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The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development launched the Tennessee Virtual American Job Center, bringing information about job services and programs to Tennesseans anytime, anywhere. The unique website guides users to not only the employment assistance available to them but also other services offered by multiple state agencies. Finding the right job and educational […]

Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 testing sites across the state will begin offering self-testing kits to adults three days a week December 21, to allow staff members to transition to vaccination of frontline health care providers and first responders. Local county health departments will continue to offer COVID-19 testing five days a week at no

The public Wreaths Across America ceremony at Fort Donelson National Cemetery has been cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.However, both the American Legion, Douglas M. Lyons, Dover Post 72, and National Park Service are committed that the wreaths sponsored for the Fort Donelson National Cemetery will be placed on veterans’ graves.Legion officials said so

Continuing its commitment to higher education and the adult learner, Bethel University will expand its services to Camden. Located at Benton County Career and Technical Center, classes will begin on Feb. 25, 2021. “Our goal was a physical location that offered a higher education opportunity, and Bethel affords us such an opportunity as the quality

(Left) Tori Jackson remembers entering the Downtown Unwrapped Christmas Coloring Contest as a child. Now the freshman in Art I at HCHS has created the winning sketch for the K-second graders contestants.(Right) Ivy Wang, an HCHS Art II student, shows off the coloring sheet she created for the third – fifth grade participants in the

The Henry County High School Basketball home season gets underway this week, with home games against Clarksville Christian (girls only), Springfield, and Westview. In order to keep the seating capacity within TSSAA recommended guidelines, no additional season passes will be sold at this time. A limited number of individual game tickets will be sold on

Are you looking to load up the family and look for Christmas lights? This year the Paris-Henry County Chamber of Commerce has developed a GPS platform called “Light Up Paris” that will allow entries to be logged into a map software. Both commercial and residential properties can enter their decorations with a simple click of

Due to a recent increase in COVID-19 cases, the Downtown Paris Association’s Executive Board has made modifications to the upcoming Christmas events, with the North Pole Family Fun Day, Advent Walk and Holly Jolly Electric Christmas Parade all cancelled. At this time, plans are that Santa Claus will still be in his house on the

This year the Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge will not be holding its annual “Trim a Tree for Wildlife” event this year due to the recent spike in covid cases. However, the Friends of Tennessee NWR are offering free craft kits that will hold all the parts and instructions for four different children’s Christmas crafts. These