Robertson Co. News

The Times are changing – literally. Daylight Saving Time will begin at precisely 2 a.m. this Sunday. This means you will need to turn your clocks forward one hour. This is also a good time to change the batteries in your smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors. Every home should have working smoke alarms to provide an early warning. Statistics show that most fatal fires occur at night and almost every day a life is saved because of a working smoke alarm.

A Cross Plains home is a total loss after a fire that officials say started on the back porch and spread to the rest of the house. Cross Plains Fire Chief Tommy Jackson spotted the fire from a short distance away and put in the initial call. At that same moment, one of the occupants realized the home was on fire. According to Chief Jackson, her cell phone was dead, so she ran out to the road and flagged down a motorist who called 911. The family did not have insurance and is currently being helped by the Red Cross.

A final vote on the future of the bust of KKK leader Nathan Bedford Forrest at the State Capitol is expected to be held today.  Last summer, State Capitol Commission members voted to remove the bust and move it to the Tennessee State Museum.  They also voted to remove statues of Civil War Union Admiral David Farragut and World War One Admiral Albert Gleaves.  The debate over whether the bust of the Confederate general should remain at the Tennessee State Capitol has been going on for years.

The Tennessee Department of Health reported 420 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, bringing the total since the outbreak began to over 783-thousand-900.  Ten additional COVID-19-related deaths were reported, bringing the total number of coronavirus-attributed deaths statewide to over eleven-thousand-550.  There are fewer than 730 COVID-19 patients hospitalized statewide.