The Tennessee Department of Health did not issue data on COVID-19 cases and tests on Sunday, June 28, 2020 due to an unplanned shutdown of the state surveillance system. They will resume daily provision of case counts and additional data once the system returns to full functionality. If you have to go to Nashville for …
The Tennessee Department of Education has announced the nine finalists from across the state for the 2020-21 Tennessee Teacher of the Year award. The finalists represent each of the eight Center of Regional Excellence (CORE) areas in the state. The 2019-20 school year has reminded all of us how deeply communities appreciate our educators and …
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Numbers from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development show decreases in unemployment for each of Tennessee’s 95 counties. Coffee County went down by over 5 percent. Going from 19.8 in April to 14.2 percent in May. Warren County fell to 17.6 percent after 25.1 percent in April and Grundy County went from 24.7 …
Tennessee ranks 48th in the nation for the health of its youngest residents, according to 2018 data released this week by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Richard Kennedy, executive director of the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth, says while the state has made strides in other areas, such as education, red-flag health indicators — …
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ASSOCIATED PRESS – Dustin Johnson and Brendon Todd each shot a career-low 61 at the Travelers Championship on Saturday, leaving Todd with a two-stroke lead entering the final round Sunday of the PGA Tour’s visit to River Highlands in Connecticut. Todd is a former University of Georgia golfer who still lives in the Athens, GA, …
NCAA Division II member Morehouse College in Atlanta, a celebrated historically black college, announced that it had canceled fall sports for 2020, basically football and cross-country, because of the coronavirus pandemic. Morehouse becomes one of the first colleges to publicly announce their cancellation of the entire football season.
Clay Mills “Buck” Johnson, former Chattanooga Times sports editor, died Saturday at age 94. Johnson was a Navy veteran of World War II, a teacher and coach in the Hamilton County School system, and a popular sports editor and reporter who wrote a column entitled “The Buck Stops Here.” His hometown of Soddy-Daisy, TN, inducted …
