Tag Archives: Covid

High school seniors are facing tough challenges in the pandemic world of college admissions and applications. Cookeville High School Counselor Stephanie Hardin said a lot of work has gone into trying to get information about applications and deadlines out to parents, when parent and senior meetings are cancelled. Hardin said the counseling team put together videos and packets, for families ... Read More »

About 10,000 Tennessee Tech students return to Cookeville as the spring semester starts Tuesday. Chief Communication Officer Karen Lykins said with a successful fall semester, no major COVID changes have been made. “We are very comfortable with our safety protocol,” Lykins said. “Masks are still required. We have social distancing guidelines in place, and we have a lot of signage ... Read More »

Masks are protecting students from more than just COVID with White County Schools seeing a decrease in other sicknesses. During Thursday’s White County School Board meeting, Cumberland Family Care Dr. Ty Webb gave a COVID update. He said in his practices, cases of strep throat overall have became minimal. “Strep this year, I don’t know what you guys have seen ... Read More »

According to the state health department, over 270,000 Tennesseans have been vaccinated, but a fear of vaccines still remains. Upper Cumberland Medical Society Member Dr. James Gray said those worried should not be. Gray said evidence supports that it is safer to be vaccinated then to risk contracting COVID. “I have not seen any reliable source of information which should ... Read More »

Overton County will be reimbursed some $639,000 in payroll money spent by Overton County Health and Rehab. “That is the money we borrowed through the COVID that the county court voted on to use it for payroll,” County Executive Ben Danner said. “The government forgave all that, because the nursing home did use it for what they were supposed to, ... Read More »

Livingston Academy will be fully virtual this week due to an abundance of staff being out with COVID or in quarantine. Director of Schools Mark Winningham said that at least 20 staff members are out at the school. Winningham said the plan is to return in-person next week. “We had a pretty significant number of staff members who were either ... Read More »

The first week of the winter semester for Putnam County concluded Friday with 57 known positive COVID cases and 213 quarantines. Entering the break, student attendance was a concern, but Director of Schools Corby King said so far, turnout has improved. “We are actually in a little better position coming back than we were when we left,” King said. “We ... Read More »

Livingston Regional Hospital is taking in patients from Nashville area hospitals as those facilities face capacity issues. CEO Tim McGill said the hospital managed by sharing PPE and ventilators with sister hospitals and LifePoint Health. “Last weekend just to give you an example, we had a surge in COVID in-patient admissions in our hospitals. Particularly because Nashville area hospitals were ... Read More »

The UCHRA Transit system is working its way back to full strength after experiencing some staffing issues during the holiday season. Executive Director Mark Farley said the transit system was lucky that the demand was not as high. Farley said with 130 vehicles in the region on a daily basis, they have to face the pandemic’s challenges head on. “We’ve ... Read More »

Tennessee kids are struggling to read on their grade level, and the pandemic has exposed many issues. Tennessee Tech College of Education Assistant Professor Amber Spears said the pandemic could widen the gaps between the most and least proficient readers. Spears said it could show the struggles kids face when they must read independently. Spears said the pandemic might force ... Read More »