About 30 acres north of Neal Street’s Honda Dealership could be used for residential development. Planning Director Jon Ward said the owners submitted a rezoning request because the topography of the land made commercial development a challenge. “Regional commercial zoning district does not allow for any type of residential development,” Ward said. “The developers have submitted a request to rezone ... Read More »

The White County School System is one step closer to having a one-to-one student to laptop ratio. That after the White County Board Of Education approved a $120,000 dollar state grant for laptops. Director of Schools Kurt Dronebarger said every school is now capable of allowing a student to bring home a laptop. “This money is really huge at this ... Read More »

The city of Livingston is seeking volunteers for a Saturday cleanup event at Livingston’s historic Cash Cemetery across from the Clark House. Downtown Revitalization Chairman Ray Evans said this is a preliminary stage with the end goal of restoring the the almost 200-year-old burial ground. “The fence rows are all grown up. We think that there are some tombstones within ... Read More »

Cookeville’s Texas Roadhouse has yet to break ground due to a back log of about 15 other locations set to open beforehand nationally. Vice President Of Communications Travis Doster said even though the development report does not have a completion date, the Cookeville location could open next summer. “The schedule got thrown off just a little bit,” Doster said. “Usually ... Read More »

Tennessee Tech Board Of Trustees member Barry “Butch” Wilmore will lead the first crewed flight of the CST-100 Starliner launching to the International Space Station That after original crew member Chris Ferguson decided not to fly for personal reasons. Wilmore has been training since 2018 to command next year’s voyage to the space station. NASA’s Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate ... Read More »

The Putnam County Clerk’s Office has closed until Monday after an employee received a positive COVID test. County Clerk Wayne Nabors said as of Thursday, all other employees are not showing symptoms but have been tested. “All of us have actually now just came back from the Putnam County Fairgrounds being tested, so we are all tested,” Nabors said. “Everybody ... Read More »

Overton County Schools have over half a million dollars available from last school year to spend on supplies, extracurricular activities and special education programs. The board of education made revisions Tuesday to allow spending the money this year. Chairman Jarman Hicks said the leftover federal funds are from school abruptly ending in March. “The special ed there is around $225,000 ... Read More »

Livingston has received just over $300,000 in shared sales tax revenue, almost doubling the estimated amount for the past fiscal year. Downtown Revitalization Chariman Ray Evans said some of the funds will likely be used to pay for the city’s match for its sidewalk and courthouse projects. “We though that we would have an abysmal year,” Evans said. “Apparently, the ... Read More »

T-DOT has placed signs saying, “No sales or soliciting on state right-of-way,” under the Cookeville I-40 overpass on Jefferson Avenue. That after local municipalities made the request. Public Information Officer Jennifer Flynn said Cookeville’s T-DOT offices received questions from local officials asking what could be done to increase safety. “They were expressing concerns that there had been some issues in ... Read More »

The Cookeville Senior Citizens Center is postponing its reopening to Oct. 19th. At that time, the center will review COVID numbers again to consider reopening. Executive Director Maxine Frazier said in the mean time, plexiglass protection panels are on the way, and automatic door openers will be installed. Bingo will continue in the parking lot and additional activities will be ... Read More »