DeKalb COVID-19 Count at 365 with 157 Active Cases and 2 Deaths

August 11, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

DeKalb County’s confirmed number of COVID-19 cases now totals 365 with 157 active and 2 deaths.

As of Monday, August 10 a total of 5,124 people had been tested with 4,759 negative results and 365 positive and 2 deaths. A total of 206 persons tested positive since March have recovered.

The DeKalb County Health Department’s testing hours are Monday-Friday from 9am to 12 NOON every day.

At 365 cases, DeKalb County ranks 6th highest in the 14 county Upper Cumberland region behind Putnam with 1,785 (18 deaths), Macon 860 (13 deaths), Warren 533 (4 deaths), Cumberland 458 (6 deaths), and Smith 455 (4 deaths ). Other counties in the region with COVID-19 cases are White 294 (5 deaths), Overton 198 (1 death), Cannon 151, Jackson 129 (1 death), Fentress 96, Clay 78, Van Buren 36, and Pickett 37 (1 death)

(Click Link Below for COVID-19 Prevention Tips)

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/prevention.html

August 9, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Center Hill Lake would like to remind everyone to remove all personal hunting equipment from Corps property. There has been an increase in hunting equipment being left year-round or abandoned on public property, for example tree stands, hunting blinds, etc.

In an effort to increase every outdoorsmen’s experience on Center Hill Lake, the Corps would like to ask everyone who has left or abandoned hunting equipment on public property from previous hunting seasons to remove it. If hunting equipment is reported or found by the Resource Management staff, the equipment will be impounded in accordance with Title 36 CFR Section 327.2.

If any hunting equipment is left on TWRA managed Edgar Evins Wildlife Management Area, TWRA’s guidelines regarding hunting equipment on WMAs applies.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wishes to promote all safe and legal hunting on public property but the amount of hunting equipment being left in the woods after each season has grown and deters new hunters from hunting an area on Center Hill Lake. If you or someone you know has abandoned hunting equipment located on public property around Center Hill Lake, please help to remove this abandoned property for the enjoyment of every outdoorsmen for years to come.

August 8, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

Restaurant goers can enjoy a tax-free weekend in the Volunteer State through midnight Sunday night.

The holiday weekend is Tennessee’s second sales tax holiday of 2020.

Last weekend, Tennessee had a tax-free weekend on school supplies, technology and clothing.

The August 7-9 Tennessee tax holiday applies to purchases of food and drink at restaurants and is designed to help the industry recover following the COVID-19 pandemic.

The holiday began at 12:01 a.m. on August 7 and runs until 11:59 p.m. on August 9.

The tax exemption also applies to limited service restaurants, according to the Tennessee Department of Revenue.