State Senator Paul Bailey and State Representative Ryan Williams named Monday to the The Governor’s School Safety Working Group. The 16-member committee will review procedures and policies related to school safety statewide. Governor Bill Haslam said he hopes to have recommendations from the group by the end of the legislative session. The speakers in each house recommended the four legislators ... Read More »

The President And CEO of PBS said she remains cautiously optimistic that elimination of public broadcasting funding will not happen this year. Paula Kerger spoke at WCTE’s Annual Dinner Monday night in celebration of the station’s 40th anniversary. She said WCTE’s work has been used as an example in the current funding debate. The Trump Administration has proposed eliminating funding ... Read More »

If you’ve been wanting to sample that new restaurant or go back to a favorite spot, you have good reason to do it this week. It’s the Cookeville Regional Charitable Foundation’s Annual Restaurant Week, now through Saturday. Nearly 20 local restaurants will offer specials and discounts while offering a portion of the proceeds to assist in the Foundation’s Pediatric Fund. ... Read More »

The popular perception of college spring break: heading to Florida for rowdy fun. For a lot of Tennessee Tech students, the reality appears much different. As students prepared to hit the road Friday for this week’s break, many talked about doing the un-spring break-like tasks of preparing for the future. “This spring break, I’m going to job shadow at a ... Read More »

A Moss man lost his life Monday morning in a driving while impaired accident on Celina’s Highway 52. 21-year-old Anthony K. Curtis of Moss ran off the right side of Highway 52 while driving westbound around 3am Monday morning. The Tennessee Highway Patrol reports Curtis’ car hit a tree on the right side before spinning and rolling across the roadway. ... Read More »

The Tennessee Court of Appeals upheld the conviction and sentence of a Putnam County man found guilty on charges of raping his daughter. Perry Lewis Sisco had asked the court to overturn the conviction. Sisco’s lawyers argued insufficient evidence to sustain the convictions and that the trial court erred in denying the motion to suppress Sisco’s statement. Lawyers further argued ... Read More »

A Crossville woman faces domestic assault charges after she tried to wake up his husband by slapping him across the face. 21-year-old Chelsea Austin entered her husband’s bedroom and tried to wake him Friday morning around 5:30am. Austin tried to shake her husband’s foot then proceeded to smack his face “a little bit,” according to police reports. Austin told police ... Read More »

A vehicle set to be repossessed by a Crossville dealership ended up being stolen from the owner’s front yard. Owner Kristin Owens left the keys in her Chevrolet Trailblazer that she could no longer afford. According to police reports, Owens told Mountain Motors of Crossville to pick up the vehicle. Owens said she noticed three days later the car no ... Read More »

Cookeville Police want to talk with anyone who might have witnessed a fatal car accident on South Willow Avenue Friday night. 44-year old Eric Michael Swanson of Cookeville died in the accident that occurred in the 200 block of South Willow Avenue. Swanson, driving a 1999 Mercury Mountaineer, left the roadway while travelling southbound. The vehicle traveled through two parking ... Read More »

Two Upper Cumberland girls basketball teams will represent the area in this week’s state basketball tournament. Pairings announced Sunday tipoff Wednesday as (30-2) Pickett County takes on (31-2) Greenfield at 4:30pm. The Lady Yellow Jackets from West Tennessee feature two Miss Basketball Semifinalists, Chloe Moore and Tess Darby. Moore scored 76 points in the regional tournament last week. Greenfield won ... Read More »