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The Springfield Board of Mayor and Alderman have changed the retirement programs of city employees.  They are moving from the City’s 457b deferred compensation program to the State of Tennessee’s administered program, and the state’s 401k program.  The City’s current Voya plan would stay in place for retirees who already have accounts. To make the transition, the city would freeze those contributions so employees could no longer make any further […]

Thousands of people are without power after severe weather swept across the Mid-State.  Uprooted trees were reported across the area, damaging cars, homes and taking down power lines. Two rezoning requests in the Cedar Hill area were approved by the Robertson County Commission in an effort to preserve more rural farmland.  Two acres of land on Stroud Road, just south of Interstate 24 in the 7th voting district, and 1.85 […]

Robertson County and the rest of the Mid-State is bracing for the possibility of severe weather today.  The National Weather Service in Nashville says the main concern is the winds, including very strong winds even before storms arrive.  Forecasters say that could be followed by damaging winds and isolated tornadoes as storms move through.  The storms could move through between 4 o'clock this afternoon and 1 o'clock tomorrow morning. A […]

Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible tomorrow afternoon and evening.  The National Weather Service in Nashville says the main threats are damaging wind gusts, however, an isolated tornado can't be ruled out.  Gusts of up to 50-miles-per-hour are possible tomorrow.  The National Weather Service is encouraging Middle Tennesseans to be weather aware. Greenbrier High School senior Abigayle Clontz received a full scholarship from the United States Navy. She will study […]

Roadways and riverbanks in Sumner County are a little cleaner after a trash collection effort over the weekend.  TDOT officials say hundreds of volunteers participated in their "Nobody Trashes Tennessee" litter collection event.  Several more clean-up efforts are scheduled across the state this spring.  For more information or to volunteer visit nobody-trashes-Tennessee-dot-com. A country music star and Franklin Police Department officer is being mourned.  Jeff Carson died of a heart […]

Tennessee's population could grow by about one million to nearly eight million people over the next 20 years.  That's the analysis from the University of Tennessee's Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research.  The analysis says most of the growth will happen in 13 counties making up the Nashville Metropolitan Statistical Area.  From 2020 to 2040 the state's population is also expected to get older with the number of seniors […]

The Tennessee Department of Health is out with its weekly COVID-19 update.  TDH says there were over 300 cases per day last week.  There were also an average of nearly 30 COVID-related deaths per day between March 13th and March 19th.  There have been over two-million-18-thousand COVID cases in Tennessee since the outbreak began. An Mt. Juliet High School student is facing weapon and drug-related charges.  The 16-year-old student was […]