Another round of wintry weather is on the way today and tomorrow and a Winter Storm Watch remains in effect from three this afternoon until six tomorrow night. Light snow is possible tomorrow morning across the northwest but the bulk of accumulations start tomorrow night into Thursday. Travel may become difficult Thursday. Robertson County Schools (including virtual) will be closed on today. Daycare will also be closed. Connexus students may […]
Two people were injured when their SUV left Hwy 49 between Owens Chapel Rd and Hwy 76 just outside Springfield and overturned around 7:15 Monday night. Cross Plains Fire Chief Tommy Jackson says the two occupants were rushed to NorthCrest Medical Center in Springfield with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. The Tennessee Highway Patrol is leading the investigation, but no official cause of the crash has been released. Due to concerns […]
The Tennessee Department of Transportation is preparing roads for travel. TDOT says it's moving equipment and personnel from Chattanooga and Knoxville to Middle and West Tennessee to help with clearing and salting state highways due to the winter weather. TDOT says drivers should be aware of changing weather conditions. Officials also say travel should be avoided if possible. A Cross Plains man is facing charges of arson after Portland Police […]
In Mark 2, Jesus healed a man who was lowered through the roof. Jesus said to the man: “Thy sins be forgiven thee”(verse 5).1 The scribes and Pharisees murmured in their hearts. Jesus exposed their murmuring and their faultfinding:“Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, andwalk?” (verse 9). The point is: […]
Did you read about the woman who dropped her income tax return in the wrong box? She was visiting in a hospital at the time. She thought it was a mail box, but it turned out to be a suggestion box, and by the time the suggestion box was opened, her income tax return was many months overdue.The Internal Revenue Service, though very sympathetic, had to rule she was delinquent […]
Despite the pandemic and months of quarantine, Robertson County is showing an increase in sales tax revenues for 2020, compared to 2019. County Finance Director Jody Stewart says sales tax revenues are up by nearly 17 percent and officials are hopeful the trend will continue through 2021. Robertson County receives 50 percent of the net collections for each city. Then there is a county trustee administrative fee of one percent […]
A probation officer made a grim discovery while making a “home visit” in Portland on Tuesday. The Sumner County Sheriff’s Office says two people were found dead inside the home, a 32-year-old adult and a 3-month-old infant. The cause of death is still under investigation. A 3-year-old was also found at the home and was treated at a local hospital. Retired Springfield High School math teacher and coach Donald Lloyd […]
The Springfield Police Department arrested a suspect Tuesday following an aggravated robbery at the beginning of December. On December 2, police say a robbery occurred at the Dollar General located at 2259 Hwy 41-South just before store closing. The clerk told police that a male entered the store, displayed a handgun, and took money from the cash register. Cold air sitting over Tennessee has temperatures low enough for a significant […]
The Tennessee Department of Health reported one-thousand-226 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, bringing the total since the outbreak began to nearly 745-thousand-830. Nearly 100 additional COVID-19-related deaths were reported, bringing the total number of coronavirus-attributed deaths statewide to over ten-thousand-560. Close to 12-hundred COVID-19 patients are hospitalized statewide. To date, Robertson County has logged 8,341 cases of COVId-19 since the pandemic began. 7,813 have recovered and 106 have died from COVID-19 […]