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A Clarksville woman is being charged with first-degree murder for the death of her baby granddaughter last year. Forty-four-year-old Toni Camia is also being charged with aggravated child abuse after Clarksville police say she put five-month-old Angel Stanford in a bath and then fell asleep. According to investigators, acute methamphetamine intoxication was a contributing cause to the infant’s death, and the drug was also found in Camia’s blood. She is being held on a 300-thousand-dollar bond.

Dolly Parton has donated one million dollars to Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The country music legend says the funds are to help with the continued research for serious infectious diseases in children. This isn’t the first time Tennessee’s brightest star has helped out. She donated to VMCU during the COVID-19 pandemic which assisted in bringing the Moderna vaccine to the area

The Oak Ridge Boys will headline at the City of Springfield’s Freedom Fest, slated for July 3 at the Robertson County Fairgrounds.  Gates will open at 3 p.m. for the free event, featuring carnival rides, inflatables for the kids, plus around 20 vendors, as well as food options.  Live music, sponsored by Grace Baptist Church, will kick off soon after the gates open — with opening acts the High Road, a Grammy award-nominated gospel group, and local artists Stephen Hogan, the Wyatt Wood Band, Justin Tucker, and the Devon Williams Band.