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Funeral services are set for a Robertson County Sheriff's Office deputy found dead in her home.  Visitation for Deputy Savanna Puckett will be held from 4 o'clock this afternoon until 8 in the evening and again from 11 o'clock tomorrow morning until 2 in the afternoon.  Puckett's celebration of life will follow immediately after tomorrow's visitation with all three events held at South Haven Baptist Church in Springfield and livestreamed […]

The Robertson County deputy found murdered called 911 about her accused killed days before she died.  Deputy Savanna Puckett suffered multiple gunshot wounds before she was found in her burning Springfield home on Sunday night.  Just four days earlier, Deputy Puckett told a 911 dispatcher her ex-boyfriend James Conn was an "unwanted guest" who pulled into her driveway.  Conn is charged with arson and first-degree murder. The Tennessee Department of […]

The Robertson County Sheriff's Office deputy found dead in her home was shot multiple times.  Savanna Puckett was found with gunshot wounds to her head and torso inside her burning Springfield-area home on Sunday night.  A Smyrna man described as an "acquaintance" has been charged with her murder.  An arrest affidavit for James Conn says his fingerprints were found on empty lighter fluid bottles inside the home.  Visitation for Savanna […]

There's a strong show of support for a Robertson County Sheriff's Office deputy found dead in her Middle-Tennessee home.  A sea of blue escorted the body of 22-year-old Deputy Savanna Puckett from the medical examiner's office in Nashville back to Robertson County yesterday.  Officers from other Mid-State law enforcement agencies lined the route to pay their respects.  Puckett was found shot inside her burning home on Sunday night. Meanwhile, the […]

The TBI is investigating the apparent shooting death of a Robertson County Sheriff's Office deputy.  Deputy Savanna Puckett was found shot inside her burning Springfield home last night by another deputy after Puckett failed to report for her shift.  Deputy Puckett was 22-years-old and had been with RCSO for four years.  RCSO says "Words cannot express the sadness and grief that Savanna's family and her Sheriff's Office family are facing […]

Cheatham and Robertson County Schools are closed for the rest of the week.  Cheatham County Schools closed earlier in the week over winter weather-related issues and extended the closure due to staffing challenges caused by illness.  Robertson County Schools cited the same reason for closing the rest of the week. Clarksville Police say a man's body has been recovered in an area where an SUV went off the road and […]

Former mayor of Robertson County Roy Appleis dead.  He served two terms as county mayor from 1994 to 2002.  Before that, he was a member of the school board for over 20 years. He became chairman of the Regional Workforce Board in 2000 and served in that capacity until his death.  A service was held to remember Apple’s life last Friday at the Austin and Bell Funeral Home in Greenbrier.  […]

It's still not publicly known if anyone was inside a vehicle that went into the Red River in Clarksville.  The vehicle was removed from the river late yesterday afternoon.  It went into the river after leaving Wilma Rudolph Boulevard early Sunday morning.  Roads were slick at the time of the crash. The new year is off to a snowy start in the Mid-State.  The National Weather Service says many Mid-State […]

The Tennessee Department of Transportation is encouraging Tennesseans to stay off the roads if they can.  Many roads, bridges and overpasses are slick due to ice following yesterday's snow.  Crews worked 16-hour shifts over the weekend to keep roads safe.  TDOT says it prioritizes interstates first and then moves on to primary state routes, and then the secondary state routes. A recovery operation is expected to start today for a […]