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Local COVID-19 trend analysis tool developed, provides significant time savings.

News September 9, 2020

ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tenn. — As the Arnold Engineering Development Complex team worked to understand the impact of COVID-19 to Arnold Air Force Base and the geographically separated units, data analysis was, and continues to be, a daily task. Trend analysis charts were developed, but updating the data... Read more

Westwood Middle: Updated Event Calendar

Education September 9, 2020

WMS – September Events 09/01 Tuesday Soccer (H) White Co. @6pm.09/03 Thursday Volleyball (A) CCMS @5pm.Thursday Football (A) Forrest @6:3009/04 Friday G. Soccer (A) Huntland @5pm.Friday STAFF DEVELOPMENT09/07 Monday NO SCHOOL – Labor Day09/09 Wednesday G. Soccer (A) Fayetteville @4:30Wednesday Volleyball (H) Tullahoma MS @6pm.09/10 Thursday Football (H) Eagleville... Read more

Manchester’s ‘Safe on the Square’ Cancelled for 2020.

News September 8, 2020

In a joint statement from Mayor Lonnie Norman and Executive Director Joyce Prusak of the Coffee County Children’s Advocacy Center, officials have announced that the yearly Halloween event “Safe on the Square” will not happen this year “in the interest of everyone’s health and well-being.” Officials stated in the joint... Read more

New Dashboard Will Show COVID-19 in Tennessee Schools

Education September 8, 2020

Beginning Tuesday, parents with kids in Tennessee schools will be able to view how many cases of COVID-19 there are in classrooms. The Tennessee Department of Education’s website will launch the dashboard today. Initially, there was conflict over whether the state would share information regarding cases of COVID-19 in... Read more

Harton Hospital: Hangtags to Help Prevent Heat-Related Car Deaths

News September 5, 2020

Tennova Healthcare – Harton’s Women’s Center is participating in Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett’s free car hangtags program. Included in the discharge package given to families as they and their newborns leave the hospital will be two of these hangtags. The hangtags will serve as a reminder to... Read more

School Director: Clarification on Public Display of Political Advertising on School Property.

Education September 3, 2020

“There seems to be a significant amount of misinformation about the display of items of campaign or political advertising on school property. Board policy 1.806 states, “Political signs for people who are running for public office shall not be allowed on school property except those being held by poll workers... Read more

Tullahoma Student Recognized as One of the “Brightest Young Students in the World”

News August 30, 2020

A Tullahoma middle school student, Joaquin Tenaglia Canut has been honored as one the the “brightest young students in the world” according to the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth. Joaquin received this High Honors Award for his “exceptional performance on the SAT, ACT, or similar assessment taken as... Read more

Executive Orders Extend State of Emergency, Regulatory Flexibility, Local Authority on Facial Coverings

News August 29, 2020

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee Governor Bill Lee today signed Executive Order No. 59 to extend certain, targeted provisions of Executive Order Nos. 36, 38, 49, 50, 54, and 55 through September 30, 2020 to facilitate the continued treatment and containment of COVID-19 through regulatory flexibility, promoting social distancing and wearing face coverings in... Read more

Coffee County Schools to Return to Regular Schedule After Labor Day

Education August 28, 2020

Now that Coffee County Schools has started the school year, the document titled Pathway to Re-entry 2020-2021 has served its purpose and new guidance is necessary. When the three school districts in Coffee County developed the Pathway, the most exact information available on the spread of COVID-19 was the active case rate... Read more

Manchester City Schools to Return to Regular Schedule

Education August 28, 2020

On Tuesday, September 8, Manchester City Schools will return to a traditional school schedule. “We began the year with our Pathway to Re-entry 2020-2021 and it helped our district open the school year effectively. As we have moved into the first semester of school and developed procedures to address COVID-19, we... Read more