In mid-March, as the world began settling into the reality of COVID-19, Cleveland State Community College was already responding. Classes shifted online and students without reliable internet were told they could complete their coursework at a later time. With all of this adjustment at the college, Dr. Patty Weaver, vice president of Workforce and Economic Development, was ... (click for more)

The Tennessee Department of Education has released a public survey seeking feedback from all stakeholders on the most effective ways to help school districts address immediate needs to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. H.R. 748, the “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, And Economic Security Act” (CARES Act) is federal legislation to provide $2 trillion in emergency relief in response ... (click for more)

Georgia state health officials said Wednesday that 294 people in the state have died of the coronavirus - 75 more than reported on Sunday morning. The cases have spiraled to 7,558 up from 7,314 on Sunday. Officials said 1,393 have been hospitalized in Georgia with the deadly virus - up from 1,222 on Friday. Whitfield County has increased to 18 cases with one death. ... (click for more)

Tennessee now has 65 coronavirus deaths - up 21 since the Sunday report. Cases have gone up from 3,663 to 3,802. Hamilton County is now reporting nine coronavirus deaths. A 10th person died earlier in a Chattanooga hospital, but was from an area county. There have been 85 coronavirus cases within Hamilton County thus far, according to the latest report. Officials said ... (click for more)

First, the coronavirus problem: We all know the current numbers of 'cases' and deaths attributed to the coronavirus keep changing -- always increasing, moment by moment. (Except in China; somehow it seems they quickly got their latest invention completely under control! Makes you wonder, don't it?) The number of recoveries is also increasing, although we don't hear much about recoveries; ... (click for more)

After a week of turmoil, where Navy Captain Brett Crozier was accused of “panicking” when the coronavirus infected his 5,000-man aircraft carrier and was almost instantly fired, Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modley put an exclamation point on the better truth that he’s the one who panicked because he thought that is what President Trump would have wanted. No, what should ... (click for more)