Cookeville Police Department still searching for the suspect involved with a pedestrian hit-and-run last week. The incident occurred one week ago. Initial investigation indicated that a pedestrian was jogging on Brown Avenue when he was struck by a vehicle that was traveling southbound. The vehicle did not stop and was last seen on video traveling east on East 10th Street. ... Read More »

Algood Parks and Recreation taking the next steps to upgrade its dilapidated tennis courts. Director Roy Phipps said the city had put out requests for qualifications for engineer work on the courts. He said they received three RFQs that met the specs provided by the city including, what they were looking for in the project and how they want to ... Read More »

Sales tax collections from December 2022 were the highest in history for the City of Cookeville and Putnam County. That’s according to Cookeville City Manager James Mills. He said for the first time ever, total county sales tax collection exceeded $6,000,000 with $4.6 million collected in the City of Cookeville. Mills said December 2022’s collection was some $380,000 higher than ... Read More »

A T-DOT Highway 127 project still on schedule for 2025 completion. Senator Ken Yager said the widening project from Lowe Avenue in Cumberland County to north of State Route 62 in Fentress County will widen the highway to a four-lane road. He said the project has been long in the works. “We broke ground there about a year ago I ... Read More »

Monday marks the beginning of “Finish FAFSA Week,” a department of education campaign to encourage high school seniors to finish their application before the March 1st due date. Livingston Academy Gear Up Coordinator Vanessa Farris said that FAFSA applications open the door for grant and loan opportunities for higher education. She said that the deadline also affects Tennessee Promise, a ... Read More »

Cookeville Water Quality Control Department reminding customers that a new sewer tap fee will be implemented March 1st. Director Barry Turner said the last time the fees were updated was in 2005. He said with so much new development going on, it was important to update these fees to recoup the cost of creating sewer taps. According to Turner, the ... Read More »

City of Cookeville in good financial shape halfway into its fiscal year. Finance Director Brenda Imel recently gave the city council an update on its financial report. City Manager James Mills said that even with the recent moves by the Fed and dealing with inflation, the city has not seen a significant impact. “Since stuff costs a lot more, people ... Read More »

Upper Cumberland Regional Airport Board members trying to decide if the airport should continue being managed by a board, or if it should transition to an authority. Airport Manager Dean Selby said an authority operates as a separate entity, typically like the railroad authority or water utility districts. He said while the airport essentially already operates as an authority with ... Read More »

Upper Cumberland baseball hero Pat Swallows is one of nine set to join the TSSAA Hall of Fame this spring. Swallows is known for starting the baseball program at Livingston Academy in 1969 and coaching there for more than 30 years. Swallows also coached at Cookeville High School for two years. He said the Hall of Fame announcement came as ... Read More »

Annexed Cookeville residents voiced concern Thursday night about the city taking decades to provide sanitary sewer to their properties. Residents from the area around East Highway 70 N and I-40 area spoke during the city’s annual public hearing for a plans of services progress report. Resident Martina Gabriel owns a restaurant and a hotel in the area and has attended ... Read More »