Social distancing became a commonly used term, a mask mandate was implemented locally, shops large and small were shuttered in the spring, and there was no Greene County Fair or Greeneville Christmas Parade. These are just some of the ways that life changed in Greene County due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which dominated almost every aspect of life beginning in March when the first coronavirus case was reported locally and was selected by The Greenville Sunâs news staff as the top local story of 2020. Other top stories were record-setting precipitation that caused extensive flooding early in the year, the November elections and a fire that claimed the life of one child and forever altered the life of another.