Category Archives: Local News
AG Slatery Urges Apple, Google to Ensure All Contact Tracing Apps Protect Personal Information
Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III and a bipartisan coalition of 38 attorneys general asked Google and Apple to ensure all contact tracing and exposure notification apps related to COVID-19 adequ...
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Tennessee lawmakers clash over budget details
Tennessee lawmakers are clashing over how to balance the state budget, with the Senate and House opposed on the best way to provide relief to Tennesseans affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Senate lawm...
Ciphertek Systems Jun 17, 2020
COVID-19 hospitalizations in Tennessee reach highest level
Vanderbilt University researchers say the number of COVID-19 patients in Tennessee hospitals has reached its highest level at more than 400, but the increase has not put acute strain on the state̵...
Ciphertek Systems Jun 17, 2020
Senator: 'Good idea' to review whom military bases honor
Amid a debate over whether to rename military bases that honor Confederate figures, Republican U.S. Lamar Alexander says it’s a “good idea” to review who is being honored with those ...
Ciphertek Systems Jun 17, 2020
TDOC Makes Contraband Interdiction Arrest At Morgan Co. Prison
An arrest has been made after an internal investigation into a scheme to introduce contraband into the Morgan County Correctional Complex (MCCX). Special Agents with the Tennessee Department of Correc...
Ciphertek Systems Jun 17, 2020
NASCAR Moves All-Star Race to Tennessee
Late Monday night NASCAR announced that the 2020 All-Star Race will be moved from Charlotte to Tennessee. The annual race with a grand prize of $1,000,000 will be raced at Bristol Tennessee. This is t...
Ciphertek Systems Jun 17, 2020
GOP Sen. on LGBT ruling: All Americans entitled to dignity
In reaction to the Supreme Court’s decision that protects LGBT people from employment discrimination, Republican U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander says every American is “entitled to dignity and r...
Ciphertek Systems Jun 17, 2020
NASCAR wants 30,000 fans at All-Star race in Tennessee
NASCAR is set to allow up to 30,000 fans at the track in Bristol next month when it moves the All-Star race out of Charlotte Motor Speedway for just the second time in the history of the race. NASCAR ...
Ciphertek Systems Jun 17, 2020
Cookeville Mayor Appointed To Tennessee Homeland Security Council
Governor Bill Lee has appointed Cookeville Mayor Ricky Shelton to the Tennessee Homeland Security Council. Mayor Shelton joins two other new appointees; Hamilton County Mayor Jim Coppinger and Chief o...
Ciphertek Systems Jun 17, 2020
Cumberland County Records 3rd COVID-19 Death
Another person has died from COVID-19 in Cumberland County. As of Wednesday, June 17, 2020, Cumberland County reported 25 active cases, which is no change from the previous day. The positive novel cor...
Ciphertek Systems Jun 17, 2020