I had to look back to remember. I was surprised at just how long ago I’d first started my weekly listing of downtown events. The first list was called simply, The Week Ahead. It covered June...
The mayor has moved to require the closure of inside eating at restaurants, to close bars, gyms and event venues. She expressed concern regarding returning spring break vacationers. This on a day when the state announced...
The Knox County Health Department has issued stronger guidelines, including the requirement that bars close and specific limitations for restaurants which are similar to those issued by the city, but seem to be issued as requirements,...
First, an update on the progress of the virus. Again I am using the official CDC numbers, which are published at noon each day. For that reason, there are much larger numbers currently being reported on...
As we continue through these early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the toll continues to increase. Using the publicly posted numbers from the CDC (many online sources are using higher numbers that are updated more frequently),...
It seems every day brings another explosion of developments surrounding COVID-19, and yesterday was no exception. As has been the case over the last weeks, crossed signals continued, but with more agencies raising the intensity...
We’re all watching the reports as the numbers of sick Americans increase daily. The official number of Americans infected with COVID-19 was reported to be just over 1,600 on Friday and by last night, two days...