Skip to content
Tennessee Star
  • Home
  • About
  • News
    • Schools
    • Politics
    • Local
    • Battleground State News
    • Lifestyle
      • Faith
      • Entertainment
        • Movies
        • Television
        • Music
      • Sports
    • National
    • World
    • Business
    • Science & Technology
    • Investigative Feature
  • Commentary
    • Letters to the Editor
      • Submit a Letter to the Editor
  • Star News Network
    • The Michigan Star
    • The Minnesota Sun
    • The Ohio Star
    • The Tennessee Star
  • Tennessee Star Report
  • Contact
    • Corrections
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms of Use
    • Cookie Notification
    • DMCA Policy
  • Education Foundation
    • Constitution Bee Sign-up
  • Thales Academy Announces Reduced Tuition for Franklin Campus to Provide Economic Relief

Click here to learn more
WAR ROOM: PANDEMIC
Tune in Weekdays 5-8am or anytime online!
Best Brands - Best Selection - Beaman Auto
Click here to learn more
Visit af247.com today!
WAR ROOM: 2020
Tune in Weekdays 5-8am or anytime online!

Featured

April 4, 2020

Confirmed COVID-19 Cases in Tennessee Double This Week

Davidson County retook its status as having the highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases, according to new numbers that officials with the Tennessee Department of Health released on their website Friday.
April 4, 2020

Commentary: Left Moving from Proof of Concept to Execution on Plan to Bring Down America

April 4, 2020

These States Say Abortions Are Essential During the Coronavirus Crisis

April 4, 2020

Commentary: Coronavirus Consequences Coming Into View

April 4, 2020

Dr Fauci Says Wet Markets Should Be Shut Down ‘Right Away’

April 4, 2020

Coronavirus Expert Says Virus Could Have Leaked From Wuhan Lab

April 4, 2020

March Jobs Report: 701,000 Jobs Lost, Unemployment Jumps to 4.4 Percent

April 4, 2020

As Rest of World Deals With COVID-19 Pandemic, China Ups Ante in South China Sea

April 4, 2020

Companies Turn to 3D Printing Masks to Help in Coronavirus Response

April 4, 2020

Jeff Webb: Government Delay in Common Sense Advice to Wear Mask Due to Bureaucratic Confusion

April 4, 2020

Mark Green Felt Sickened by Nancy Pelosi’s Demands on Coronavirus Relief Bill

April 4, 2020

Crom Carmichael Weighs in on Masks, Corrupt Democrats, and the Private Sector

April 4, 2020

Trump Clashes with 3M After Accusations That Foreign Countries Are Getting Face Masks First

April 4, 2020

Thales Academy Announces Reduced Tuition for Franklin Campus to Provide Economic Relief

April 3, 2020

Senator Marsha Blackburn Says China Should Waive Some of U.S. Debt After COVID-19 Outbreak

April 3, 2020

Commentary: The Pandemic-Inspired Economic Shutdown Likely to Increase US Corporate Consolidation

April 3, 2020

Dems Ask That Public Charge Rule Not Apply to Immigrant Coronavirus Treatment, Which It Already Doesn’t

April 3, 2020

University of Tennessee Campuses to Continue Online Classes Throughout the Summer

April 3, 2020

Thales Academy-Franklin: Principal Rachael Bradley Joins Leahy to Talk About Affordable Private Education Coming to Tennessee in July 2020

April 3, 2020

Speaker Nancy Pelosi Will Form a Select Committee to Oversee Coronavirus Relief Aid, Names Rep James Clyburn to Chair

April 3, 2020

US Democrats Delay National Convention


Best Brands - Best Selection - Beaman Auto
WAR ROOM: PANDEMIC
Click here to learn more
Tune in Weekdays 5-8am or anytime online!
Visit af247.com today!
WAR ROOM: 2020
Tune in Weekdays 5-8am or anytime online!
Click here to learn more

Latest News from the Battleground States

April 4, 2020

Companies Turn to 3D Printing Masks to Help in Coronavirus Response

Several companies in North Carolina are now 3D-printing protective face masks to provide locals with relief from the national shortage of N95 respirators. 
April 4, 2020

Trump Clashes with 3M After Accusations That Foreign Countries Are Getting Face Masks First

April 4, 2020

Violating Michigan’s ‘Stay Home, Stay Safe’ Order Could Carry $1,000 Fine

April 4, 2020

Ohio Department of Health Lacks Transparency on Ohio State University Professors Helping It with Controversial Coronavirus Projection

