Tag Archives: Covid

Employees of the Putnam County Clerk’s Office have all tested negative for COVID-19 Friday, according to County Clerk Wayne Nabors. That after an employee received a positive COVID test Thursday. The Putnam County Maintenance Department Friday sanitized the building. Nabors said with the Friday results, the offices will open for regular hours starting Monday. Read More »

The Putnam County Clerk’s Office has closed until Monday after an employee received a positive COVID test. County Clerk Wayne Nabors said as of Thursday, all other employees are not showing symptoms but have been tested. “All of us have actually now just came back from the Putnam County Fairgrounds being tested, so we are all tested,” Nabors said. “Everybody ... Read More »

Commuters that travel across Clay County’s Dale Hollow Lake Road will no longer have to find an alternative route as the road reopened Monday. The road was originally closed for giant cranes setup on the roadway replacing the dam’s water flow gates. After the repairs were made, the pavement was also restriped by the county. Shipping delays due to COVID ... Read More »

The Tennessee Comptroller’s Office reports an 87 percent increase in the financial exploitation of the elderly over the last four years. Middle Tennessee Better Business Bureau President Robyn Householder said scammers prey on elders during situations like stock market instability, COVID-19 and natural disasters. Householder said tornado relief scams have slowed since March, but charities and storm chasing contractors are ... Read More »

Governor Bill Lee’s COVID-19 Unified Command group met with Overton leaders sharing concerns of the county’s growing numbers. County Executive Ben Danner said the two groups discussed strategies on how to get more residents to wear masks without implementing a mandate. “They showed us numbers and showed us that from the state’s perspective, Overton County was a big hot spot ... Read More »

Infectious Disease Specialist Dr. Mark Pierce said it is impossible to predict how bad the flu season will be, but Cookeville Regional Medical Center has already treated 13 cases. Pierce said the combination of COVID and the flu circulating the public puts high risk people in even more danger. “We would really like to encourage people to go ahead and ... Read More »

A 39th victim of COVID-19 died this weekend at Cookeville Regional Medical Center. CRMC Director Of Public Relations Melahn Finley reports 23 positive COVID patients being treated at the medical center. That number has remained fairly steady over the last three months. Putnam County’s case tally has grown in the days since Labor Day. Over the last 14 days, the ... Read More »

As Tennessee Tech enters its sixth week of classes, campus officials are assessing how to move forward into the spring with the COVID backdrop. TTU’s Chief Communications Officer Karen Lykins said student and staff are being surveyed about what they think has worked this semester. As things move along, Lykins said the campus is transforming to fit everyone’s needs. “We ... Read More »

The biggest event in Overton County is cancelled due to COVID-19. Fall-O-Ween brings in as many as 7,000 people into downtown Livingston for this completely free event. Livingston-Overton Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Shannon Cantrell said she knows it’s an unpopular decision but said she had to put the community’s safety first. “We were just kind of left with a ... Read More »

Van Buren County received four sanitizing machines Monday to help with COVID-19 protection. A CARES Act grant paid for the machines. The first two were sent out to ambulance services and the county school system. Van Buren County Mayor Greg Wilson said nine have been ordered to meet the standards residents expect from the county “It’s huge, people will know ... Read More »