Robertson Co. News

The Tennessee Highway Patrol is conducting a Sobriety Checkpoints the week of November 27^th, on US Highway 41 at the Greenbrier City Limits and Lights Chapel Road area in Robertson County from 11 pm to 1 am. Standard protocol at a police checkpoint is to collect the person’s name and ID which is run for wants and warrants.  If you don’t have a valid license you will likely be cited.  If stopped at a sobriety check, police may also determine that there is “probable cause” to search a vehicle. That could lead to finding illegal drugs or weapons

NorthCrest Medical Center in Springfield says they are exploring the possibility of joining TriStar Health, an affiliate of HCA Healthcare. The two organizations have reportedly signed a non-binding Letter of Intent which allows both parties to evaluate a potential transaction whereby NorthCrest Health would join the TriStar Health family. To learn more about this potential partnership websurf over to NorthCrest.com.

A Cottontown man was at dinner Saturday night when a cellphone security video alert showed that his house was on fire. He could see that there was a fire in his attached “below grade” garage under his home. Officials said the resident was at dinner with his parents when he got the alert and called 911. Neighbors were also alerted to let two pet dogs out of the home, and both escaped unharmed. Officials say the home suffered so little damage that it was still livable. 

Tennessee is reporting its highest single-day increase of coronavirus cases.  The Tennessee Department of Health reported five-thousand-919 new cases yesterday, bringing the total since the outbreak began to nearly 288-thousand.  Over a dozen new coronavirus-related deaths were reported.  Over 36-hundred deaths have been attributed to COVID-19 since the outbreak began. In Robertson County there have been 2,917 COVID 19 cases since the outbreak began, 2,631 have recovered, and 43 have died from COVID 19 in Robertson County.