The Overton County Conservation District will host its annual awards ceremony Thursday night at the Overton County Fairgrounds. USDA District Conservationist Robert Halfacre said the event highlights the good work done by farmers and producers throughout the last year. “Agriculture is definitely a prominent part of the community here in Overton County,” Halfacre said. “There’s a lot of people that ... Read More »

The White County Board of Education awarded a $6.38 million bid Thursday night for its Bon De Croft School project. School Board Member Jayson McDonald said the bid came in just over the $6 million budget established by the board. “For me, it was lower than what I thought we were going to get,”  McDonald said. “I was afraid with ... Read More »

Cookeville’s Richard Brown and his daughter Kristen Brown have been elected as delegates for the Annual American Angus Association Convention. They run a cow-calf feed stock operation with about 100 head of cattle. Richard Brown said rising costs are the most prevalent issues that cattle farmers in the Upper Cumberland face today. “It’s been kind of crippling to the farmer ... Read More »

About 3,200 Volunteer Electric Cooperative customers in Crossville will be without power early Saturday morning. Crossville Service Area Manager Kevin Hembree said the planned outage is due to TDOT’s road widening project on Highway 127 North. “We’ve been moving power lines there for going on about a year now, and we need to set a pole in line right at ... Read More »

Sparta leaders will meet with TDEC officials next week to discuss ongoing efforts to lift the city’s sewer moratorium. Mayor Jerry Lowery said the city has a proposal from a vendor to install temporary flow meters across the system. Lowery said the data gained from the technology is required by TDEC. “Probably next meeting we need to approve up to ... Read More »

A three-year-old girl passed away Thursday night after suffering an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound in Algood. Algood Police Chief Dale Armour said the incident happened between the Algood schools and IWC Food Service on Dry Valley Road. Armour said the child was left unattended in a vehicle and accessed a loaded handgun. Armour said no arrests have been made at ... Read More »

Sparta City Recorder Tonya Tindle was appointed as Interim City Administrator by the Board of Aldermen Thursday night. City Administrator Brad Hennessee’s last day of employment will be November 22nd. After deciding on a last day, Alderman Jim Floyd opened the conversation on searching for a new administrator. “What is the board’s feeling on getting MTAS involved in looking for ... Read More »

Warren County Middle School was placed on lockdown Thursday after a non-school related arrest attempt. 37-year-old Michael Darnell Burch fled custody after law enforcement attempted to serve a child support warrant. According to the Warren County Sheriff’s Department, Burch is still on the run. Guardians may notice a heavier law enforcement presence when picking up your child. Deputies ask residents ... Read More »

The new additions to the Cookeville Cityscape ornament collection are here. Interim Executive Director Laura Wolf said this year the organization selected the Bobby Q’s logo and a figurine of the Putnam County Fairgrounds. “Sights that are unique to Cookeville, and the fairgrounds we really wanted to do that before the fairgrounds is gone, because it’s going to go to ... Read More »

The candidate pool for the Livingston Police Chief position has been narrowed down to three. Mayor Curtis Hayes said six applicants were screened by MTAS. Hayes said the municipal advisory service selected three candidates to move on and complete the assessment process. “We’re looking forward to a direction,” Hayes said. “Livingston has been under the media eye for quite sometime ... Read More »