Robertson Co. News

This year’s Springfield Christmas Parade, slated for Nov. 21, will become the city’s first-ever to be held as an evening event. Plus, attendees will see the Robertson County Christmas tree light up that night — rather than in December — when Volunteer of the Year, Laura Crawford of Lola Bean Coffee, flips on the switch as Santa makes his way by the courthouse during the parade.

Early voting for the November elections begins today and will last through Thursday, October 29th.  Tennessee elections officials say they believe early voting will exceed in-person voting on Election Day.  Election Day is Tuesday, November 3rd.

The Tennessee Department of Health reported one-thousand-147 new cases yesterday, bringing the total since the outbreak began to nearly 219-thousand.  Nearly two-dozen additional COVID-19-related deaths were also reported.  There have been close to 28-hundred deaths attributed to the coronavirus in Tennessee since the outbreak began.  Robertson County has had 2,396 cases since the start of the outbreak, 2,239 have recovered and 39 have died from COVID-19 in Robertson County.

Tennessee is close to an all-time high for coronavirus hospitalizations.  The Tennessee Department of Health reported one-thousand-and-68 COVID-19 hospitalizations yesterday.  TDH reported 50-percent more cases of the virus last week than the week before.  That made for the highest weekly total of new cases for the last ten weeks.

The Springfield Parks & Recreation Department has partnered with Walmart of Springfield to bring free, family-friendly movies to two Springfield parks. It’s part of the new series the city of Springfield is calling, Free Movie Fridays. The season finale will be The Addams Family this Friday at Martin Luther King Jr. Park. Concessions will be on site. Bring your bug spray, lounge chairs, and blanket. The movie will be on the soccer field.

The Tennessee Titans are 4-and-0.  The Titans thumped the previously unbeaten Buffalo Bills, 42-16, at Nissan Stadium last night.  Tennessee will host AFC South rival Houston on Sunday afternoon.