th victim, the number of local deaths from the virus now sitting at 102.
The first deaths reported in the county came in late July 2020. There is no information about whether the individual lived in Tullahoma, Manchester or rural Coffee County. The state health department does not break down COVID-19 case information by city.
As of the latest reports from Thursday, Feb. 4, Coffee County has 5,968 total cases of COVID-19 listed in county, with 224 active cases, 5,642 cases that are considered inactive/recovered and 102 deaths from the virus.
According to the state health departmentâs county data snapshot, over the last week, Coffee County has had a daily case rate of 37.4 cases per 100,000 residents per day.
Bob Neal: The Countryman: Learning from history
We should remember the past so we can learn from the past. We do not learn from the past by lionizing its wrongdoers, its traitors.
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Before we knew that Brian Sicknick, a Capitol police officer, had been murdered by the mob; before we knew that a rioter trying to break glass in a door had been shot; we saw the stomach-turning image of a thug waving a Confederate flag inside the U.S. Capitol.
That image of the insurrection of Jan. 6 remains emblazoned.
The Confederate battle flag is a remnant and reminder of a terrible history, a symbol of 11 traitorous states that seceded so they could continue to enslave fellow human beings.
The Spotsylvania County School Board received more input from the community about whether to change the name of Robert E. Lee Elementary School during a special meeting Wednesday night, but took no action.
The board heard from county residents on both sides of the issue during a public hearing, with about twice as many speakers in support of changing the name. Community members spoke for about two hours, both in person and virtually. School Board Clerk Dennis Martin also read aloud written comments submitted in advance of the hearing.
Following all comments, Chancellor District representative Dawn Shelley moved to proceed with the process of renaming the school. Salem District representative Lorita Daniels seconded the motion, but after objections from Livingston District representative Kirk Twigg, the boardâs lawyer advised against voting on the matter during a meeting that had been advertised as a public hearing.
Jackson schools named for Confederate leaders get new identity
Elementary school to be renamed in honor of Drs. Aaron and Ollye Shirley Share Updated: 6:39 PM CST Dec 15, 2020
Elementary school to be renamed in honor of Drs. Aaron and Ollye Shirley Share Updated: 6:39 PM CST Dec 15, 2020
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Show Transcript HE ACTUALLY HAD DEFERENCE BECAUSE SHE ACTUALLY MADE FOREST HILL REMOVE THE REBEL FLAG AS HIS MASCOT. TARYN SURELY IS TALKING ABOUT HIS LATE MOTHER. DR. ALI SHIRLEY WHO ACCOMPLISHED THE FLAG REMOVAL DURING HER 15 YE YEAR TENURE AS JPS BOARD PRESIDENT. THEN THERE WAS HIS FATHER THE LATE. DR. AARON SURELY CALL. THE ASHLEY WAS THE FOUNDER OF THE JACKSON ALCOHOL AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH IN ANDERSON AND WITH HELP FROM UNIVERSE OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER IN COLLEGE, AND IT HAS REALLY BEEN A GODSEND TO NOT ONLY LIKE HEALTHCARE IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, BUT ALSO FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT IS FOR BEING LOCATED WHERE IT’S LOCATED TO
HAMPTON Paul Aretus Fleming, 84, died Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020, after several years of failing health.
He retired under the Virginia Retirement System after 31 years of service in the public school system. He had been a classroom teacher and assistant principal at Waterman Elementary School in Harrisonburg in the early 1960s and relocated to Hampton in 1965 to become principal of the former Fort Monroe Elementary School. When that school closed in 1979, he was transferred to be principal of Robert E. Lee Elementary School, where he worked until retirement in 1991.
Paul was born and grew up in Paddleton County, West Virginia, and was the son of the late Marvin A. Fleming and Willia Gladys Rexrode Fleming. He graduated from Shepherd College (now Shepherd University) at Shepherdstown, West Virginia, in 1956 and received a master’s degree at Madison College (now JMU) in 1963.