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You’re invited to participate in Springfield’s Community Cleanup on Saturday, April 24th, from 9 a.m. to noon at various locations throughout the city. The Tennessee Valley Authority will provide all volunteer supplies including safety vests, bags, and gloves along with water to stay hydrated. Volunteering is easy and online at springfieldtn.gov. The Springfield public works department has launched a new Adopt-A-Street Program.  Volunteers agree to adopt one-mile segments of a […]

A Springfield man shot dead, and another man injured in Cottontown yesterday.  Deputies responding to a report of a shooting found a man shot in the face. He was taken from the scene by LifeFlight. Witnesses at the scene described and identified the shooter as 25-year-old Dontarius Long. He was later found dead from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. The 24-year-old victim is at a Nashville hospital. Robertson County equestrians […]

The City of Orlinda is on track to get a new manufacturing facility by year’s end that will bring 625 new jobs to the area. The Robertson County Economic Development Board last week, held a special meeting and approved a payment-in-lieu of tax agreement or PILOT for the new business, which will be housed in an existing building. As of right now, the name of this business is confidential; however, […]

Two people are hospitalized following a fiery head-on crash on Buzzard Creek Rd Monday afternoon. The crash occurred near the Kentucky border on Buzzard Creek Rd between Fizer Rd and Porters Chapel Rd just before 5 pm.  Officials say the two victims sustained non-life-threatening injuries.  Robertson County EMS and EMA, the Tennessee Highway Patrol, the Robertson County Sheriff’s Office, and the Adams Fire Department all responded to the scene. The […]

A man was hit by a train in Portland just before 6 Friday night. The accident was behind TCAT / Portland East Middle School.  The Portland Fire Department says the victim was Life-Flighted to the hospital, but his condition is unknown. The Robertson County Board of Education is holding its Annual District Job Fair on Thursday, April 15th from noon to 4 p.m. at the Board of Education Central office. […]

The city of Springfield has now added body cameras to further document interactions between citizens and police. All officers assigned to patrol operations will wear the Watchguard body cameras while encountering citizens and answering calls for service during their assigned shifts and will be used in addition to in-car video cameras that are already in use by Springfield Police in all patrol vehicles . It’s getting safer. More than  one-million […]