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40-year-old Dawna Wilson of Cedar Hill has been charged with 2nd-degree murder in relation to the overdose death of 45-year-old Benjamin Pitt of Portland back in April. Wilson is alleged to have delivered the fentanyl-laced drug  that police say killed Pitt. Wilson is currently being held in the Robertson County Jail on a $130,000 bond. The Wilson County-Tennessee State Fair is being held at the James E. Ward Agricultural Center […]

The heat is still a problem. Roberton County and Middle Tennessee will be under a heat advisory today.  The National Weather Service says the advisory will be in effect from 11 o'clock in the morning until 8 at night.  Some heat indexes are expected to be as high as 109 degrees.   Will Elliott has been named the Career and Technical Education Early Post-Secondary Opportunity Coordinator for Robertson County Schools. He […]

It’s hot and getting hotter. Roberton County and Middle Tennessee will be under a heat advisory today and tomorrow.  The National Weather Service says the advisory will be in effect from 11 o'clock in the morning until 8 at night both days.  Some heat indexes are expected to be as high as 109 degrees.   An adult and an 8-month-old received only minor injuries after their vehicle left Memorial Blvd at […]

There is more than $1.1 billion dollars in unclaimed property waiting to be claimed in Tennessee, and almost $3.5 million of this for individuals and business in Robertson County. The Unclaimed Property Division says you can see if any of it is yours by searching their  online database of unclaimed property at ClaimItTN.gov. that website also includes a link to help you search for missing money in other states. Traffic […]

A Robertson County woman filed a $500,000 federal lawsuit against Austin Peay State University. The suit claims on-the-job discrimination and retaliation on the basis of race. Chinyere Ogbonna-McGruder, who is Black, was a faculty member who taught classes in criminal justice and public management at Austin Peay since 2003. She said she was denied her opportunity to self-select her department and, because of her race, had the decision made for […]

There are nearly 33-hundred new coronavirus cases in Tennessee and 38 of them are in Robertson County.  The Tennessee Department of Health reported the new cases yesterday, bringing the total since the outbreak began to nearly 910-thousand-200.  An additional 15 COVID-19-related deaths were also reported, with the total number standing at nearly 12-thousand-800.  There are over 14-hundred COVID-19 hospitalizations in Tennessee. Steven Wiggins is guilty of the shooting death of […]