A photo of the Weakley County Courthouse in Dresden, Tennessee. In the foreground is a statue, sculpted by Russ Faxon on 2010, of Ned Ray McWherter, who served as governor of Tennessee from 1987-1995. The Dresden courthouse was designed by Marr And Holman. The limestone Weakley County Courthouse was built in 1949. This photo © Capitolshots Photography/TwoFiftyFour Photos, LLC, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Dresden, Tenn.–Dresden Mayor Jeff Washburn has announced that he is extending the closure of City Hall, city buildings and parks and the city-wide curfew through May 15 “at which time a decision will be made to either revoke or extend the directive.”
The curfew is from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m.
In Washburn’s message, he said, “I want to take a moment this Easter Sunday to thank the citizens of Dresden and the area for your cooperation and understanding for the directives I have issued to ‘flatten the curve’ of Covid-19 infections for this community and Weakley County. Those directives have included the closure of Dresden City Hall to direct contact transactions; closure of the city parks and buildings; and the issuance of a 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. daily curfew in the city for all but essential activities. In regard to the curfew specifically, the Dresden Police Department reports that compliance has been very good and that there is little traffic out at night after the start of the curfew time and those vehicles that are out appear to be conducting essential business or work activities, which are not prohibited by the curfew.”
Washburn thanked local businesses and restaurants for following the CDC guidelines and Governor’s Lee’s Executive Orders for social distancing.