Cookeville High School (CHS) has hired Joshua Heard to lead its boys basketball program. The former Prescott South Middle School coach said he’s excited for the opportunity. “Over the last couple of years being a middle school basketball coach here at Prescott, at Algood, Avery Trace… being able to know one day down the road all those kids are going ... Read More »

Putnam County’s new hazardous waste facility should be completed and operational later this fall. That according to County Mayor Randy Porter. “We bid the project out and it’s already under construction,” Porter said. “Hopefully if everything works out right, the building should be completed later this summer and us moving into it sometime this fall.” The State of Tennessee awarded ... Read More »

Cumberland County officials are hopeful a push by the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) improves the accuracy of broadband coverage maps. Mayor Allen Foster said current coverage maps hinder the county’s ability to receive grants and improve broadband service to residents. “There are some major problems with those maps,” Foster said. “The data used to create those maps is given to ... Read More »

An independent auditor has found no issues in the Upper Cumberland Regional Airport’s annual audit report. Airport Manager Dean Selby said the clean report gives him confidence the airport is being operated properly. “Being a government entity, we have to have an annual audit of our financials, and the audit report was clean. They had no findings,” Selby said. “That’s ... Read More »

Algood Police officers made two heroin arrests during separate incidents Friday. The first incident occurred when authorities arrested Jonathon Clark and Derrick Griffin at Speedway. Officers observed Clark inside the store who appeared to be intoxicated. Clark admitted to police he drove to the gas station on a revoked license. A search revealed heroin in Clark’s pocket, plus drug paraphernalia ... Read More »

Crochet for Cancer has created a new chapter in Cookeville. The new chapter known as Threads of Sunshine will create homemade items such as hats, scarves, and afghans to help comfort area cancer patients. The new Cookeville chapter becomes the second Crochet for Canc Area residents looking to join the chapter and participate can visit the Threads of Sunshine Facebook ... Read More »

The Cookeville Police Department (CPD) has begun accepting bids for pre-construction services for its new headquarters. CPD requires general contractors to submit bids by the Aug. 1 deadline. City Council members voted earlier this year to approve a subcontracting method to complete the project. The method allows the selected contractor to bid portions of the overall project to separate entities. ... Read More »

Crossville city officials have dropped a condemnation lawsuit against Crossville Ceramics. The lawsuit was to condemn a portion of property along Interstate Drive for a road improvement project. City Attorney Will Ridley said during Tuesday’s council meeting the city has only one more tract to close before moving onto the next phase of the project. The city filed the “friendly ... Read More »

State representative John Mark Windle wants Tennessee officials to investigate Rennova Health Systems and its CEO Seamus Lagan. Windle said he has requested an audit on the Jamestown Regional Medical Center owners after talking with current and former employees of the hospital. “Many of them relayed to me that no withholding has been paid to the state of Tennessee since ... Read More »