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The White House Police Department is one of several in the state  promoting the #9PMRoutine.  It’s a nightly reminder to residents to remove valuables from their vehicles, lock their vehicle doors, lock the doors to their residences, turn on exterior lights and activate all alarms and security systems. The department will send out a nightly reminder on social media channels around 9 p.m. to run the routine. They ask residents to set a nightly reminder on their smartphones or other devices to help them remember.

(Source WHPD)

There are nearly 32-hundred new coronavirus cases in Tennessee.  The Tennessee Department of Health reported the new cases yesterday, bringing the total since the outbreak began to over one-million-241-thousand.  Over 80 additional COVID-19-related deaths were also reported, with the total number standing at more than  15-thousand-400.  There are nearly 22-hundred COVID-19 hospitalizations in Tennessee. (TDOH)

Tennessee’s next standard license plate is being unveiled.  In a statewide vote, 42 percent of more than 300-thousand Tennesseans selected the new design that represents the state’s Grand Divisions – West, Middle and East Tennessee.  Tennesseans can also select “In God We Trust” to appear over the Grand Divisions symbol.  The new plates can be ordered online or in person starting January 3rd of next year. (State Press release)

The Tennessee-based Southern Baptist Convention is clearing the way for an investigation into the handling of sexual abuse cases by the nation’s largest Protestant denomination.  The SBC’s executive committee agreed yesterday to waive attorney-client privilege for an investigation of the panel’s handling of abuse reports and treatment of victims over the last two decades.  The executive committee voted to approve a contract with an independent investigator.  The deal with Guidepost Solutions allows for the review of privileged communications and legal documents between executive committee members or staff and their lawyers.  (Press release)