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A safer Halloween in Robertson County:  The Tennessee Department of Correction is enforcing special rules for sex offenders ahead of Halloween.  Registered sex offenders aren’t allowed to put up Halloween decorations, are not allowed to attend Halloween or fall events, can’t give out candy and must keep their porch light off on Halloween night.  The enforcement also ensures sex offenders are complying with the conditions of their supervision.  The annual enforcement is called Operation Blackout.  

Meanwhile, Grocery delivery and pick-up platform Instacart is out with its Halloween candy data report.  The company says Candy Corn is Tennessee’s favorite Halloween candy.  Nationally Peanut M-and-M’s took the top spot followed by regular M-and-M’s, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, Hershey’s Milk Chocolate and Twizzlers.

Tennessee lawmakers are at the state Capitol today for yet another special session.  The third special session of the Tennessee General Assembly this year will focus on COVID-19 mandates.  Among the bills that were prefiled is one that would make private employers liable for side effects of mandated COVID-19 vaccinations.  The side effects would be classified as injuries and workers would be entitled to workers’ compensation..

There are nearly one-thousand 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-276-thousand.  An additional 60 COVID-19-related deaths were also reported, with the total number standing at over 16-thousand.  Over eleven-hundred COVID-19 hospitalizations in Tennessee.

The city of Adams, famous for its Bell Witch legend, will be holding their first ever Fall Fest this weekend. It will Friday October 29 from 3 to 9 p.m. and Saturday October 30 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Admission for the festival is free but donations will be accepted to help fund future community events. The festival will be held at the Bell School and Omer Gene Brooksher Pavilion.