Parts of the Upper Cumberland will awaken this Thursday morning to white…as in snow. A band of snow showers passed through the region beginning around 3am. Grassy surfaces became snow covered in many parts of the area, especially those south of Interstate 40. The snow has forced the Warren County Schools, the White County Schools, and the Van Buren County ... Read More »

Shaffield’s Furniture will be closing its Cookeville and Sparta locations “in the near future.” “Our stores have been open 7 days a week, 362 days a year for the past few years, and we have chosen to close to spend more time as a family,” Owner Jacob Shaffield said. “We have 7 children ages 11 months to 19, so we ... Read More »

Putting retired law enforcement officers in schools could be one option to improve safety of the nation’s students. It’s an idea that Putnam County Sheriff Eddie Farris shared with Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn. Blackburn shared it with President Trump during a meeting last week. Farris calls it “The Protect Me” program. “The rules of engagement are the same that they’ve been ... Read More »

Spring break for some Tennessee Tech students means relaxing in the sun. For one group of undergraduates, they choose to spend the week at the Nashville Rescue Mission. The undergraduates are members of campus ministry group Chi Alpha. Nine women and five men joined this week’s efforts. Anna Lucas works as a Chi Alpha Campus Missionary. “For the past few ... Read More »

The State Department of Transportation hopes to begin work Thursday to repair state highway 85 in Fentress County. T-DOT Community Relations Officer Jennifer Flynn said the project contractor will begin moving into place Thursday. Excavation and drilling work will begin Friday. “It should take several weeks to complete that,” Flynn said. Heavy rains caused the pavement at mile marker six ... Read More »

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Karl Dean wants to focus the governor’s campaign on education and job creation within Tennessee. Dean stopped in Monterey Tuesday morning. He said getting more resources for education would be one of his top priorities. Among his concentrations, Dean said raising teacher wages, expanding after school programs and funding Pre-K. “Well I think obviously everything you do ... Read More »

A failure to yield on Crossville’s West Avenue Tuesday evening turned into a drug arrest. 43-year-old Linda Kay Gerren of Crossville faces drug charges after Crossville Police found .40 grams of methamphetamine in her pocket. Police stopped a 1999 Ford Ranger for failure to yield. When Crossville Police asked Gerren, the passenger in the vehicle, for her identification, she gave ... Read More »

The Livingston Board Of Aldermen and the citizens group Envision Livingston worked Tuesday night on the possible update of the city’s property maintenance code. The group, founded last March, wants to encourage the improvement and beautification of properties across the community. The citizens also hope to revise and strengthen city ordinances pertaining to property maintenance. Livingston Mayor Curtis Hayes said ... Read More »

With five high school basketball teams vying for state championships over the next two weeks, community pride around the Upper Cumberland is in a full court press. The first of five teams takes to the court Wednesday afternoon as the Pickett County girls faces Greenfield in the state quarterfinals. “If you look around town, there’s black and gold ribbons, black ... Read More »

A Crossville man faces an aggravated assault charge following a domestic assault incident involving his girlfriend and the couple’s child Tuesday evening. Police arrested 25-year-old Brandon Lee Barnes of Iris Circle, Crossville after responding to a call that Barnes grabbed the neck of Rhiannon Marie Keeton. Keeton said the two began arguing as Barnes held the couple’s child. At one ... Read More »