Cookeville City Council approved to next step forward to conduct another salary study for city employees. Human Resources Director Carl Sells said the city received three proposals for the work. He said they based their recommendation on how each proposal met a list of seven criteria. “Cost is important but cost alone should never be the sole determining factor in ... Read More »

DeKalb County officials excited to take the next steps forward in improving their jail operations and standards. County leaders met with officials from the Tennessee Correctional institute and CTAS this week. County Mayor Matt Adcock said the meeting is the first of several planned after TCI officials met with then-county leaders several years ago on structural deficiencies in the jail. ... Read More »

The Putnam County School System has launched the Family Engagement Survey for the 2022-23 school year. Communications Supervisor Hannah Davis said the survey is an opportunity for parents and caregivers to voice their opinion on the good things they see happening in the school district and ways it can improve. She said it asks about every facet of the student’s ... Read More »

Cookeville City Council approved entering into a purchase agreement with Putnam County for some 95 acres of land off Highway 111 near Old Sparta Road. The city purchased 109 acres last year, hoping to use about 16 acres of the land for a potential aquatics facility. City Manager James Mills said the purchase will give the county time to make ... Read More »

Livingston Police Department opened bids for new body camera equipment Friday. Police Chief Ray Smith said the city received one bid with an estimate of $995 per camera. He said they plan to purchase about 20 to replace the old equipment. “The ones that we used to have that company has closed out so we were looking for the next ... Read More »

City of Cookeville’s approval for a change order for the widening of East 10th Street marks the end of the first phase. The phase extended from Wilson Avenue to Chocolate Drive. Public Works Director Blake Mayo said the change order increases the project cost by some $56,000, for a total price of $1.23 million. “Some additional concrete work over the ... Read More »

The United States officially reached its borrowing limit Thursday does not necessarily mean the United States is facing a fiscal emergency. That’s according to Tennessee Tech’s College of Business Dean Dr. Thomas Payne. Payne said the $31.4 trillion debt limit was reached by the country’s yearly deficit continuing to add up. He said the government has had a deficit every ... Read More »

City of Algood has begun work on extending sewer to Old Walton Road and surrounding areas. City Administrator Keith Morrison said the project will include a new force main install from the new station at the back of Brookside to Dry Valley as well as a new gravity sewer line. “Which was desperately needed and it’ll also take the capacity ... Read More »

Cookeville Police Department located a reported missing child at the bottom of a nearby pool Thursday. Police responded to the report in the 1100 block of East 10th Street. Officers immediately jumped into the pool to rescue the child and began performing life-saving measures on the unconscious three-year-old girl. The child was transported to Cookeville Regional Medical Center by ambulance ... Read More »

Putnam Election Commission has filled the vacancy left by Republican Commissioner Bill Prall’s resignation. Michael Detwiler was appointed to serve in Prall’s place. Detwiler participated in his first meeting as a commissioner Wednesday. Read More »