The City Of Jamestown awarded the bid Monday night for upgrades to the city sewer system. Portland Utility Construction submitted the low bid at $531,000 according to Jamestown City Engineer Thomas Bennett. The city received a total of four bids for the project. A Community Development Block Grant from the state will pay for the project. Bennett said the bid ... Read More »

Putnam County graduating seniors can pick up wristbands for their four guests Wednesday. Cookeville pickup will take place from 9am-Noon Wednesday. Monterey seniors can pickup wristbands from 11am-4pm Wednesday. Upperman wristband pickup will take place from 8am-Noon Wednesday. The guest wristbands will be distributed in a drive-thru manner at the school. Only the graduate can pickup the wristband. Students should ... Read More »

Less than one day’s supply of O-Positive blood is available through Blood Assurance Monday. “Usage was very high last week and we need our community to come out in full force to help get these types where they need to be to ensure we have what we need for our local patients,” Blood Assurance Medical Director Dr. Elizabeth Culler said. ... Read More »

The City Of Crossville Utility Department will conduct limited water shutoffs Monday morning to conduct repairs. The areas included are Valley Lane, Towering Trail, and Oakmont Drive. The outage will begin at 8am and officials said they will attempt to restore water service as quickly as possible. A Monday evening outage on Golden Brook Drive in Crossville will begin at ... Read More »

A Saturday morning wreck along Dodson Branch Road in Putnam County resulted in multiple injuries. The accident happened around 11:00am near West Cemetery Road when a vehicle driven by 80-year-old Wyang “Keith” Allison of Cookeville pulled onto State Route 135 in front of a vehicle driven by 39-year old Brandon Burgess. According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, the vehicles came ... Read More »

White County saw an increase of eight COVID-19 cases since Thursday while Putnam County’s number grew to 552. The total number of Upper Cumberland cases Sunday reached 1,112, according to numbers released by the Tennessee Department Of Health. Overton County saw an increase of three cases while Macon County positive cases increased by 12. Cumberland County reported an increase of ... Read More »

Cookeville’s Cane Creek Gymnasium will reopen Monday for limited services. Cookeville Leisure Services will open the facility for walking and non-contact sports, including volleyball, pickle ball, and corn hole. Basketball or soccer will not be allowed. Recreational facilities across the Upper Cumberland have been slowly reopening over the last month. Most were closed by Governor Bill Lee’s executive orders in ... Read More »

The TBI investigating the killing of a Clarkrange man by Fentress County Sheriffs deputies Saturday night. Just before 7:00pm, sheriffs deputies arrived in the 100 block of Lewis Road following reports that a man had a knife, hatchet and pipe. Dispatch reports said the man was threatening to harm himself and others. Deputies found 37-year Gregory Lee Turnure in the ... Read More »

A three-vehicle accident along Highway 56 in Putnam County Friday night resulted in injuries to a 20-year-old driver. The accident happened around 9:30pm Friday night when a Ford Ranger driven by 65-year-old Lonnie Burgess failed to slow for two stopped vehicles. According to Highway Patrol reports, the vehicles were waiting to turn on Hulon Ferrell Road. Burgess struck the car ... Read More »

The COVID-19 unit at Algood’s Signature Health Care closed this week. CEO Lee Rooney said the final patient in the unit returned healthy to a Nashville facility this week. Signature had treated the patient for COVID-19. All told, the unit handled some 41 cases, 27 of them were Signature patients and 14 came from Nashville. Read More »