Purpose Life Church and Second Harvest Foodbank will be handing out a tractor-trailer full of food Friday to any Robertson County resident that needs it. The food giveaway starts at 9:00 in the morning in front of Purpose Life Church on Memorial Blvd Springfield. To comply with social distancing requirements you’ll be assigned a number and receive your food when your number is called.
The Robertson County Sheriff’s Office says a tip from the community has led to the arrest of 24-year-old Cody Wayne Jacobs and 22-year-ol Dana Renea Ramsey as suspects in several alleged thefts and burglaries in Robertson County. The Cross Plains pair is now in the Robertson County Jail. Meanwhile, the Sheriff’s Office has been trying to reunite the alleged stolen property with the victims of these thefts and burglaries.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol will be conducting a “Sobriety Checkpoint” during the week of Feb. 26, from 11 p.m. – 1 a.m. on US Highway 41 at the Greenbrier City Limits and Lights Chapel Road area in Robertson County. Troopers will evaluate drivers for signs of alcohol or drug impairment.
Greenbrier Middle & High School Baseball will be hosting their annual Spaghetti dinner and auction fundraiser Saturday from 5-7 pm at Greenbrier High School. Tickets must be purchased before the event & are $20 each which includes your choice of spaghetti or fettuccine alfredo, side salad, bread, dessert & drink. Curbside pickup available and recommended, mask & social distancing required for dine-in. There will also be a silent auction hosted on their Facebook page starting at 10:00 am & ending at 7:00 pm Saturday.
Nashville-based Southern Baptist Convention is expelling four churches they say are no longer in friendly cooperation with the conservative evangelical denomination. Antioch Baptist Church in Sevierville, Tennessee was expelled for employing a pastor convicted of statutory rape while West Side Baptist Church in Sharpsville, Pennsylvania was removed for employing a registered sex offender as a pastor. Both Towne View Baptist Church in Kennesaw, Georgia and St. Matthews Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky were booted for affirming homosexual behavior.
