County Mayor restores mask mandate in Montgomery County

Today, Oct. 27, 2020, Montgomery County Mayor Jim Durrett signed Emergency Order #21 to restore the wearing of face masks by all residents in Montgomery County.

Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office confirms six positive cases of COVID-19

Scoop Media Group has received confirmation from Sandra Brandon, Public Information Officer for the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, that a total of six people have tested positive for COVID-19. Of those six, four are inmates and two are employees.

Clarksville teachers can bring their children to work – if they promise to not sue the district if they catch #COVID19 while there

Clarksville / Montgomery County School System employees can bring their children to work with them as they return to work to prepare for the upcoming school year – if they promise to not sue the district if they catch #COVID19 while there.

Montgomery County hits 100 COVID-19 cases in one week

As of July 3rd, Montgomery County has 534 COVID-19 cases. 198 have recovered and our county has experienced 7 deaths from the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. 329 cases are currently active and 34 individuals are hospitalized. Montgomery County broke 100 cases since last Friday, June 26th.

Clarksville Department of Electricity to resume disconnections June 1

CDE General Manager Brian Taylor announced disconnections will start again June 1, 2020. CDE had suspended service cut-offs during the initial phase of COVID-19 closures. CDE has developed two options for customers needing assistance in paying their electric bills.

Car club’s ‘Corona Cruise’ draws large crowds, defies ‘stay-at-home’ order in Clarksville

The Clarksville Gearhead Car Club & Vet Speed Racing defied city, county, and state ‘stay-at-home’ orders Saturday and held a mass gathering, branded as a ‘Corona Cruise’. Videos & photos show approximately 60 people attended the event, which did not practice social distancing or other precautions amid the COVID19 pandemic.

Montgomery Co. Mayor says ‘Coronavirus is a strain of the flu’; we’ve had others, mostly old people are dying.

Montgomery County Tennessee Mayor Jim Durrett recently told his constituents that COVID-19 was just a strain of the flu, suggesting the “-19” designation meant this was our 19th time experiencing this, and overall downplaying the impact of the virus, noting that most deaths were in nursing homes. Montgomery County has 6 confirmed Cases of Coronavirus, as of Tuesday.

Stewart Co. Mayor says COVID-19 is “biological weapon launched against us” from China

In a social media post about COVID-19 on Sunday, Stewart County Mayor Robin Brandon tells the constituents of his small county they “must come together to fight this biological weapon launched against us from the most evil parts of the communist government”, calling it the “Chinese Coronavirus”.

UPDATE: CLOSED – Clarksville’s largest dance bar invites people to ‘bring 5 friends to get in free’ despite city’s #COVID19 guidance

The Electic Cowboy of Clarksville, branded as “Clarksville’s largest party” on their social media, is defying all social isolation guidance amid the Coronavirus outbreak and inviting bar patrons & party-goers to “bring 5 friends to get in free”, and remained open Friday night among a crowd of patrons that were barely observing six inches of social distancing, much less than the six-feet official guidance.

Nashville Mayor to request bars to close, reduction of restaurant capacities #COVID19

Nashville Mayor John Cooper will ask that all bars on lower Broadway, and across the city, to close until further notice, and restaurants to operate at half-capacity… so far, we have no confirmed cases in Montgomery County, however, testing has not been extensive, and it’s only a matter of time until the first case is confirmed.