at the University of Hawaii’s Kewalo Marine Laboratory and were blasted into space earlier this month on a SpaceX resupply Colbert County commissioners have agreed to purchase the former chemical engineering building of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a possible jail facil- mission to the International Space ity. The building is located off David Lilienthal Drive in Muscle Shoals. [PHOTOS BY DAN BUSEY/TIMESDAILY] Station. Researcher Jamie Foster, who By Russ Corey purchase price includes some Colbert County completed her doctorate at the Staff Writer surrounding property and a Commissioner University of Hawaii, is studying parking lot. Roger Creek- how spaceflight affects the squid in TUSCUMBIA — Col- County Administrator Roger more talks hopes of bolstering human health bert County commissioners Creekmore said the company about the old during long space missions, the approved on Monday the had originally asked $900,000 TVA chemical Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported purchase of an old Tennessee for the two buildings, but engineering Monday. Valley Authority laboratory accepted the county’s offer of building before — The Associated Press building for use as a new county $750,000. commissioners jail. Creekmore said the sin- voted Monday The commission agreed to gle-story lab building is to purchase ONLINE pay Muscle Shoals Holdings approximately 50,000 square the building $750,000 for the one-story feet. for possible Follow us on lab building and an adjacent use as a new Facebook. five-story office building. The SEE JAIL, A7 jail. YOUR OPINION KIDS COUNT Sunday’s Question: Would you con- sider an electric car for your next vehicle purchase? Yes: 21% No: 79% Alabama 47th in nation for child well-being Today’s Question: Do you think Col- bert commissioners made the right By Lisa Singleton-Rickman Annie E. Casey Founda- percentage of low birth- motor vehicle accidents • Children in poverty decision in buying an old TVA build- Staff Writer tion’s 2021 KIDS COUNT weight babies was up to and those areas with high in 2019: 228,000, 21%, ing to convert into a jail facility? Data Book released 10.5% from 10.3%. levels of prevention, but which was down from Vote at TimesDaily.com. MONTGOMERY — Monday. 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Diana Ross releases “The Beatles: Get Back,” a first new music in 15 documentary series directed by Peter Jackson, will hit Disney+ years with thanks over Thanksgiving, rolling out Diana Ross is in a grateful three two-hour episodes on mood. Nov. 25, 26 and 27, the stream- From left, April Moore, Ana Carter-Peeples and Tiana Ingram post a handmade sign on windows during the Juneteenth: Freedom Day The new single “Thank You,” ing service announced last Block Party on Friday outside the Lauderdale County Courthouse in Florence. [DAN BUSEY/TIMESDAILY] released early Thursday, is week. three-plus minutes of musi- The series will cover the cal and lyrical uplift from making of the band’s 1970 the Detroit-born star, who album “Let It Be,” using more Today’s Birthdays: announced she’s got an album of than 60 hours of unseen footage Pop singer Cyndi Lauper is 68. Actor Prunella Scales (TV: “Fawlty Towers”) is 89. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., is the same name coming this fall. shot in January 1969 by Michael 88. Singer-actor Kris Kristofferson is 85. Movie director John Korty is 85. Actor Michael Lerner is 80. Actor Klaus Maria Due on Decca Records, it will Lindsay-Hogg and more than Brandauer is 78. Fox News analyst Brit Hume is 78. Singer Peter Asher (Peter and Gordon) is 77. Singer Howard “Eddie” be Ross’ first album of new mate- 150 hours of unheard audio. Kaylan is 74. Singer-musician Todd Rundgren is 73. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is 72. Actor Meryl Streep is 72. Actor rial since “I Love You” in 2006. The Also included is their last live Lindsay Wagner is 72. Singer Alan Osmond is 72. Actor Graham Greene is 69. Actor Chris Lemmon is 67. Rock musician 13-track set was recorded with performance as a group, the Lauper Derek Forbes is 65. Actor Tim Russ is 65. Rock musician Garry Beers (INXS) is 64. 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