27-year-old James Jackson Conn of Smyrna is set to appear in General Sessions Court for his first disposition hearing on Thursday, Feb. 10 before being bound over to a Grand Jury for indictment. Conn is facing one count of aggravated arson and one count of first-degree murder for his role in Robertson County sheriff’s Deputy Savanna Puckett’s death. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation described Conn as an “acquaintance” of the […]
A new date for a sentencing hearing has been set for April 8 involving the criminal case of Clifton Horn, a former East Robertson volleyball coach charged with 67 counts of sexual exploitation involving secretly videotaping his former players in a locker room. A hearing was originally scheduled for Jan. 31 but has since been rescheduled after Horn’s attorney Peter Strianse requested a continuance in the case. Tennessee lawmakers are […]
The oldest cave artwork ever discovered in the United States has been found in Tennessee. University of Tennessee Anthropology Professor Jan Simek has discovered a six-thousand-year-old drawing in a cave in the Cumberland Plateau. The ancient artwork is at Dunbar Cave near Clarksville. Simek says the area is a large archeological site that dates back to around ten thousand years ago. If you’re hoping to fly out of town today, […]
The Mid-State is under a Flood Watch. The National Weather Service issued the watch yesterday. Forecasters say rain will change to freezing rain this afternoon and evening. A Winter Weather Advisory has also been issued. The Tennessee Department of Health is out with its weekly COVID-19 update. TDH says there were 13-thousand-760 cases per day last week. There were also an average of over 60 COVID-related deaths per day between […]
The Tennessee Department of Transportation prepared for a winter storm that will impact the state starting today through the end of the week. TDOT says it's watching the forecast and is ready to treat roads if they start to get icy. The storm is expected to bring rain, sleet, and some snow. The areas most likely to have travel impacted are north and west of Nashville. The Tennessee Bureau of […]
A Clarksville-Montgomery County School student is being charged with multiple crimes. The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office said yesterday that during a search of the 18-year-old's car at Kenwood High School last week, School Resource Officers found a gun, clip, ammunition, drugs, and drug paraphernalia. Deonta Deshawn Williams is charged with firearm possession, weapons on school property, and drug paraphernalia. MCSO says no threat of violence was made against the school. […]
A murdered Robertson County Sheriff's deputy is in her final resting place. A funeral service for Deputy Savanna Puckett was held at South Haven Baptist Church in Springfield on Saturday before the burial service at Springfield Memorial Gardens. Deputy Puckett was shot multiple times before being found in her burning home last Sunday night. Her ex-boyfriend has been charged with murder. The Governor will give the annual State-of-the-State address tonight. […]
