A 21-year-old Fentress County man faces charges of statutory rape after a TBI investigation. Stewart Dwain Matthews turned himself in Wednesday evening to the Fentress County Sheriffs Department. He was booked into the jail on $1,000 bond. Matthews is accused of sexual activity with a 14-year-old girl. The inappropriate sexual contact found during the TBI’s investigation. The TBI began investigating ... Read More »

A Jamestown Couple arrested Wednesday night on allegations of child abuse involving an eight-month-old baby. 19-year-old Keshia Larae Jenkins charged with one count of aggravated child endangerment. The mother’s boyfriend, 26-year-old Jeremy Allen Stephens, charged with two counts of aggravated child abuse. Agents for the Tennessee Bureau of Investigations were called in on the case after the infant girl was ... Read More »

A Putnam County resident died of COVID-19 at Cookeville Regional Wednesday morning. That brings the pandemic death toll to 16 at Cookeville Regional. Putnam County has 435 active cases currently according to the Tennessee Department Of Health. CRMC reports 24 inpatients positive with COVID-19. Just six are in ICU, according to Cookeville Regional Public Relations Director Melahn Finley. Read More »

A fourth resident of NHC Cookeville has died from COVID-19. The cluster outbreak at the Walnut Avenue facility has reached 33 cases with 17 patients and 16 employees testing positive. Currently, ten active cases are being treated with four of those patients. 187 long-term facilities across the state are dealing with multiple COVID cases currently. Four Cumberland County facilities have ... Read More »

Cookeville Regional will change its visitor policy effective Thursday. One designated visitor will be allowed per inpatient. CEO Paul Korth says the center continues to do all possible to stop the spread of COVID-19.   “We appreciate our community’s understanding and patience regarding the medical center’s visitor restrictions,” Korth said. “We know that the restricted visitation policy has been hard ... Read More »

The White County Planning Commission gave final approval Tuesday to a new subdivision off Parker Road. The Del Toro subdivision includes ten proposed lots ranging from .56 acres to 2.247 acres. It is located at the corner of Parker Road and Sullivan Knowles Road. The proposed new lots would be served by an existing six (6) inch water line. It ... Read More »

Crossville will pursue new metering systems out of its main water system and replace household meters in an effort to curb water loss. The city has lost some 254 million gallons of water during the first six months of the year. That’s roughly a 31 percent water loss. The state requires water loss to be below 19.9 percent, according to ... Read More »

The Baxter Planning Commission approved a preliminary plat for a new subdivision at the corner of Highway 56 and Highway 70. A total of 88 lots are included in the 36.7 acres. Baxter Planning Director Tommy Lee said the lots would range in size from 0.19 acres to 10.09 acres. Three streets will be built as part of the new ... Read More »

Cookeville Regional reports two more COVID-19 deaths, both residents from Putnam County. One resident died Monday, the other Sunday. 19 people died statewide Monday from COVID, according to the Tennessee Department of Health. 22 patients remain hospitalized with COVID-19 at CRMC. Seven are in ICU, according to Public Relations Director Melahn Finley. Across Putnam County, 392 active COVID cases are ... Read More »

House Speaker Cameron Sexton said he believes the state needs a special legislative session to cover several issues facing Tennessee. The session will begin next Monday. Governor Bill Lee said the special session will address extending COVID-19 liability protections in order to provide legal clarity and certainty for health care providers, businesses, schools, non-profits and others. “I agree with Governor ... Read More »