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Country star Joe Diffie is seen on stage in this file photo from 2009 Jamboree In The Hills in Morristown, Ohio. (AP FILE PHOTO)

Country star Joe Diffie is seen on stage in this file photo from 2009 Jamboree In The Hills in Morristown, Ohio. (AP FILE PHOTO)

Country star Joe Diffie dead at 61 from Coivd-19

NEWS STAFF
Monday, March 30, 2020
Country singer Joe Diffie, who frequently performed in the area and was scheduled to play this year’s Suwannee River Jam, has died after testing positive for COVID-19.
President Donald Trump signs the coronavirus stimulus relief package in the Oval Office Friday. (AP PHOTO)

President Donald Trump signs the coronavirus stimulus relief package in the Oval Office Friday. (AP PHOTO)

Coronavirus: Relief bill passed, signed into law

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Friday, March 27, 2020
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an unprecedented $2.2 trillion economic rescue package into law Friday, after swift and near-unanimous action by Congress to support businesses, rush resources to overburdened health care providers and help struggling families during the deepening...
Florida Senator Rick Scott speaks on relief bill Wednesday. (AP PHOTO)

Florida Senator Rick Scott speaks on relief bill Wednesday. (AP PHOTO)

Coronavirus: What’s in the new relief bill for local folks?

CARL MCKINNEY
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
A $2 trillion aid package to ease the economic damage wrought by COVID-19 is nearing the finish line in Washington, D.C.  The White House reached a deal with Senate leaders of both parties early Wednesday morning on the legislation, which provides financial assistance to workers businesses and the...
More than one-fifth of the world’s population was ordered or urged to stay in their homes Monday at the start of what could be a pivotal week in the battle to contain the coronavirus in the U.S. and Europe.

More than one-fifth of the world’s population was ordered or urged to stay in their homes Monday at the start of what could be a pivotal week in the battle to contain the coronavirus in the U.S. and Europe.

Coronavirus: 1.5 billion globally told ‘stay home’

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Monday, March 23, 2020
NEW YORK — With masks, ventilators and political goodwill in desperately short supply, more than one-fifth of the world’s population was ordered or urged to stay in their homes Monday at the start of what could be a pivotal week in the battle to contain the coronavirus in the U.S. and Europe.
A lone pedestrian wearing a protective mask walks past the New York Stock Exchange as coronavirus concerns empty a typically bustling downtown area in New York on Saturday. (AP FILE PHOTO)

A lone pedestrian wearing a protective mask walks past the New York Stock Exchange as coronavirus concerns empty a typically bustling downtown area in New York on Saturday. (AP FILE PHOTO)

Stocks slump as virus bill stalls again

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Monday, March 23, 2020
NEW YORK — The Federal Reserve did what it could to help financial markets and the economy Monday. But investors are still waiting for Congress and the White House to do the same.

Coronavirus: U.S. Rep. Dunn helps speed up supply chains

NEWS STAFF
Thursday, March 19, 2020
Congressman Neal Dunn released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced that they’ve expanded their national emergency declaration for commercial vehicles delivering relief in response to the coronavirus outbreak.