Today is Presidents Day and that means banks and federal government offices including the Post Office will be closed, and there won't be mail delivery. Some state offices and schools will be closed as well and there won't be any trading on the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq. Most banks will be closed but most other businesses and restaurants will be open and more than a few will […]
Robertson County and other parts of The Mid-State are under a wind advisory. The National Weather Service in Nashville says it's expecting winds of 20-to-30 miles-per-hour today with gusts up to 45 miles per hour. Forecasters say there's potential for severe weather late this afternoon. The NWS says people should be weather aware. Folks in Cheatham County have less than a month left to apply for some forms of assistance […]
General Sessions Judge Joel Perry announced the launch of his re-election campaign for General Sessions Judge. He will seek the Republican nomination in the May primary. Perry has served for the last seven years in the position. The Republican primary is Tuesday, May 3. The general election is Thursday, Aug. 4. Tennessee is seeing an alarming trend so far this year. Less than two months into the new year there […]
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is issuing a Silver Alert for 67-year-old Butch E. Paulk Junior from Clarksville. Paulk is described as five feet, ten inches tall with gray hair and hazel eyes. He was last seen in blue jeans, a long-sleeved shirt, and a tan Wrangler Jacket. TBI says Paulk suffers from a medical condition that may prevent him from getting home safely without help. Anyone who may have […]
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 […]
