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.–Weakley County Mayor Jake Bynum has extended the county’s face mask mandate to September 30.
Bynum extended the declaration of a State of Emergency for the county and extended the mandate which was set to expire at midnight August 29. It is extended to 11:59 p.m. September 30.
Governor Bill Lee earlier this afternoon extended his Executive Order allowing local entities to mandate face masks in public settings due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.