Local News stories across Southern Middle Tennessee
On Friday, November 13, 2020 at 6:45 pm, TPD and CCSD responded to a 911 call about suspect Anthony A. Lyons, 39, holding two people hostage inside an apartment at Dossett Homes. After law enforcement secured the area and began talking to Lyons, several shots were fired at officers, resulting in no injuries. Later, while …
The Tennessee Department of Health will be extending hours at 35 county health departments leading up to and after Thanksgiving. The select locations will be open from 7AM to 5PM in local time on November 23rd and Monday November 30th. Local area coronavirus testing sites: Bedford County Health Department 140 Dover St., Shelbyville Coffee County …
Increased Hours for COVID-19 Testing Nov. 23 & 30 Read More »
The Tennessee Department of Health has confirmed 7,951 additional cases of COVID-19 across the state on Monday, November 16, putting the state at 318,888 total cases. Over 47,000 residents of Tennessee currently have the coronavirus. TDH also confirmed 30 additional deaths, bringing total deaths to 3,923 statewide. The state reported a new record-high number of …
New Record High for One Day of nearly 8,000 COVID-19 Cases in Tennessee Read More »
Motlow State selected Assistant Professor of Geography Charle Coffey as its nominee for the Outstanding First-Year Student Advocate Award. Each year college presidents nominate one educator to the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition. “Having a profound understanding of community college students, barriers, and challenges, Charle transformed the Motlow First-Year …
Motlow selects Charle Coffey as Outstanding First-Year Student Advocate Nominee Read More »
Manchester Parks and Recreation Department will hold a Public Meeting, Tuesday November 17, 2020 at 6:00pm at the Ada Wright Building to discuss a Local Parks and Recreation Fund Grant Application from the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. The proposed project is to replace lights on three baseball fields and three softball fields. …
Manchester Public Hearing concerning Grant for New Lighting at City Ballfields Read More »
A ‘Disaster Drill’ set for Tuesday, November 17th at 11:30 am at Tennova Harton in Tullahoma. This will on the hospital’s campus between the Jackson Medical Plaza and Tennova Healthcare – Harton’s ED. Tullahoma and Coffee County law enforcement, EMS, etc. will all be participating. Please do not to panic as “it is only a drill.”
Jonathan Julian Vandergriff, 19, of Collier Avenue Shelbyville was arrested recently on sexually-related charges involving a 12-year-old child. Vandergriff was booked at the Bedford County jail on charges with two counts of rape of a child and one count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. His bond was set at $103,000.
Tennessee Department of Health has confirmed 5,817 additional cases of COVID-19 across the state on Sunday, November 15, bringing the state to 310,937 total cases since the pandemic began. Sunday’s update is the second highest single-day increase reported by the health department. Tennessee’s five highest single-day increases have been in the month of November. TDH also …
Updated COVID-19 Numbers in Tennessee; Local counties included Read More »
Attention students at Franklin County and Huntland high schools if you need a job there’s good news for you. A Work-Based Learning (WBL) program at both schools is bridging the gap between high school and high-demand careers in Tennessee. Students build on classroom-based instruction to develop employability skills that prepare them for success in postsecondary …
Walmart has resumed counting and monitoring the number of customers that enter and leave its stores. This comes as coronavirus cases in the United States hit daily highs. In April, the company began restricting the number of people to 20% of its store capacity, or lower if mandated by local officials. But for a brief …
Walmart to Resume Counting and Monitoring Customers Read More »
