Local News Last night Wilson County residents and the school board debated a policy that would require teachers to tell parents if a child wants to identify as a gender other than the sex they were assigned at birth. While the policy was not up for a vote but rather a discussion, public comment lasted almost an hour and a half with the security team having to intervene at one […]
Local News This weekend marks 20 years since two Wilson County law enforcement officers lost their lives on I-40. Two decades later, the city of Mt. Juliet continues to honor the two men who paid the ultimate sacrifice. Mt. Juliet Police Sgt. Jerry Mundy and Wilson County Sheriff’s Deputy John Musice were laying down spike strips to stop a high-speeding pursuit on I-40 when the getaway driver drove into them. […]
Local News A Clarksville woman was trying to get back home using a taxi, but said she had to jump out of the moving car because she was threatened by the driver. Caitlen Adkins claimed the instant she got into the car, she said things took a turn. The jump out of the car lead to 36 injuries and a month in the hospital. As the Christian County Sheriff’s Office […]
Local News Last month, Robertson County was awarded a water infrastructure grant for more than $3.5 million from the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. Robertson County Mayor Billy Vogle said the grant will be collaborative with every municipality within the county. He added that the cities each submitted a plan, which has gone to TDEC and has been approved.” A Shelbyville man drowned near the Normandy Dam on the […]
Local News How'd your holiday go? Research shows that 150 million hot dogs are eaten on July 4. If those hot dogs weren’t beef hot dogs, they may have come from Iowa. Thirty-three percent of all hot dogs come from Iowa. Americans also like baked beans on the 4th of July. The U.S. Dry Bean Council says July is baked bean month. The council said that in 2009, about 50 […]
Local News The Fourth of July marks the historic date in 1776 when the Declaration of Independence was approved by the Continental Congress and when our nation declared its independence and was no longer a colony of England. Because of the holiday, federal, state and county offices are closed. Post Offices are closed and there will be no regular mail delivery. The Fourth of July Tennessee Gas Price average is […]
