Final full month of the high school spring sports schedule finds the Cannon County Lionettes Softball opening the week in the first of three district games. Today the Lionettes will host rival Dekalb County in a 4:30 start. The Cannon County Lions boys baseball team travels to Gainesboro to meet Jackson County with the first pitch being thrown at 6:00. Middle Grades Baseball team who last lost to Watertown in a run scoring affair 14-10 will meet Community School from Unionville on the Lions Field at the Cannon County Fairgrounds. That game will start at 5:00.
Cannon County Lionettes Middle Grades Softball team will travel to Fayetteville for a second game against Riverside Christian Academy. and the
High School Boys Soccer team takes their longest trip of the year to Jamestown for a 6:00 district matchup against York.
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Area Law Enforcement To Crack Down On Distracted Driving
From today till Thursday, the Tennessee Highway Safety Office and the Tennessee Highway Patrol will partner with local law enforcement for Tennessee’s third statewide bus tour to crack down on distractive driving. The initiative supports Tennessee’s mission to Drive to Zero a multi agency collaboration to decrease traffic fatalities statewide.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol will provide multiple unmarked passenger vehicles to transport varrious local law enforcement partners. Officers riding inside the THP vehicles will communicate to ground units after observing traffic violations to initiate the execution of enforcement action.
“Distracted driving continues to threaten public safety” said Commissioner David W. Purkey of the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security. “This is a high priority issue our department takes very seriously. We are pleased to have grown this initiative to include additional agencies who share our mission to decrease distracted driving crashes in Tennessee.”
Cannon County residents are reminded to watch the various speed limits on the highways and through Woodbury and to always wear your seat belt.