Healthy living in Southern Middle Tennessee
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and an education advocacy group wants school districts in Tennessee and across the country to focus on critical mental health support. Tennessee ranked 41st in the country when it comes to a higher prevalence of mental illness and lower rates of access to care for youth. Denise Forte, president and CEO of The Education …
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According to Blood Assurance, the local blood supply is in critical need of replenishment. As of Tuesday, the nonprofit had less than a two-day supply of most blood types on its shelves. Blood Assurance calls on those with O-positive, O-negative, A-positive, A-negative, and B-negative blood to schedule an appointment immediately. Blood Assurance officials said the …
Bedford County Mayor Chad Graham signed a proclamation Wednesday, April 26, recognizing May 11 as National Children’s Mental Health Acceptance Day in Bedford County. Representatives of Bedford County Schools, Bedford County Health Department, and the not-for-profit TN Voices were on hand for the signing ceremony and discussed the importance of making sure that Bedford County’s …
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The Deanna Freeman-Newman Memorial Nursing Scholarship has been established at Motlow State Community College by her colleagues and friends to honor Deanna’s passion and service in the nursing field. Deanna was a 2004 graduate of Motlow State Community College’s nursing program. She was a Registered Nurse at Tri-Star StoneCrest Hospital in Smyrna, Tenn., for 13 years. Deanna …
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In Tennessee and across the country, prescription drug prices are skyrocketing, and a new national poll found most voters want lawmakers to regulate pharmacy benefit managers who they believe are responsible for the rising costs. Mark Blum, executive director of America’s Agenda: Health Care for All and managing director of the PBM Accountability Project, said Nashvillians, like Americans across …
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Coffee County Mayor Judd Matheny has signed a proclamation marking April in Coffee County as Donate Life Month. The proclamation was made in partnership with Tennessee Donor Services, the non-profit that makes organ donation in Tennessee possible, to mark the month when the state and nation urge Americans to register to be donors. “We are …
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On Thursday, the Lincoln County Planning and Zoning Commission voted 4-1 to approve a site plan by Brown-Forman Corporation and Jack Daniels to allow them to continue to build and operate barrel houses. Just two days earlier, a Lincoln County judge put a temporary halt to adding barrels of Jack Daniels whiskey to any of its …
Bedford County Mayor Chad Graham signed a proclamation of April as Child Abuse Prevention Month on Friday, March 31, as representatives of Junior’s House Inc Child Advocacy Center planted a “pinwheel garden” on the lawn of the former Chamber of Commerce building on Cannon Boulevard. Each of the 50 pinwheels represents 10 of the children …
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50-year-old Craig Cornelison is facing multiple charges after a three-hour standoff with police at a Tullahoma apartment complex Thursday afternoon. District Attorney Craig Northcott told On Target News that Cornelison had a disagreement with a family member inside the apartment. He had a pistol and fired it into the ceiling. The situation then escalated and …
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Others have joined a lawsuit against the Lincoln County government seeking relief from the whiskey fungus that has gathered at their home and business. Judge J.B. Cox ruled in February that Jack Daniels and parent company Brown-Forman Corp. has not followed the required processes to build and expand a barrelhouse operation on the site and ordered a work stoppage …
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