Limestone County Circuit Court Clerk’s Office closed Friday due to coronavirus

Limestone County Circuit Court Clerk’s Office closed Friday due to coronavirus

I'm najahe sherman.

And i'm dan shaffer.

This afternoon the limestone county circuit court "clerk's office" is closed because of coronavirus protocols.

This comes after the circuit clerk tested positive for coronavirus more than a week ago - and another staff member started having symptoms in the last couple of days.

Waay 31's casey albritton joins us live outside the office.

Casey how is the staff handling the situation?

Circuit clerk brad curnutt tells me he is doing much better--and his quarantine is set to end sunday- he says he is planning to reopen the office on monday--but he will continue monitoring how his staff is feeling over the weekend before making that official.

Curnutt says judges at the courthouse stopped in- person hearings on monday- and the circuit clerk office is working to catch up on juvenile court and circuit civil cases and processing warrants.

He says the office fell a little behind this week while it was closed, but it won't be too hard to catch up next week.

Brad curnutt/ circuit clerk "you've got to make sure you protect your employees and you have to protect the public that you're serving so there's a lot of give and take there.

We are just trying to do the best that we can do like most offices in north alabama.

We are just trying to keep that work up.

It is stressful."

Curnutt says he will tell us by monday morning if the office will reopen.

We'll let you know as soon as we find out.

Casey albritton, waay 31