Robertson County Schools have announced masks are now optional for all staff and students for the remainder of the school year and summer. The County has not been under a mask mandate since February when COVID numbers were falling but the school district continued to require them Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery is leading an effort by attorneys general asking Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg not to launch a version of […]
President Biden is declaring a major disaster in Tennessee. The declaration approved on Saturday will allow the state to receive federal funding as Tennessee recovers from severe storms, tornadoes and flooding between March 25th through April 13th. Nearly two dozen of the state's 95 counties qualify for assistance. Cheatham County among them. The TBI is investigating a deadly officer-involved shooting in Clarksville. The TBI says a man fired at Clarksville […]
The 2021 Kilgore Station Bluegrass Festival is scheduled for Aug. 27-28 in Cross Plains. Featured acts include the Tennessee Mafia Jug Band, King’s Highway, Ridgetop Ramblers, Luke Munday Band, and more. Bands will begin performing Saturday morning. The festival is a not-for-profit arts and economic development project of the Cross Plains Community Chamber. The Robertson County Fair will be held from Tuesday, Sept. 7 to Saturday, Sept. 11 at the […]
After a year of COVID cancellations, The State Fair and the county fairs all have big plans for this fall. The Robertson County Fair will be held from Tuesday, Sept. 7 to Saturday, Sept. 11 at the fairgrounds on US-41 in Springfield. Gates will open every evening at 5:00 and close at 10 p.m. However, the rides will be open as long as there are people there to ride them. […]
Nearly a dozen Tennessee counties are cleaning up after tornadoes touched down. Tornadoes were reported in Davidson, Robertson, Cheatham, Sumner, Trousdale, Jackson, Smith, Dekalb, White, Bedford and Cumberland counties yesterday. The National Weather Service says the tornadoes are believed to have been EF-0 with winds between 65-and-85-miles-per hour. Meanwhile, Officials in Wilson County are assessing damage to Central High School's athletic fields. The scoreboard on the baseball field was shredded […]
A suspect is in custody and an investigation continues into the death of a man at the Salvation Army on Kraft Street In Clarksville. The suspect is identified as Corey Allen from Sevierville. He and the victim both stayed at the Salvation Army on Saturday night and the homicide happened on Sunday. The identity of the victim has not been released. The possibility for severe weather is expected to continue […]
The attached garage behind a Greenbrier home became a fireball last night and investigators think a neighbor’s doghouse was the trigger. At this stage if the investigation, it appears that an electrical cord for a heat source ignited the doghouse which in turn ignited the fence between the two homes. From there, investigators believe the fire leaped from the fence to the neighbor’s garage. The garage has been classified as […]