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'Challenging, lonely, meh': Tennessee students reflect on school amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Whether learning in person or virtual, the 2020-21 school year was unlike any year they've seen before.

Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi latest to opt out of federal unemployment benefits

Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi latest to opt out of federal unemployment benefits Daniella Medina, Nashville Tennessean Replay Video UP NEXT Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi are among the latest Southern states that announced they would be withdrawing from federal pandemic unemployment benefits.  The $300 unemployment checks, part of the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program, will be extended through Sept. 6 for states that do not withdraw.  Signed in March 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act expanded states ability to help workers previously ineligible for unemployment benefits through unemployment insurance. The act, signed into law by President Donald Trump that featured $600 weekly checks, was originally set to expire in December 2020 until President Joe Biden extended it as part of the American Rescue Plan, but with $300 in benefits. 

Gov. Bill Lee says it's time for all COVID-19 restrictions to be over in Tennessee

Gov. Bill Lee says it s time for all COVID-19 restrictions to be over in Tennessee Natalie Allison and Brett Kelman, Nashville Tennessean © Stephanie Amador / The Tennessean Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee speaks during the press conference at the Tennessee State Museum in Nashville, Tenn., Friday, April 16, 2021. Gov. Bill Lee announced Tuesday he is removing the authority of most Tennessee counties to impose mask mandates, while urging the remaining few large cities with mandates in place to drop them by the end of May. It s time for government to get out of the business of public health interventions, Lee said during a briefing with reporters, explaining the state is also abandoning voluntary guidelines it had released last year for businesses to follow, such as distancing and mask policies.

Gov. Bill Lee says it's time for all COVID-19 restrictions to be over in Tennessee

Red Cross continues long-term disaster recovery efforts in March deadly Tennessee flooding

Red Cross continues long-term disaster recovery efforts in March deadly Tennessee flooding Natalie Neysa Alund, Nashville Tennessean © Mark Zaleski/ For the Tennessean Tennessee and Red Cross Disaster Relief workers talk with Jacob Olsen, grey sweatshirt, making sure he and his family were all right and they needed any supplies on Saturday, March 7, 2020, in Cookeville, Tenn. Olson was destroyed by a tornado on Tuesday. The American Red Cross, partnered with local community organizations, continues to support Tennessee residents with long-term recovery efforts in connection to the deadly March flood and spring tornados. Throughout the past three weeks, more than 150 Red Cross disaster workers from the Volunteer State and across the country have helped with relief efforts both in-person and virtually, the humanitarian organization announced Friday.