April 4, 2020

Michigan Sees Largest Single-Day Increase of Coronavirus Cases

April 3, 2020

Gov. DeWine Lengthens Ohio’s Stay-at-Home Order Until May 1

April 3, 2020

Minnesota Secretary of State Says Statewide Vote by Mail Possible for 2020 Election 

April 3, 2020

272,117 New Unemployment Claims This Week in Ohio, One of Worst States in Nation

April 3, 2020

Minnesota Health Officials Will Release Info on Nursing Homes with Coronavirus After Facing Criticism

April 3, 2020

House Lawmaker Calls on Ohio State Senate to Pass Bipartisan Opioid Measure

April 3, 2020

Whitmer Declares State of Disaster, Asks for Extension of State of Emergency by 70 Days

April 3, 2020

Michigan K-12 Schools Closed for Rest of School Year, Whitmer Announces

April 2, 2020

Fox News Poll Shows Biden/Klobuchar Ticket Beating Trump

WAR ROOM: PANDEMIC
Visit af247.com today!
Click here to learn more
Tune in Weekdays 5-8am or anytime online!
WAR ROOM: 2020
Best Brands - Best Selection - Beaman Auto
Click here to learn more
Tune in Weekdays 5-8am or anytime online!

Commentary

April 4, 2020

Commentary: Left Moving from Proof of Concept to Execution on Plan to Bring Down America

Three things now moving rapidly below the surface of American politics and culture should alert conservatives to the extreme danger now facing the United States and the future of constitutional government.
April 4, 2020

Commentary: Coronavirus Consequences Coming Into View

April 3, 2020

Commentary: The Pandemic-Inspired Economic Shutdown Likely to Increase US Corporate Consolidation

April 3, 2020

Commentary: We Are All Homeschoolers Now

April 2, 2020

Commentary: Small Businesses Urge Federal and State Governments to Reopen America ASAP

April 2, 2020

Commentary: Experts and Statesmen in the Time of Coronavirus

April 2, 2020

Commentary: Plastic Bags and the Recycling and Reuse Scam

April 1, 2020

Carol Swain Commentary: Coronavirus and the Politics Behind It

April 1, 2020

Judson Phillips Commentary: Chinese Coronavirus Effect on the Economy


Sports & Entertainment

April 1, 2020

Music Spotlight: Andrew Hopson

NASHVILLE, Tennessee- Rarely do I agree to write a story on a person based on one single. But when I heard the song “Stronger Than That,” it was a no-brainer for me. I knew I had to interview this up and coming artist. Andrew Hopson is a true country boy...
March 17, 2020

Music Spotlight: Christian Gratz

March 11, 2020

Song Suffragettes Celebrate 6th Anniversary at The Listening Room

March 2, 2020

Music Spotlight: Tiffany Ashton

February 28, 2020

The Tennessee Star Report: Leahy Music Group’s Frank Leahy Says Music is Created When You Are Free

February 27, 2020

Stride Left Hand: Michael Patrick Leahy Welcomes Maria Leahy of Leahy Music Group to Talk About Her Family’s Musical Influences

February 27, 2020

Music Spotlight: Jennifer Higdon


WAR ROOM: 2020
Tune in Weekdays 5-8am or anytime online!
WAR ROOM: PANDEMIC
Click here to learn more
Tune in Weekdays 5-8am or anytime online!
Click here to learn more
Best Brands - Best Selection - Beaman Auto
Visit af247.com today!

Latest News

April 4, 2020

Confirmed COVID-19 Cases in Tennessee Double This Week

Davidson County retook its status as having the highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases, according to new numbers that officials with the Tennessee Department of Health released on their website Friday.
April 4, 2020

Commentary: Left Moving from Proof of Concept to Execution on Plan to Bring Down America

Three things now moving rapidly below the surface of American politics and culture should alert conservatives to the extreme danger now facing the United States and the future of constitutional government.
April 4, 2020

These States Say Abortions Are Essential During the Coronavirus Crisis

As states ban non-essential medical procedures to preserve personal protective equipment, some states are declaring that abortions are essential.
April 4, 2020

Commentary: Coronavirus Consequences Coming Into View

The new Democratic pre-electoral chorus is already audibly arising like a Wagnerian finale from the largely hidden choir. President Trump, they intone, bungled this and must be investigated for his incompetence which is costing countless American lives. Because of his...
April 4, 2020

Dr Fauci Says Wet Markets Should Be Shut Down ‘Right Away’

