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The 2021 Kilgore Station Bluegrass Festival has events across two days, Friday & Saturday August 27-28 in Cross Plains. Featured acts include the Tennessee Mafia Jug Band, King’s Highway, Ridgetop Ramblers, Luke Munday, Harpeth Run, and Sassybrown Bluegrass. Bands will begin performing that Saturday morning at 10:00..

Nearly 91-hundred school-age children in Tennessee have tested positive for the coronavirus in the last two weeks.  The state saw an increase of nearly 24-hundred cases in one week and 82-hundred cases in the last month.  Sixteen children are in intensive care units with eight on ventilators.  In total, 22-hundred Tennesseans are in hospitals statewide with COVID-19, with 661 in ICUs and 388 on ventilators.

Meanwhile, Tennesseans can opt their kids out of school mask mandates.  Governor Bill Lee signed an executive order yesterday giving parents the ability to opt their children out of mask requirements enacted by local school or health boards.  Governor Lee said yesterday that “local decision-making is important.”  However, he also said “individual decision-making by a parent on issues regarding the health and well-being of their child is the most important.”

If you’re traveling from Robertson County to the Pilgrimage Festival in Franklin you’ll need proof of COVID-19 status before they’ll let you in.  Organizers of the Festival say safety for their guests, vendors and musicians is the top priority.  The festival will require proof of vaccination against COVID-19 or a negative COVID test taken within 48 hours prior to entry.  The Pilgrimage Festival will be held on September 25th and 26th in Franklin.

A man is being treated after passing out 150 feet off the ground climbing up a cell phone tower in Clarksville.  He was taken to Tennova Healthcare in Clarksville for treatment.  CFR says the man was wearing a harness and didn’t go far after passing out.