Local News Members of the First United Methodist Church recently sponsored the 27th annual Amen Open golf tournament on May 15 at the Legacy golf course Springfield. The church managed to set a new fundraising record for the event of $15,110 which was split evenly between United Ministries Food Bank and C.O.P.E. of Robertson County. Following the tournament, both organizations were each presented checks worth $7,555 from the Amen Open […]
Local News As expected, the smoke from Canadian wildfires pushed into Middle Tennessee and south Kentucky Sunday, creating a hazy sky and reducing visibilities to around 5 miles in most areas. An Air Quality Alert has been issued for much of Middle TN until Midnight. Nine-year-old Jackson Crain, a Columbia native, decided to start growing a mullet before football season last year. His family says he started listening to 90’s […]
LOCAL NEWS Two people have been arrested for allegedly posting racist fliers around Columbia. The Columbia Police Department said on Thursday afternoon a 38-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy were arrested and charged. Investigators are now trying to determine if the two individuals acted alone or if others were involved. Last Sunday Ku Klux Klan recruiting fliers were found posted on the marquees of three African American churches. A suspect […]
Local News In a push to improve school safety, Tennessee legislators passed a law encouraging school districts to add silent panic alarms designed to call law enforcement when they’re pressed. The piece of legislation, called “Alyssa’s Law,” is named after 14-year-old Alyssa Alhadeff, who was shot eight times in her English classroom at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, in February 2018. One company that sells the software […]
Local News A Tennessee Highway Patrol State Trooper has been indicted following a criminal investigation surrounding an on-duty fatal crash in Robertson County last November. Trooper Curtis Davenport of the Nashville District was placed on discretionary leave following a criminal. Davenport was involved in the crash that occurred on Highway 41 in Springfield around 11 a.m. on Nov. 1, 2022 that killed a 62-year-old man and injured two other people. […]
Local News Last night Wilson County residents and the school board debated a policy that would require teachers to tell parents if a child wants to identify as a gender other than the sex they were assigned at birth. While the policy was not up for a vote but rather a discussion, public comment lasted almost an hour and a half with the security team having to intervene at one […]
Local News This weekend marks 20 years since two Wilson County law enforcement officers lost their lives on I-40. Two decades later, the city of Mt. Juliet continues to honor the two men who paid the ultimate sacrifice. Mt. Juliet Police Sgt. Jerry Mundy and Wilson County Sheriff’s Deputy John Musice were laying down spike strips to stop a high-speeding pursuit on I-40 when the getaway driver drove into them. […]
