Roadways and riverbanks in Sumner County are a little cleaner after a trash collection effort over the weekend. TDOT officials say hundreds of volunteers participated in their "Nobody Trashes Tennessee" litter collection event. Several more clean-up efforts are scheduled across the state this spring. For more information or to volunteer visit nobody-trashes-Tennessee-dot-com. A country music star and Franklin Police Department officer is being mourned. Jeff Carson died of a heart […]
Tennessee's population could grow by about one million to nearly eight million people over the next 20 years. That's the analysis from the University of Tennessee's Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research. The analysis says most of the growth will happen in 13 counties making up the Nashville Metropolitan Statistical Area. From 2020 to 2040 the state's population is also expected to get older with the number of seniors […]
The Tennessee Department of Health is out with its weekly COVID-19 update. TDH says there were over 300 cases per day last week. There were also an average of nearly 30 COVID-related deaths per day between March 13th and March 19th. There have been over two-million-18-thousand COVID cases in Tennessee since the outbreak began. An Mt. Juliet High School student is facing weapon and drug-related charges. The 16-year-old student was […]
Incumbent General Sessions Judge Joel Perry will be seeking another 8-year term in the upcoming county elections. He’ll face a challenge from Max Fagan. He served as Robertson County General Sessions Judge from 1998 to 2006. With no Democratic candidates in the race, the May primary between Perry and Fagan is expected to be one of the most contested races in the upcoming county election season. Tennessee Speaker of the […]
The Tennessee House of Representatives has unanimously passed a bill known as Noah's Law and sent it to Governor Bill Lee, who is expected to sign it. The bill passed last night. It would allow a custodial parent to seek an emergency court order to declare a child to be in imminent danger. The law would force a noncustodial parent to return the child to the custodial parent immediately. The […]
There are 75-thousand new trees in Tennessee. The trees were planted by volunteers in all 95 counties on Saturday. It was part of Tree Day in Tennessee. The Tennessee Environmental Council says over 700-thousand trees have been planted by 60-thousand Tennesseans since Tennessee Tree Day officially began in 2007. Tiffany Summers has been hired as the director of Financial Aid at Volunteer State Community College. She had been senior director […]
