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COVID rates have increased over the last two days in Overton, White and Warren Counties. Overton County reported double digit positive cases Thursday for the first time since the pandemic began. That brings the active case total to 56 in Overton County. The positivity rate, considered the most accurate data point according to experts, stands at 4.5 percent. White County ... Read More »

The Overton County Sheriff’s Department will apply for a $40,000 grant that can be used to help upgrade some of the county’s existing buildings. County Executive Ben Danner said that even though a new county building is ready to open, some of the older facilities need security upgrades. “That will help us tremendously,” Danner said. “We don’t have the extra ... Read More »

The Overton County Commission passed its 2020-2021 budget with a 28-cent property tax cut Monday night. County Executive Ben Danner said good fiscal responsibility over the last six years led to the tax cut. He said a lot of credit has to go to how well the county’s debt has been managed. “Over the last six years, we’ve paid off ... Read More »

A move-in date for Overton County’s new County Services Building has been set for September. County Executive Ben Danner said the county executive and veteran’s offices will be the first to relocate. “We have a plan to move a couple offices at a time. Archives are going in the basement, and then, my office and the veterans office are going ... Read More »

The Overton County Ambulance Service’s revenue increased some $250,000 for the 2019 fiscal year. Director Jim Morgan said the increase is mainly due to switching to a new in house billing software. The billing software is used to file claims with insurance companies. “We used to use a third party biller who did the billing for us,” Morgan said. “We ... Read More »

Overton County’s rising number of positive COVID tests is troubling, according to Health Department Director Andy Langford. “We’re now hovering around 9-percent on our positivity rate,” Langford said. “That means that almost 1-in-10 people we’re testing, ourselves, the hospital, local physicans, and testing sites. One way or the other, 1-in-10 are positive.” In addition to seeing a higher rate of ... Read More »

Overton County Health and Rehabilitation Center is changing its admission policy in order to combat COVID-19. Public Information Officer Scott Stephens said the stringent measures have been put in place to keep the center’s positive cases at zero. For a patient to be admitted, they will have to have a negative COVID test and go through a quarantine period. “We ... Read More »

The Overton County School’s Building Committee will host three public meetings for community comment on the final designs for Livingston Academy’s football stadium. Chairman Mike Hayes said the committee is considering two options. “There were three different options on the table for the football field,” Hayes said. “One option was to do a football field behind the softball field with ... Read More »

Overton County will continue the trend in the Upper Cumberland by not requiring mask wearing in public. Overton County Executive Ben Danner said the decision for a mask requirement is beyond the jurisdiction of a county executive. “I am not going to mandate that every person in the county wears a mask,” Danner said. “I do not feel like I ... Read More »

The Highway 42 bridge in Overton County will undergo renovations beginning next week. The bridge project will cost about $1.6 million. Overton County Exectutive Ben Danner said the bridge will be completely replaced and be closed for eight months. “James Norrod, our Highway superintendent, has been working for about five years to try and find funding to do that,” Danner ... Read More »