Hospital Capacity In Lakewood + Women Accused Of Armed Robberies

Get on up, Lakewood! Here's everything you need to know to get this Thursday started off right.

First, today's weather:

Cloudy with snow showers. High: 38 Low: 29.

Here are the top stories in Lakewood today:

1. The ongoing increase of COVID-19 hospitalizations continues to add stress to hospital systems across the country. See how hospitals around Lakewood are coping. (Lakewood Patch)
2. The woman accused of killing Cleveland police officer Shane Bartek is now accused of robbing people in Lakewood, Cleveland and Cleveland Heights. (Lakewood Patch)
3. Lakewood has added two new community police officers to Wards 1 and 3, the city announced. Their primary responsibilities, the city said, will be to "tackle ongoing quality of life concerns, such as noise, vandalism, and petty theft, and to work in cooperation with area residents to alleviate these issues." (Lakewood Patch)

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Today in Lakewood:

• Virtual Story Time with Miss Emily - City of Lakewood (10:00 AM)
• Board of Building Standards/Architectural Board of Review/Sign Review Board Review Meeting (5:30 PM)
• Lakewood Community Relations Advisory Commission Meeting (6:30 PM)
• An Evening of Storytelling with Ofelia Rivas (7:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Cleveland Clinic: "The majority of the COVID-19 patients in our hospitals in December were not vaccinated. While we are seeing more breakthrough infections, many of them can be handled at home, and not in a hospital. Get vaccinated, get your booster, socia..." (Instagram)
• Lakewood City Schools: "Belated congratulations to senior Mollie Henrikson, who on Monday in a win against Normandy broke the school record for most 3-pointers in a game! Mollie's seven treys broke the record of six jointly held by Kayleigh Boyle (2004) and Les..." (Facebook)

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— Chris Mosby

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