Local News The State of Tennessee is increasing funding for school security after the shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville last week. Governor Bill Lee says the state will use 140-million dollars to hire School Resource Officers and highly-trained guards at campuses. Lee added that the state will establish a grant fund to allow schools to make "significant physical security upgrades," and that money will also toward mental healthcare. […]
Local News At least 15 people are dead from weather-related incidents in Tennessee. Officials say the Tennessee Department of Health has announced the deaths which came as dangerous weather conditions swept through the Volunteer State on Friday and Saturday. Officials say there has been significant damage to buildings, roads and utilities in numerous counties. Another round of stormy weather is expected in the mid-South tomorrow. Robertson County kids who want […]
Local News Some Tennesseans are demanding change after the Covenant School shooting in Nashville earlier this week. Hundreds of protestors gathered at the State Capitol to demand action, three days since the shooting which claimed six lives, including those of three children. There were students and parents at the rally along with community groups, demanding stricter gun laws. One person told reporters "thoughts and prayers are not enough" and said […]
Local News Military officials and Kentucky State Police are responding to a crash involving two Army helicopters in Trigg County. A Fort Campbell spokesperson says the incident happened around 10:00 o'clock last night near Highway 68. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear says that fatalities are expected in connection with the crash. Army officials have confirmed that the Blackhawk choppers were being operated by members of the One-Hundred-First Airborne Division during a […]
Local News Robertson County parents are being given advice on how to talk to their kids about school shootings. Mental Health officials say parents should try to deflect children's attention as information emerges about shootings. They said it's also important to have conversations with children and acknowledge it is ok to be troubled by it. Governor Bill Lee believes the school shooting in Nashville is the result of "evil." The […]
Local News Police have ID'd the three kids and three adults killed by a shooter at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville on Monday. The kids killed at The Covenant Presbyterian School were all under the age of ten. One of the adults is the academy's headmistress. The shooter, a transgender Nashville woman armed with two assault-style weapons, was shot and killed by police inside the school. The team […]
Local News Six children are dead following a tragic traffic crash on I-24 in Robertson County. Authorities say the incident happened around 2:00 a.m. Sunday and involved two vehicles just west of the Highway 49 exit. Robertson County EMS reports six female victims ranging in age from one to 18 years old were ejected from an overturned vehicle and declared dead at the scene. An adult woman was also ejected […]
