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Historic Session to Help K-12 Tennessee Students Comes to a Close
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, Lt. Gov. McNally, Speaker Sexton and members of the General Assembly closed a historic special session to address Read more...
TDH Updates COVID-19 Vaccination Plan
Vaccination Reporting Dashboard to be Updated Monday-FridayFriday, January 22, 2021 | 02:00pm
NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Department of Health has Read more...
What’s in a Name: St. Mark, St. Paul, Otey?
by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer
In December, the vestry of Otey Memorial Parish petitioned the Diocese of Tennessee to confer upon the Read more...
Monteagle Council Approves Map, Zoning Ordinance
by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer
At the Jan. 18 special called meeting, the Monteagle City Council approved on first reading adopting Read more...
SUD Progress on Consecutive-Terms Issue
by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer
At the Jan. 19 meeting of the Sewanee Utility District Board of Commissioners, Commissioner Doug Read more...
New Features Added to Tennessee COVID-19 Website
Updates to Interactive Map, County-specific Pages Simplify UseFriday, January 15, 2021 | 02:59pm
NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Department of Health Read more...
‘Mine 21’ Now Available to View Online for Free
“Mine 21,” the award-winning documentary about the Marion County coal mine explosion which took 13 lives in 1981, is now available to be viewed Read more...
May Justus Library Named a Star Library
May Justus Memorial Library in Monteagle was named one of America’s Star Libraries in Library Journal’s December publication. The ratings are Read more...
Sewanee Council Considers Representing All of 37375
by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer
At the Jan. 11 Zoom-format meeting, the Sewanee Community Council decided to investigate extending Read more...
Franklin County Schools Extend COVID Leave Policy
by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer
At the Jan. 11 meeting, the Franklin County School Board voted to extend through the end of May the Read more...
FC Schools Second Semester COVID Plan
by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Wrtier
At the Jan. 4 special called Zoom-format board meeting, Director of Schools Stanley Bean called for hybrid Read more...
Monteagle Planning Approves Ordinances, Site Plan Conditionally
by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer
At the Jan. 5 meeting, the Monteagle Planning Commission approved and recommended for the Monteagle City Read more...
Monteagle Council Addresses Planning and Zoning Changes
by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer
At the Dec. 28 meeting, the Monteagle City Council voted to increase the number of planning commission Read more...
TENNESSEE STATE PARKS HAVE $1.84 BILLION ECONOMIC IMPACT IN 2020
NASHVILLE – Tennessee State Parks had an economic impact of $1.84 billion in Tennessee in 2020 and welcomed 34.7 million visits, according to a Read more...
TDH County Health Departments Offer COVID-19 Vaccination by Appointment
Health Departments Scheduling by Phase as Vaccine Supplies ArriveMonday, January 11, 2021 | 02:33pm
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee county health Read more...