News related to the Covid-19 Pandemic in Southern Middle Tennessee
During the start of the 2021-22 school year, Tullahoma City Schools began monitoring COVID-19 cases at each campus inside the district. That information became public and was reported daily on the TCS Dashboard. Two months into the 2022-23 school year, the district has had a minimal number of COVID-19 cases. As a result, daily information …
Tullahoma City Schools moving to Weekly Covid-19 Updates Read More »
Well, here we go again. 51 of the 95 counties in Tennessee now fall under the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s high-risk category for COVID-19. Six area counties under high risk include: Bedford Coffee Franklin Grundy Lincoln Moore
New COVID-19 guidance from the CDC shows health officials are no longer recommending masks in Middle Tennessee. The new guidance is classified into three tiers: high, medium and low. Health officials state all counties in Middle Tennessee, except for Lincoln County, are now classified under the “low” tier. Most counties in Middle Tennessee have less than 200 …
The Tennessee Department of Education has announced the 68 districts that have received statewide recognition as Best for All Districts for investing federal COVID-19 stimulus funding to drive student achievement and improving academic outcomes. Best for All Districts will receive financial, operational, celebratory, and resource benefits in appreciation for districts’ planned investments to spend their share of the …
TDOE Announces 68 ‘Best for All Districts’; Some Area Schools Included Read More »
Following the launch of an investigation into Governor Bill Lee’s administration’s approval of no-bid contracts — the state ended one of the most controversial ones. Lee’s administration gave $65 million for contact tracing to be performed through Xtend Healthcare, despite not having any prior experience in doing so. Tennessee’s no-bid contract with the Hendersonville-based company, a medical billing …
The COVID-19 pandemic has been hard on small businesses, which are estimated to employ nearly half of all American workers. A recent Federal Reserve Bank study noted that the pandemic caused an additional 200,000 businesses to close their doors last year, with small businesses comprising the bulk of the difference. However, between 2019 and 2020, …
New Business Application Up in Tullahoma-Manchester Metro Area Read More »
Food City is offering free N95 face masks to their customers and associates. The program is made available through a partnership with Topco Associates, LLC cooperative and the US Department of Health and Human Services. Food City will be receiving several shipments of these high-quality face coverings, which will be available at the front of …
Stacker.com recently compiled a list of the counties with highest cumulative COVID-19 death rates in Tennessee using data from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Counties are ranked by the highest death rate per 100,000 residents as of Feb. 1, 2021. #50. Coffee County #48. Lincoln County #39. Bedford County #16. Grundy County #10. Moore …
Highest County Covid-19 Death Rates in Tennessee Read More »
There are currently more than 200,000 active COVID-19 cases in the state, according to the latest data released by the Tennessee Department of Health. As of January 22, the last day reported in the data, there are 206,176 active Omicron COVID cases. The state has seen a 153% increase in positive cases since it started the …
State and Counties have set New Record Highs for Active Covid 19 Cases Read More »
Franklin County Schools will be closed Monday and Tuesday January 24-25th due to excessive illness. Students will be provided instruction to continue remote learning. There will be no ESP, no sporting events, or any extracurricular activities at schools on Monday and Tuesday.
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