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A Robertson County judge is ruling that James Conn will face a grand jury in the killing of a Robertson County sheriff's deputy.  The judge ruled that Conn will stay in jail without bond after finding probable cause to move on to a grand jury hearing in preliminary proceedings yesterday.  Conn was arrested on murder and arson charges after investigators found Deputy Savanna Puckett's body in a burning Springfield home […]

The Tennessee Department of Health is out with its weekly COVID-19 update.  TDH says there were over ten thousand cases per day last week.  There were also an average of 65 COVID-related deaths per day between January 30th and February 5th.  There have been over one-million-938-thousand COVID cases in Tennessee since the outbreak began. Governor Bill Lee is asking FEMA and TEMA to work together to assess the damage done […]

U.S. Rep. Mark Green is seeking a third term in office.  The Clarksville Republican represents Tennessee's 7th Congressional District.  The district will now include downtown Nashville and northwest Davidson County after Governor Bill Lee recently signed a new redistricting plan into law.  Green announced his campaign yesterday. Housing prices are soaring in Montgomery County.  The Montgomery County Assessor of Property reports the median price of a home there is at […]

27-year-old James Jackson Conn of Smyrna is set to appear in General Sessions Court for his first disposition hearing on Thursday, Feb. 10 before being bound over to a Grand Jury for indictment.  Conn is facing one count of aggravated arson and one count of first-degree murder for his role in Robertson County sheriff’s Deputy Savanna Puckett’s death. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation described Conn as an “acquaintance” of the […]

A new date for a sentencing hearing has been set for April 8 involving the criminal case of Clifton Horn, a former East Robertson volleyball coach charged with 67 counts of sexual exploitation involving secretly videotaping his former players in a locker room.  A hearing was originally scheduled for Jan. 31 but has since been rescheduled after Horn’s attorney Peter Strianse requested a continuance in the case. Tennessee lawmakers are […]

The oldest cave artwork ever discovered in the United States has been found in Tennessee.  University of Tennessee Anthropology Professor Jan Simek has discovered a six-thousand-year-old drawing in a cave in the Cumberland Plateau.  The ancient artwork is at Dunbar Cave near Clarksville.  Simek says the area is a large archeological site that dates back to around ten thousand years ago. If you’re hoping to fly out of town today, […]