Dr. Anthony Fauci on Friday called for wildlife markets like the one in China that is believed to have sparked the coronavirus pandemic should be shut down “right away.”
April 4, 2020

Coronavirus Expert Says Virus Could Have Leaked From Wuhan Lab

A molecular biologist who has been quoted as a coronavirus expert by The Washington Post and MSNBC said Thursday in no uncertain terms that the novel coronavirus could have been unleashed due to a leak from the Wuhan Institute of...
April 4, 2020

March Jobs Report: 701,000 Jobs Lost, Unemployment Jumps to 4.4 Percent

The U.S. economy lost 701,000 jobs in March, while the unemployment rate rose to 4.4%, according to the Department of Labor data released Friday.
April 4, 2020

As Rest of World Deals With COVID-19 Pandemic, China Ups Ante in South China Sea

While the rest of the world deals with coronavirus pandemic it started, China is moving aggressively in the hotly contested South China Sea, according to reports.
April 4, 2020

Companies Turn to 3D Printing Masks to Help in Coronavirus Response

Several companies in North Carolina are now 3D-printing protective face masks to provide locals with relief from the national shortage of N95 respirators. 
April 4, 2020

Jeff Webb: Government Delay in Common Sense Advice to Wear Mask Due to Bureaucratic Confusion

Live from Nashville, Tennessee Friday morning on The Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy – broadcast on Nashville’s Talk Radio 98.3 and 1510 WLAC weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. Jeff Webb, founder and chairman of The New American Populist, joined Leahy to...
April 4, 2020

Mark Green Felt Sickened by Nancy Pelosi’s Demands on Coronavirus Relief Bill

U.S. Rep. Mark Green (R-TN-07) said he felt disgusted consenting to U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-12) when she demanded certain pork barrel projects on the coronavirus relief bill.
April 4, 2020

Crom Carmichael Weighs in on Masks, Corrupt Democrats, and the Private Sector

Friday morning on The Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy – broadcast live from Music Row on Nashville’s Talk Radio 98.3 and 1510 WLAC weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. – Leahy was joined on the newsmakers line by the original...
April 4, 2020

Trump Clashes with 3M After Accusations That Foreign Countries Are Getting Face Masks First

President Donald Trump warned 3M on Twitter Thursday night that it will “have a big price to pay” after the company was accused of various wrongdoings surrounding its production of N95 respirator masks.
April 4, 2020

Violating Michigan’s ‘Stay Home, Stay Safe’ Order Could Carry $1,000 Fine

Michigan residents failing to comply with the state’s “Stay Home, Stay Safe” order could be fined up to $1,000 and see criminal penalties, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) announced on Thursday.
April 4, 2020

Ohio Department of Health Lacks Transparency on Ohio State University Professors Helping It with Controversial Coronavirus Projection

The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) continues to lack transparency on who is helping the health department with its controversial coronavirus projection.
April 4, 2020

Michigan Sees Largest Single-Day Increase of Coronavirus Cases

Michigan saw its largest daily increase of confirmed coronavirus cases on Friday with nearly 2,000 new cases confirmed, according to analysis from MLive.
April 4, 2020

Thales Academy Announces Reduced Tuition for Franklin Campus to Provide Economic Relief

Thales Academy, a college preparatory network of Pre-K-12 independent schools, announced Friday that it is offering a significant tuition reduction for its new campus in Franklin, Tennessee.
April 3, 2020

Gov. DeWine Lengthens Ohio’s Stay-at-Home Order Until May 1

  Gov. Mike DeWine announced Thursday he will extended – both in duration and scope – Ohio’s “Stay-at-Home” Order until May 1. The original order was set to expire on Monday, April 6.. Ohio Department of Health Director Amy Acton...
April 3, 2020

Senator Marsha Blackburn Says China Should Waive Some of U.S. Debt After COVID-19 Outbreak

This week Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) said China should waive some of the United States’ $1.08 trillion debt for inflicting COVID-19 upon this country and other parts of the world. Blackburn said this while appearing on The Jeff Poor Show...
April 3, 2020

Commentary: The Pandemic-Inspired Economic Shutdown Likely to Increase US Corporate Consolidation

This writer and others who for decades railed against outsourcing industries to the People’s Republic of China were long dismissed as crackpots and Luddites. Now many of those who were doing the dismissing have been forced to admit the true...
April 3, 2020

Dems Ask That Public Charge Rule Not Apply to Immigrant Coronavirus Treatment, Which It Already Doesn’t

