The Connection is pleased to welcome Sally Edwards to its staff. Edwards replaces former advertising executive Pauletta Epley who is retiring.

This year the Tennessee tax-free offerings have tripled — not only including the usual back-to-school weekend exemption on clothing, school supplies and computers, but expanding to offer a full week of taxless shopping on food and a whole year of tax-free shopping for gun safes and other gun safety features.

The Amen Open is an annual golf tournament held in Springfield for the last 25 years and is sponsored by the Sunday School Classes of First United Methodist Church. The money is donated each year to C.O.P.E. (left) and United Ministries Food Bank (right). This year we raised a record $7,000 …

The Amen Open is an annual golf tournament held in Springfield for the last 25 years and is sponsored by the Sunday School Classes of First United Methodist Church. The money is donated each year to C.O.P.E. (left) and United Ministries Food Bank (right). This year we raised a record $7,000 …

Levi Noyes. George Menees. R.K. Hicks. These are the names of doctors from Robertson County’s past.

I saw a wedge of hoop cheese in a grocery store the other day. It was a beautiful thing to behold. The thought of cheese and crackers took me back in time to the old country stores of my youth.

The truth is, it is not as easy as people sometimes make it sound to do the right things for the environment.

Through the years, I have been very fortunate to have some wonderful interns come through that wanted to make working in television their career. You can tell quickly who is soaking up all the knowledge and those who are going through the motions.

The Democrats' promises of free health care, education and citizenship have thrust our southern border into chaos. Even after illegal crossings reached their highest rate in two decades, border czar and Vice President Kamala Harris still refuses to visit the U.S.-Mexico border. The Biden administration's deliberate inaction on this surge in illegal entry has turned every state into a border state. The Biden border policy is inept and an embarrassment to our nation.

This is the fifth in a monthly series highlighting non-profit organizations in Robertson County.

Safari Fridays are back at the Nashville Zoo!

If you are looking for an easy and fun day trip, this Friday’s Cottage Tour and Bazaar at the Monteagle Assembly Grounds is a good bet.

Remote Area Medical (RAM) – a major nonprofit provider of pop-up clinics delivering free, quality, dental, vision and medical care to underserved and uninsured individuals—will return to Springfield on Aug. 14, 2021 to provide free care.

The General Jethro Sumner Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution recently announced the winners of the DAR Good Citizen Award Program. The program is intended to recognize and reward the qualities of good citizenship in local public Sumner County High Schools.

Volunteer State Community College in Gallatin, TN has chosen Kim Christmon as the next dean of the Health Sciences Division. She was most recently associate professor and director of the Respiratory Care Technology program. She has taught at Vol State for 17 years.

Beet root. Echinacea. Elderberry. These sound like ingredients for an old-time remedy. They are found, however, on the shelves at local supermarkets – in the same section where vitamins or fish oil tablets or garlic pills can be found.

As part of the 2021-22 fiscal year county budget, the Robertson County Historical Society is set to receive a one-time appropriation of $5,000.

On June 26, the Robertson County Amateur Radio Club participated in the 2021 American Radio Relay League (ARRL) Field Day Event, giving ham radio professionals and hobbyists an opportunity to improve their radio operation skills.

I do love Christmas and was thrilled to hear about the Christmas in July sales at our area Goodwill stores this weekend.