Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Special to the State Gazette
On Tuesday, January 19, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed Executive Order 74, which extended certain provisions from Executive Order 70 pertaining to spectator sports and athletic activities, places of worship, funerals, and weddings, as well as encouraging Tennesseans to work from home, if possible.
The full Executive Order can be read below:
AN ORDER EXTENDING, AS AMENDED, CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 70 RELATIVE TO SPECTATOR SPORTS & ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES WHEREAS, Tennessee continues to experience effects of COVID-19 that warrant extending certain provisions of Executive Order No. 70 as amended herein; and WHEREAS, in addition to the other powers granted by law, Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 58-2-107, provides, among other things, that during a state of emergency, the Governor is authorized to suspend laws and rules if necessary to cope with an emergency, utilize all available state and local resources ne
Wednesday, December 23, 2020
Following Tennessee Governor Bill Lee s signing over Executive Order 70 on Sunday night, the Dyer County School system released a statement on Tuesday afternoon in regards to the order as well as the guidelines released by the Tennessee Secondary Schools Athletic Association earlier in the day.
The statement read:
On December 20, Governor Bill Lee signed Executive Order 70, which limits indoor gatherings to 10 or more people and encourages those gatherings to only include immediate family household members. While the spread of the virus is at an all-time high, Dyer County Schools must do our part to prevent further spread. In Governor Lee s address he also discussed the importance of school activities, but he went on to say that further restrictions would be released from TSSAA. Those guidelines were released on Monday, December 21. Dyer County Schools will continue to do our part to keep our students and staff healthy and safe and will follo
Tuesday, December 22, 2020
Following Tennessee Governor Bill Lee s signing over Executive Order 70 on Sunday night, the Dyersburg City School system released a statement on Monday evening in regards to the order as well as the guidelines released by the Tennessee Secondary Schools Athletic Association earlier in the day.
The statement read:
On December 20, Governor Bill Lee signed Executive Order 70, which limits indoor gatherings to 10 or fewer people and encourages those gatherings to only include immediate family household members. While the spread of the virus is at an all-time high, Dyersburg City Schools must do our part to prevent further spread. In Governor Lee s address he also discussed the importance of school activities, but he went on to say that further restrictions would be released from TSSAA on Monday. Those guidelines were released this afternoon. Dyersburg City Schools will continue to do our part to keep our students and staff healthy and safe and wil
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Weather Alert
.FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SUNDAY.
The Flash Flood Watch continues for A portion of Middle Tennessee, including the following areas,
Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland, Davidson, De
Kalb, Dickson, Fentress, Giles, Grundy, Hickman, Houston,
Humphreys, Jackson, Lawrence, Lewis, Macon, Marshall, Maury,
Montgomery, Overton, Perry, Pickett, Putnam, Robertson,
Rutherford, Smith, Stewart, Sumner, Trousdale, Van Buren, Warren,
Wayne, White, Williamson and Wilson. Through Sunday evening Multiple rounds of heavy rainfall are still expected through at
least Sunday morning hours. This will cause additional excessive
rainfall amounts of 1 to 4 inches, with locally higher amounts
possible, on already saturated ground. Runoff impacts could last