On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Two days later, President Trump declared Covid a national emergency, releasing federal funds to fight the spread. Trump …
Larry Click: Business, life impacted by Covid
It’s hard to ruffle Larry Click, but Covid did.
“It impacted us a lot, besides actually having Covid,” Click said. “When this all started last March, we didn’t know what was …
KCS to continue contact tracing
Last week, the Knox County Health Department announced plans to scale back its contact tracing work related to COVID-19 in order to prioritize vaccination efforts.
However, Knox County Schools will continue its …
Show respect for essential workers: Wear a mask
A couple of months ago, a woman from Powell sat in her car in the Three Rivers Market parking lot and wept. Between sobs, she recorded a video on Facebook …
Hanging on to that Christmas feeling
Of course Christmas 2020 is a strange one. There has been nothing about this year – especially since March – that has any semblance of normal. Even if you don’t …
Porters back home after battle with covid
After 35 years of marriage, Melanie and Gailen Porter have seen it all. However, they didn’t expect to both face a critical illness in 2020.
The COVID-19 pandemic was a very …
‘Leap of faith’ puts Belcher in Covid trial
The decision was not easy or quick. It was a thoughtful, cautious and prayerful process that Megan Belcher used. Gutsy decision, too. Eight days ago she became part of a …
Briggs wages war on COVID
Earlier this year, I asked a longtime observer of the Tennessee General Assembly his opinion of Sen. Richard Briggs. Here’s the response:
“Briggs is a pretty decent guy by legislative standards. …