Tag Archives: Covid

Upper Cumberland Public Transit could be forced to temporarily reduce service over the next several weeks because of COVID quarantines. UCHRA Executive Director Mark Farley said at least ten drivers have been lost in the Cookeville office in the last several days. “We’ve got a lot of drivers, we got a lot of staff out right now,” Farley told the ... Read More »

Despite rising COVID numbers, Cookeville Regional resumed elective surgeries Monday. CEO Paul Korth said going forward, the decision on surgeries will change rapidly with case counts. “This is going to be something that fluctuates and this is one of our search plans that that helps us kind of get over some some critical areas,” Korth said. “But we did start ... Read More »

All Warren County Schools will shift to remote learning on December 17 and 18 due to a rapid COVID increase among employees and the community. Students will have assignments sent home with them on December 16 to complete on the following school day, and return after Winter break. High school and middle school students will not be required to log ... Read More »

The Biz Foundry and Cookeville’s Small Business Development Center are bringing in resources to help restaurants recover and navigate the pandemic. The Biz Foundry Vice President Tiffany Anton said free workshops will be provided by a Chattanooga company called Proof Incubator, who do food and beverage consulting. Anton said these workshops will help local restaurants prepare for a potential second ... Read More »

Dekalb County Schools will be fully virtual this week, after staffing shortages forced the school system to extend past the original December 11 return date. School Director Patrick Cripps said schools were already short on substitute teachers when Dekalb County High School was the only school going fully virtual last week. Cripps said the system tried shifting staff to other ... Read More »

Putnam County reached its highest COVID numbers of the pandemic this weekend with 755 active cases. The State Department of Health reported 116 new cases Saturday, 109 Sunday. The county has reported more than 100 new cases in four of the last seven days. Putnam County’s previous high came August 30 with 649 active cases. Cumberland County also reached a ... Read More »

Pickett County Schools will use a hybrid learning model for all students until school starts back January 4. Currently, Preschool through 4th grade is learning in-person and 5th through 12th grade are fully remote. Pickett County School Director Diane Elder said staffing forced this decision, and she currently has nine COVID positive employees. Elder said there is not much the ... Read More »

White County Schools hope to stay open through the end of the fall semester, but are also preparing for a COVID case spike in January. At Thursday night’s school board meeting, Director of Schools Kurt Dronebarger said staying prepared has been essential to schools staying open. Dronebarger said cases were rising before Thanksgiving break but feels confident they will be ... Read More »

Clay County Director of Schools Matt Eldridge said a recent increase in quarantines drove the school system to virtual learning next week. “Somewhere around Monday or Tuesday, we had six to eight possibly (positive) and maybe 38 in quarantine,” Eldridge said. “Today, this week it has just jumped. That is why we thought this would be the best time to ... Read More »

Clay County School System has temporarily switched to virtual only instruction next week. The decision comes after an increasing number of quarantines and positive COVID cases among students. Free meals will continue to be delivered through bus routes each morning. Read More »