No one was injured in a plane crash that occurred near Springfield on Thursday afternoon. The crash happened near Highway 431 and Mt. Zion Road at approximately 2:40 p.m., Robertson County dispatch confirmed.
U.S. Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) said on Wednesday that while he supported legislation to fight online piracy, he does not believe that the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) will make it to a vote in its current form.
Springfield Fire Chief Maynor Schott has decided to retire after serving a five-day unpaid suspension last week. "He was suspended for excessive personal phone call use during business hours on city time," Springfield City Manager Paul Nutting said.
Federal charges were filed Monday against Greenbrier businessman and former Robertson County Commissioner Shannon Polen, who is accused of scamming more than $16 million from local residents in a Ponzi scheme.
State senators voted to pass the GOP-backed redistricting plan on Jan. 13, legalizing a plan that will remove Robertson County from the 18th District and effectively force Springfield Sen. Kerry Roberts from office.
The Robertson County School Board has approved a brochure and timeline for choosing its next director of schools. The board is hoping to have a director hired to replace retiring schools director Dan Whitlow by the end of the school year.
Federal charges were filed Monday against Greenbrier businessman and former Robertson County Commissioner Shannon Polen, who is accused of scamming more than $16 million from local residents in a Ponzi scheme.
A Springfield woman was charged in Sumner County with multiple charges related to obtaining prescription pills illegally just weeks after being charged with TennCare fraud, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
In an effort to bring virtual schooling to the Robertson County School System, the school board last month agreed to offer a pilot program this year, but so far, no students have applied for it.
Community leaders in Robertson County are crying foul over a plan to regroup senate districts, splitting Robertson from Sumner County. The plan groups Robertson County with five others, including Cheatham, Dickson, Humphreys, Lewis and Perry counties.
Every 10 years, each legislative body in the land must go through a process called redistricting. In fact, the origin of redistricting goes back to a Supreme Court case that began in Tennessee called Baker vs. Carr in 1962.
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King will be honored in Springfield with a parade hosted by the Black History Association of Robertson County on Jan. 16, with a program giving children a chance to speak following.
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