Tennessee Tech manufacturing engineering technology students set to use a new collaborative robot named Sawyer this semester. The University received the “cobot” from a Memphis-based company that supplies control and automation product solutions to the manufacturing industry. Associate Professor Duckbong Kim said the new type of robot is designed to work together with manufacturers rather than in their own restricted ... Read More »

Algood City Manager Keith Morrison has been named the District 4 Director for the Tennessee Municipal League. Morrison will represent this region–one of eight directors statewide. The organization was founded by cities and towns to provide mutual assistance and improvements. Morrison said the league is made up of city mayors and city managers and administrators who work as representatives for ... Read More »

Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office looking for a Crossville man missing since August 3rd. Cody Dearing was reported missing to the Sheriff’s Office on August 15th. According to a report from the office, Dearing told family members he was meeting up with someone but did not say who. Dearing does not have a vehicle and would be getting rides from others. ... Read More »

Cookeville Planning Commission gave conditional approval for the preliminary plat for 128 lots off of East Spring Street. The developer has indicated he will perform a traffic study for the 9-acre plat near East Hudgens Street. Chair Jim Woodford said that the development brings traffic concerns. “On the construction of this project, the fact that East Spring Street has been ... Read More »

Three members of Jackson County’s EMS have achieved Paramedic status. PIO Derek Woolbright said Advanced EMTs Eli Covington, Dillon Dillahunty and Chris Hayse recently completed a 12-month Paramedic program through Vol State. “It’s a great asset for not only our ambulance services but for our county in general,” Woolbright said. “It ensures that each of our ambulances can provide advanced ... Read More »

Highlands Residential Services ready to begin construction of Cookeville’s new Hickory Valley development. Director of Operations Chris Cassetty said the board will discuss a resolution at a special call meeting Friday. “There are some very specific legal resolutions, wording that has to be passed for the tax credit syndication and getting that deal closed out,” Cassetty said. “To pay for ... Read More »

Work on Cookeville’s East 10th Street is slowly but surely coming to an end. Public Works Director Blake Mayo said they hope to finish concrete work by Wednesday. “We still have a few odds and ends, like some top soil some seed and straw, there’s a new sign that needs to be constructed on the Darwin Park subdivision,” Mayo said. ... Read More »

District Attorney Bryant Dunaway said he believes there was illegal activity after Livingston Police did not investigate a domestic assault allegation involving former Alderman Chris Speck. Dunaway sent a report from a TBI investigation to the Board of Aldermen in a letter on Monday. However, Dunaway said that because the statute of limitations has passed, no criminal charges will be ... Read More »

Fentress County Commission approved an interlocal agreement for a radio tower and other equipment with the City of Byrdstown. Fentress County Executive Jimmy Johnson said the county’s emergency communication system had not had work done on it in many years, and has had some difficulties with the county’s topography. “We have hills and we have hollers and this upgrade will ... Read More »

A Pickett County High School teacher has earned her Curriculum for Agricultural Science Education certification (CASE). Agriculture Instructor Tracy Smith said the certification helps her teach students using a more inquiry and lab-based curriculum. She said it helps to create a bridge between hands-on work and the science behind it. “My ag kids they know physics because they’ve built electric ... Read More »