A group of House Democrats is asking the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) not to penalize green card applicants for seeking medical care for coronavirus, but the government already made clear it wouldn’t. Thirty-eight House Democrats signed a letter delivered...
April 3, 2020

University of Tennessee Campuses to Continue Online Classes Throughout the Summer

University of Tennessee System President Randy Boyd has announced that school officials will deliver all summer session classes at all campuses online because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
April 3, 2020

Thales Academy-Franklin: Principal Rachael Bradley Joins Leahy to Talk About Affordable Private Education Coming to Tennessee in July 2020

Live from Music Row Thursday morning on The Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy – broadcast on Nashville’s Talk Radio 98.3 and 1510 WLAC weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.– host Leahy was joined by new all-star panelist and Thales Academy...
April 3, 2020

Speaker Nancy Pelosi Will Form a Select Committee to Oversee Coronavirus Relief Aid, Names Rep James Clyburn to Chair

Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday that she will form a bipartisan select committee on the coronavirus crisis to oversee the spending of $2.3 trillion that Congress has approved to respond to the pandemic.
April 3, 2020

US Democrats Delay National Convention

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Democratic Party postponed its national presidential nominating convention from July to August on Thursday because of the uncertainty created by the ravaging coronavirus pandemic.
April 3, 2020

Mike Rowe on Rising College Tuition as Classes Move Online: ‘What Are We Paying For?’

Mike Rowe took a swipe at the rising cost of college tuition during an interview Tuesday with Fox News, asking, "what are we paying for?" Calling what students are paying to attend college courses "somewhere between egregious and obscene," the...
April 3, 2020

Commentary: We Are All Homeschoolers Now

What does education look like in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic? At the K-12 level, you’ve got problems. At the collegiate level, you’ve got existential problems. School is out for the year in most locales. More innovative districts are...
April 3, 2020

Carol Swain Discusses Her Recent Article Citing Coronavirus Numbers May be Inflated for Political and Financial Incentives

Live from Music Row Thursday morning on The Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy – broadcast on Nashville’s Talk Radio 98.3 and 1510 WLAC weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. – Leahy was joined on the newsmakers line by all-star panelist...
April 3, 2020

FCC’s Ajit Pai Gives Wireless Internet a Major Overhaul as Americans Work Remotely Amid Coronavirus Fears

Federal Communications Commissioner Ajit Pai announced Wednesday a plan to dramatically increase the United States’ wireless internet speeds to help pave the road to the kind of technology Americans can rely on to better cope with another coronavirus outbreak. Pai proposed a...
April 3, 2020

Metro Nashville Departments Request Increases of 861 New Positions and $144 Million for Fiscal Year 2021

Metro Nashville departments have submitted requests for the upcoming fiscal year 2021 budget totaling 861 new full-time equivalent (FTE) positions and increases funding by staggering $144 million.
April 3, 2020

Nashville Nurses Pray Over Patients on Hospital Roof During Their Break: ‘Go to the Helipad and Pray’

A group of Nashville nurses went to the roof of the hospital during their break to pray for hospital staff and patients suffering from coronavirus. Nurses Angela Gleaves, Sarah Franklin Kremer, Beth Hofflin Tiesler and McKenzie Gibson went to the...
April 3, 2020

Tennessee Unemployment Claims Skyrocket 3,397 Percent from Two Weeks Ago

Unemployment claims in Tennessee and nationwide continue to skyrocket because of the Chinese COVID-19 shutdown of businesses.
April 3, 2020

CORONAVIRUS: TN Senate Candidate Bill Hagerty says, ‘There’s a Real Timing Factor in All of This. Taking a One Size Fits All Approach Will Not Work for the United States’

Former Ambassador to Japan and TN Senate Candidate Bill Hagerty joined The Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy – broadcast on Nashville’s Talk Radio 98.3 and 1510 WLAC weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. – Thursday morning on the newsmakers line.
April 3, 2020

Jihadist Pleads Guilty to Plotting to Blow Up White House with Anti-Tank Weapon

A Georgia man who told an undercover FBI agent that he planned to wage “jihad” by attacking the White House with explosives pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a charge of attempting to destroy a building owned by the United States....
April 3, 2020

Nearly 95,000 Tennessee Residents File for Unemployment Claims, New Numbers Show

The number of Tennesseans who filed unemployment claims has doubled in just one week, according to numbers the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD) revealed Thursday.
April 3, 2020

Minnesota Secretary of State Says Statewide Vote by Mail Possible for 2020 Election 

Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon said his office is exploring a number of “pandemic election options,” including conducting the entire presidential election by mail-in ballots. “The current public health crisis has been a serious test for all Minnesotans. It...
April 3, 2020

272,117 New Unemployment Claims This Week in Ohio, One of Worst States in Nation

  Unemployment numbers in Ohio continue to surge as the coronavirus pandemic causes another 272,117 people to claim unemployment benefits, according to Fox19. Last week, 196,297 people filed for unemployment benefits. This means that in the last two weeks 468,414...
April 3, 2020

Minnesota Health Officials Will Release Info on Nursing Homes with Coronavirus After Facing Criticism

State Senator Karin Housley (R-St. Mary’s Point) said the Minnesota Department of Health’s decision to withhold information about the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on nursing homes “only brings unnecessary grief and frustration to many Minnesota families.”
April 3, 2020

House Lawmaker Calls on Ohio State Senate to Pass Bipartisan Opioid Measure

Ohio State Representative Richard D. Brown (D-Canal Winchester) called on the State Senate Thursday to pass House Bill 10 (HB 10). The legislation was passed unanimously in June, 2019 with the help of the bill's co-sponsor Rep. Reggie Stoltzfus (R-Paris...
April 3, 2020

Whitmer Declares State of Disaster, Asks for Extension of State of Emergency by 70 Days

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has declared of a state of disaster for Michigan as well as extended the state of emergency, she announced on Wednesday.
April 3, 2020

Michigan K-12 Schools Closed for Rest of School Year, Whitmer Announces

Michigan schools will be closed for the rest of the school year or until coronavirus restrictions are lifted, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced on Thursday. Distance learning will take place instead, she said.
April 2, 2020

U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen Trash Talks MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell

MyPillow, Inc. CEO Mike Lindell has apparently triggered U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN-09).
April 2, 2020

Governor Lee Issues Executive Order Requiring Residents to Stay Home

Gov. Bill Lee announced Thursday that he will sign an executive order requiring Tennesseans to stay home unless they are engaging in essential activities. Lee issued an executive order Monday that urged, but didn’t require, residents to stay at home...
April 2, 2020

Commentary: Small Businesses Urge Federal and State Governments to Reopen America ASAP

Due in large part to government edicts, religious, social, and political gatherings, have been cancelled or drastically altered to meet government requirements. Schools and colleges have closed so there will be no proms or graduations to attend this spring. Restaurant...
April 2, 2020

Commentary: Experts and Statesmen in the Time of Coronavirus

The Chinese virus is a clarifying agent. Among other things, one can see the choice between republican and progressive government—the rule of the people on the one hand and the rule of experts on the other. President Donald Trump and...

Click here to learn more
WAR ROOM: 2020
Visit af247.com today!
Best Brands - Best Selection - Beaman Auto
Tune in Weekdays 5-8am or anytime online!
WAR ROOM: PANDEMIC
Click here to learn more
Tune in Weekdays 5-8am or anytime online!

 

 MORE STORIES

 

Total Coronavirus Tests
Conducted in the
United States

1,407,271

This number is a total of the individual states' reporting, as collected by CovidTracking.com.
It is updated several times a day.

Click here to learn more
Click here to learn more
Visit drmannyforsenate.com today!
Proud member of the National Federation of Independent Business

Sign up to The Tennessee Star Daily for updates, breaking news, and special offers

Trending

22 Percent of New York State Residents Tested for Coronavirus are Positive, Ohio Refuses to Release Negative Test Data So No One Knows Rate in State

Commentary: China’s Post-Virus Plan to Destroy America’s Economy

Just Three States Account for Close to 70 Percent of All U.S. Coronavirus Deaths

Trump Confirms He Is Shutting Off Southern Border to Illegal Aliens and Asylum Seekers

CNN Called COVID-19 ‘Chinese Coronavirus’ in January, Mainstream Media Says Trump is Bigoted When He Says Same Thing Today

Antimalarial Drug Chloroquine Shows Promise in Treating COVID-19 Coronavirus in China, South Korea

Study Ranks Tennessee As Having One of Country’s Least Aggressive Responses to COVID-19

In Tennessee, Most People With Confirmed Cases of Coronavirus Are Not Elderly

A New Jersey Hospital Has Six Male ICU Patients with Coronavirus, All Ages 28 to 48

Tennessee Officials Charge Williamson County Dentist and Wife with TennCare Fraud


Story Calendar

April 2020
SMTWTFS
« Mar  
 1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
2627282930 

The Tennessee Star © 2019 - 2020