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The White House Utility District is issuing a boil notice over concerns about bacteria in the water. According to the utility, the warning comes after the City of Ridgetop Sewer Department connected a wastewater service line to a W-H-U-D water line. Officials say the wastewater line has been disconnected, and crews are regularly flushing and testing the water. W-H-U-D says recent tests did not detect any bacteria, but customers are […]

The northern section of Highway 431 in Springfield, also known as Tom Austin Hwy., was previously expanded to five lanes in recent years, from the Highway 41 intersection to Old Hwy. 431. A new project aims to widen the remaining portion of Tom Austin from the county line all the way to I-24.  The project will cost between $2.5-$5 million and although most of the project will actually be in […]

The Southern Baptist Convention is set to release names of ministers accused of sexual abuse.  The Southern Baptist executive committee members will be releasing the list this Thursday.  The move comes after an independent study was released this week showing the failure of the denomination's leadership to pay attention to accusations of abuse.  A statement from the SBC Executive Committee says the denomination "seeks to make clear that it views […]

Tennessee Department of Transportation officials say road crews won't be working on highway projects over Memorial Day weekend.  Construction work including lane closures will be suspended on state roads and interstates around Tennessee starting at noon this Friday through 6:00-a.m. next Tuesday.  The Triple-A predicts nearly seven-hundred thousand Tennesseans will take to the highways over the holiday weekend this year. The Tennessee Highway Patrol will be conducting a driver license […]

The Tennessee Highway Patrol will be conducting a driver license roadside safety checkpoint on May 27th, on US Highway 31W at Red River Bridge in Sumner and Robertson counties.  The checkpoint will operate from 9 a.m.-11 a.m. andill concentrate their efforts on vehicles being operated by drivers who violate the driver license laws. The Southern Baptist Convention failed to adequately respond to allegations of sexual abuse.  That’s the conclusion of […]

A survey of how much each state spends on every public school student lists Tennessee among the states spending the least.  The U.S. Census Bureau released a report  analyzing the amount spent on students.  In 2020 New York spent the most with an average of just over 25-thousand-500-dollars  per pupil.  The national average is 13-thousand-500-dollars.  Tennessee spends an average of 99-hundred-dollars per student. A suspect was arrested yesterday in connection […]