There’s an uptick in COVID numbers in Robertson County and NorthCrest Medical Center President & CEO Randy Davis says community members are concerned about it. Davis says anyone coming into the emergency room is going to experience longer wait times due to the massively increased volume of patients being treated. He also says many ER rooms are being used as intensive care rooms because the ICU is completely full and […]
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee is being accused of playing politics during a public health emergency after he signed an Executive Order allowing parents to opt-out of mask mandates at their local schools. Gov. Lee signed the order after Shelby, Davidson, and Williamson County school boards opted to mandate masks for some school children. The decision in Williamson County one which led to protesters threatening board members and speakers who voiced […]
The Tennessee Housing Development Agency says it's not too late to apply for help with rent and utilities for anyone behind because of COVID-19. The THDA says it can help people catch up on back rent, utilities and even future rent and the assistance does not have to be paid back. Rutherford, Davidson, Shelby and Knox County's need to apply separately but that information is all available at THDA-dot-org. The […]
The 2021 Kilgore Station Bluegrass Festival has events across two days, Friday & Saturday August 27-28 in Cross Plains. Featured acts include the Tennessee Mafia Jug Band, King’s Highway, Ridgetop Ramblers, Luke Munday, Harpeth Run, and Sassybrown Bluegrass. Bands will begin performing that Saturday morning at 10:00.. Nearly 91-hundred school-age children in Tennessee have tested positive for the coronavirus in the last two weeks. The state saw an increase of […]
Springfield Police say “no foul play suspected” after a body was found in the Walmart parking lot Friday morning. The body was discovered in a parked tractor-trailer by the deadman’s employer around 10:50 in the morning. The body has been taken to the medical examiner’s office in Nashville. Vandalism of a Middle Tennessee church run by a controversial pastor is being investigated. Pastor Greg Locke [[ Lock ]] says Global […]
40-year-old Dawna Wilson of Cedar Hill has been charged with 2nd-degree murder in relation to the overdose death of 45-year-old Benjamin Pitt of Portland back in April. Wilson is alleged to have delivered the fentanyl-laced drug that police say killed Pitt. Wilson is currently being held in the Robertson County Jail on a $130,000 bond. The Wilson County-Tennessee State Fair is being held at the James E. Ward Agricultural Center […]
The heat is still a problem. Roberton County and Middle Tennessee will be under a heat advisory today. The National Weather Service says the advisory will be in effect from 11 o'clock in the morning until 8 at night. Some heat indexes are expected to be as high as 109 degrees. Will Elliott has been named the Career and Technical Education Early Post-Secondary Opportunity Coordinator for Robertson County Schools. He […]
It’s hot and getting hotter. Roberton County and Middle Tennessee will be under a heat advisory today and tomorrow. The National Weather Service says the advisory will be in effect from 11 o'clock in the morning until 8 at night both days. Some heat indexes are expected to be as high as 109 degrees. An adult and an 8-month-old received only minor injuries after their vehicle left Memorial Blvd at […]