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 […]
Barry Baker, Supervisor of Career and Technical Education at Robertson County Schools, was killed in a 2008 traffic accident on Tom Austin Highway, just outside of Springfield. One of his students, real-estate developer, and 2004 ERHS graduate, Caleb Fuqua, recently memorialized Baker in one of Robertson County’s newest subdivisions by naming a street in his honor. Fuqua said Baker pushed him to do better. And called him a man of […]
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 Centra office. The district needs certified teachers in all areas. bring your up-to-date resumé. Sign in at the front of the building. Masks are required. Robertson County Schools is offering parents of pre-k students assistance in the application process for the 2021-22 school […]
Early this morning Millersville firefighters responded to a residential structure fire in the White Hill area, about 3 miles north of Millersville. Initial reports indicated that everyone made it out of the home safely, however, there was concern about the disposition of some pets. Millersville Fire along with the aid of the White House Community Volunteer Fire Department, Rehab 83, White House Police Department, and Robertson County EMS all responded […]
One person is dead following a tree trimming accident involving electrical lines in Robertson County Saturday afternoon. 36-year-old Joshua Singletary of Hendersonville had been electrocuted by live power lines while trimming trees at a home Cottontown. Co-workers on the other side of the home heard the accident and came running to his aid. Singletary was already receiving CPR when the White House Community Volunteer Fire Department, Robertson County EMS, and […]
It's not yet known if wind damage in Portland yesterday was caused by a tornado. Mayor Mike Callis says one may have touched down off Highway 259, near Cook Road. Pictures posted to social media showed downed trees, an overturned trailer and boarded up windows after they were blown out. The storm also caused a barn to collapse. A search warrant executed Wednesday by police netted drugs and cash at […]
A $15 million plan to build a new elementary school in White House has received approval from the Sumner County Education and Budget committees. Director of Schools Dr. Del Phillips pointed to residential growth in White House as the need to build another school on land already owned by the county. The new building would be around 50,000-square-feet and room for 600 students A woman was hospitalized following a violent […]
Coopertown Police are investigating the theft of a $63,000 hydraulic hammer owned by Scott & Ritter, Inc. It was stolen from a job site near York Rd and E Felts Rd sometime Friday or Saturday, March 19th or 20th. Police say the large industrial jackhammer was on-site to break ground for new housing and weighs more than 5,000 pounds. The owners are offering a$5,000 reward for information that leads to […]