The state has closed a consent order against the City of Monterey for past sewage overflow issues. The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation’s Division of Water Resources ordered no additional sewer taps and other measures after problems surfaced in 2013. In a letter from Compliance Manager Jessica Murphy, the state approved of the city’s efforts to rehab its sewer ... Read More »

Work will begin next week to transform the track inside TTU’s Tucker Stadium. Tech Athletic Officials closed Tucker Stadium to the public this week to begin renovations. This includes the bleachers, field and track. “The contractors will be arriving on campus and doing the work to resurface the track,” Athletics Director Mark Wilson said. Tennessee Tech will host the 2018 ... Read More »

If you have received a phone call with the caller ID of Tennessee Tech but the voice of a woman from the Reward Center, you’ve been subjected to the latest scam. “It’s called neighbor spoofing,” Upper Cumberland Better Business Bureau Director Marty Donnelly said. “They’re placing phone calls that appear to be local.” Donnelly said scammers manipulate the caller ID ... Read More »

Local community partners who serve senior citizens and the disabled will gather Friday to learn more about the SNAP Program. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program targets those with limited incomes and limited assets for food assistance. The meeting will inform other service agencies and charitable groups about SNAP. “Let them know that there’s someone here in the Upper Cumberland area ... Read More »

Smithville Aldermen met Thursday night to reassure citizens that they will be more diligent in asking questions. That’s the view of Alderman Jason Murphy. The pledge comes in the wake of revelations that Smithville’s Mayor hired his son to work on a city project. Mayor Jimmy Poss hired his son Tony to work at the city’s golf course and swimming ... Read More »

The Cookeville Police Department welcomed three new officers to the force Thursday. Officials swore in Elliot Baz, Jordan Harris and Joseph Williams as new officers. Family members watched as they took the oath. Read More »

A Cookeville High School graduate who travels the world studying climate change says individual action can power change. Dr. Michael Gunter Jr. leads the Political Science Department at Rollins College. He spoke Wednesday night at Tennessee Tech. “Climate change is a big, global, complex problem,” Gunter said. “But the only way we’re going to address it is with the independent ... Read More »

Teen Challenge Of The Upper Cumberland will more than double its ability to help Thursday. The organization will hold a ribbon-cutting for its new 16-bed women’s facility at the Livingston campus. Teen Challenge broke ground on the 3,800 square foot facility last March. “We can hold 11 ladies in our current building and we’ve been full for two and a ... Read More »

Several students at Stone Memorial High School participated in the School Walkout Wednesday morning. “They did everything within the confines of what was right and what was appropriate,” Cumberland County Director Of Schools Janet Graham said. Graham said students at Cumberland County High School will participate in a forum Monday night along with parents and administrators to address the issue ... Read More »

A new report from the state comptroller’s office found students with disabilities received corporal punishment at a higher rate than students without disabilities. That data includes 18 schools across the Upper Cumberland with a higher rate of corporal punishment among students with disabilities than the general population in 2013-2014. The Comptroller’s Office of Research and Education Accountability (OREA) analyzed data ... Read More »