A 57-year-old man was transported to Skyline Medical Center in Nashville in stable condition after he was struck by a vehicle Wednesday evening in Springfield, according to Robertson County EMS. The crash occurred on Memorial Blvd in front of Krystal around 9:30 pm. Coopertown Police Department is partnering with the Tennessee Highway Safety Office (THSO) to promote “Hands-Free Tennessee” during National Distracted Driving Awareness Month. Throughout the month of April, […]
The Robertson County Health Department is offering Free COVID-19 vaccinations for Farmworkers. For groups of 6 or more, the Health Department will come to your farm to administer the shots. Anyone 16 and older will qualify for the free vaccination with no ID required. When farmworkers receive their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine, the nurses will give them the date when they will be back to the farm for […]
Guilford Maine based Puritan Medical Products will receive more than $146 million from the Department of Defense to open up a new production facility in Orlinda. Puritan makes single-use products for healthcare and other industries. Their government contract is to increase domestic production capability of foam tip swabs used in critical COVID-19 diagnostic tests and will increase the company’s total production capacity to 250 million foam tip swabs per month […]
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 […]
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, […]
