Serving Hohenwald, Lewis County Tennessee Since 1898
Serving Hohenwald, Lewis County Tennessee Since 1898
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Earlier last week, Governor Bill Lee extended the state’s emergency order to protect against the coronavirus through August 29, 2020. One of the provisions of those emergency ordedrs includes no contact sports, and that means soccer and football are both on hold with no competition and no scrimmages. High school football season will not begin on time, and the TSSAA is unsure, at this point, whether teams will play a shorter season or if the season will extend further into the fall. While the order remains in place, schools can’t have any com...
Tennessee’s rural county health departments continue providing traditional services and are taking every precaution to keep patients, clients and staff members safe from COVID-19. In addition to routine services, TDH county health departments offer COVID-19 testing at no charge for anyone who wishes to be tested. “We are ready and eager to provide crucial services such as immunizations, WIC, family planning and sexually transmitted infection testing and treatment, and to remind everyone of the importance of maintaining routine health car...
As part of the Group Quarters Operation, Census Bureau workers will also count people experiencing homelessness between September 22 and September 24. During a process called Service-Based Enumeration, specially trained census takers visit shelters, soup kitchens, mobile food vans and outdoor locations, such as under bridges and overpasses. In 2010, census takers counted more than 8 million people at 166,827 group quarters locations across the country and 422,972 people at 18,527 service-based locations. The Census Bureau continues to monitor...
Families faced with food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic are finding relief from food banks, retailers and producers, and there are more donations on the way. The Tennessee Department of Agriculture (TDA) recently joined representatives from Weigel’s Convenience Stores, Mayfield Dairy, the Randy Davis Memorial Milk Fund, the Tennessee Dairy Promotion Committee, and Tennessee food banks affiliated with Feeding America for donation announcements. “As many across the state face challenges resulting from this pandemic, we’re seeing communit...
First wave of funds available to assist with plans for safe reopening Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and the Financial Stimulus Accountability Group announced on July 7, 2020 $81 million in Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) funding is available through grants for K-12 schools and higher education institutions to assist with plans for safe reopening. “Reopening our schools, colleges and universities is a key priority and grant funding ensures institutions can make proper accommodations to keep educators and students safe as w...
The Tennessee Department of Education today announced an additional $5 million dollars will be available for Tennessee school districts to provide compensatory services and support innovative approaches to the remediation of students with disabilities due to extended COVID-19 related school closures. These one-time, compensatory grant funds will be disbursed to districts July 1 as an increase in districts’ federal IDEA part B formula funding. Allocations are based on each district’s relative share of the state’s IDEA part B allocations for t...
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation released its 2019 ‘Crime in Tennessee’ publication, which details the volume and nature of crime, as reported by the state’s law enforcement agencies. The report compiles data submitted to TBI’s Tennessee Incident-Based Reporting System (TIBRS). Among the report’s findings: The number of Group A offenses, generally considered the most serious criminal incidents, totaled 529,524 in 2019, a decrease of five percent from 2018. Reported incidents of murder, rape, and weapons law violations all decreased...
The City of Columbia unveiled the Fairview Park Historical Marker to the public on Friday, June 19, 2020 in conjunction with Juneteenth. The unveiling took place at 8:30 a.m. at Fairview Park. City leaders Mayor Chaz Molder, Vice Mayor Dr. Christa Martin, City Councilman Tony Greene, Parks and Recreation Director Mack Reagan and Maury County Historian Jo Ann McClellan spoke to the history, importance and impact of Fairview Park among this community. Maury County Mayor Andy Ogles also presented a Juneteenth proclamation. “Fairview Park is one o...
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed Executive Order No. 50 Monday, July 29 to extend the State of Emergency related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic to August 29, 2020. The order allows the continued suspension of various laws and regulations and other measures in these orders to facilitate the treatment and containment of COVID-19. Gov. Lee also signed Executive Order Nos. 51 and 52, which extend provisions that allow for electronic government meetings subject to transparency safeguards and remote notarization and witnessing of documents,...
Freed-Hardeman University/Dickson is expanding its Bachelor of Science Nursing program to include January admission. In addition to the August cohort, a maximum of 40 students will be able to begin their programs in January 2021. Taught by a faculty with more than 150 years of nursing experience, FHU/Dickson nursing graduates have achieved a 100 percent NCLEX pass rate since the program’s inception. Classes taught at the Renaissance Center feature state-of-the-art classrooms equipped with the latest in clinical simulation mannequins. The FHU p...
KNOXVILLE, April 14, 2020 - Becky Jane Newbold, managing editor of the Lewis County Herald, has won the Tennessee Press Association’s (TPA) 2019 Public Notice Journalism Contest. The contest recognizes journalists who use public notice, or the lack of required public notice, to raise awareness of its importance. The judge wrote, “The Lewis County Herald wins the 2019 TPA Public Notice Journalism Contest for its comprehensive coverage of the failure of the Hohenwald City Council and other local governing bodies to adequately notify citizens of...
