Robertson Co. News

Guilford Maine based Puritan Medical Products will receive more than $146 million from the Department of Defense to open up a new production facility in Orlinda. Puritan makes single-use products for healthcare and other industries. Their government contract is  to increase domestic production capability of foam tip swabs used in critical COVID-19 diagnostic tests and will increase the company’s total production capacity to 250 million foam tip swabs per month in Orlinda.

You’re invited to participate in Springfield’s Community Cleanup on Saturday, April 24th, from 9 a.m. to noon at various locations throughout the city. The Tennessee Valley Authority will provide all volunteer supplies including safety vests, bags, and gloves along with water to stay hydrated. Volunteering is easy and online at springfieldtn.gov.

Anyone who has attended a White House High School football game in the past seven years has met Kris Freeman. His voice booms over the speakers at Dewey H. Whitson Stadium.  Last year, long-time Tennessee Titans public address announcer Mike Donegan announced he was retiring, leaving a professional sports team job open right in the heart of Nashville. Freeman is now one of 20 semi-finalists for the job. The Titans will narrow the field down to five before letting the fans get involved in a full-blown contest.

State and federal officials are working to assess millions of dollars in damage caused by storms.  Last month’s storms are believed to have caused nearly 24-million dollars in damage.  As much as nine inches of rain fell over 24 hours on March 27th and 28th.  TEMA and FEMA are verifying emergency response costs and losses in 16 counties.

A state-by-state White House report on infrastructure says shows Tennessee’s infrastructure is suffering from a systemic lack of investment.  Among the report’s findings released today there are over 880 bridges considered in poor condition and the state’s drinking water infrastructure will require nearly nine-billion-dollars in additional funding over the next two decades.  It also finds nearly ten-percent of Tennessee residents live in areas where there is no broadband infrastructure and 17-percent of households do not subscribe to the internet.