Local News In a push to improve school safety, Tennessee legislators passed a law encouraging school districts to add silent panic alarms designed to call law enforcement when they’re pressed. The piece of legislation, called “Alyssa’s Law,” is named after 14-year-old Alyssa Alhadeff, who was shot eight times in her English classroom at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, in February 2018. One company that sells the software […]
Local News A Tennessee Highway Patrol State Trooper has been indicted following a criminal investigation surrounding an on-duty fatal crash in Robertson County last November. Trooper Curtis Davenport of the Nashville District was placed on discretionary leave following a criminal. Davenport was involved in the crash that occurred on Highway 41 in Springfield around 11 a.m. on Nov. 1, 2022 that killed a 62-year-old man and injured two other people. […]
Local News Last night Wilson County residents and the school board debated a policy that would require teachers to tell parents if a child wants to identify as a gender other than the sex they were assigned at birth. While the policy was not up for a vote but rather a discussion, public comment lasted almost an hour and a half with the security team having to intervene at one […]
Local News This weekend marks 20 years since two Wilson County law enforcement officers lost their lives on I-40. Two decades later, the city of Mt. Juliet continues to honor the two men who paid the ultimate sacrifice. Mt. Juliet Police Sgt. Jerry Mundy and Wilson County Sheriff’s Deputy John Musice were laying down spike strips to stop a high-speeding pursuit on I-40 when the getaway driver drove into them. […]
Local News A Clarksville woman was trying to get back home using a taxi, but said she had to jump out of the moving car because she was threatened by the driver. Caitlen Adkins claimed the instant she got into the car, she said things took a turn. The jump out of the car lead to 36 injuries and a month in the hospital. As the Christian County Sheriff’s Office […]
Local News Last month, Robertson County was awarded a water infrastructure grant for more than $3.5 million from the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. Robertson County Mayor Billy Vogle said the grant will be collaborative with every municipality within the county. He added that the cities each submitted a plan, which has gone to TDEC and has been approved.” A Shelbyville man drowned near the Normandy Dam on the […]
Local News How'd your holiday go? Research shows that 150 million hot dogs are eaten on July 4. If those hot dogs weren’t beef hot dogs, they may have come from Iowa. Thirty-three percent of all hot dogs come from Iowa. Americans also like baked beans on the 4th of July. The U.S. Dry Bean Council says July is baked bean month. The council said that in 2009, about 50 […]
