The Cookeville Regional Charitable Foundation recently had it’s first reported save with its EpiPen program. Charles Womack helped start the program. In late March, Womack said a Cookeville Police officer responded to reports of a women experiencing breathing trouble due to an allergic reaction. “The police arrived and had to force their way in to get to her,” Womack said. ... Read More »

Crossville Police have arrested a man after finding multiple grams of methamphetamine inside a parked car at the Eagle Food Mart. 31-year-old Jonothan Adam Fleenor faces a charge of sale, manufacture, and delivery of a schedule II drug. According to a Crossville Police Report, officers witnessed Fleenor exit a white van and place a bag into a gold Toyota Camry. ... Read More »

Algood has purchased a cloud service server to replace its current in-house server. Algood City Administrator Keith Morrison said the service will cost the city $25,000 over five years. “It’s going to be cloud backup storage that will always be stored at multiple locations so we don’t have to worry about losing our data,” Morrison said. “It’s also going to ... Read More »

The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office will hold a law enforcement memorial Monday. The memorial service will kick off National Police Week. Lieutenant Rick Baker said law enforcement agencies from across the Volunteer State will be attending to the memorial. “We’re going to have all of the different vehicles representing cities and counties across the state,” Baker said. “We are going ... Read More »

A head-on vehicle collision injured three people in Cumberland County Wednesday. The crash happened around 12:30 p.m. on Highway 70 West. The Tennessee Highway Patrol reports that the crash happened as 77-year-old Katherine McFarland of Crossville attempted turn onto Highway 70 East from Parks Road. The report states that McFarland’s Ford Taurus turned into the westbound lane and collided head-on ... Read More »

Roane State wants to bring a permanent satellite campus to Fentress county. Fentress County Executive J. Michael Cross said the county has offered the Clarkrange Industrial Park as a possible location. “We are excited about trying to get Roane State’s permanent facility,” Cross said. “We think it would be a great draw for industry and jobs.” Cross said the industrial ... Read More »

The policy council of the Upper Cumberland Human Resource Agency voted to fire Executive Director Luke Collins Wednesday. Putnam County Executive Randy Porter was one of several executive board members who voted to ratify the policy council’s decision. The policy council voted 14-12 to terminate Collins “I felt like the agency, for quite a while now, has been going in ... Read More »

The Tennessee Court of Appeals upheld a trial court’s decision to revoke probation for a White County man. The trial court ordered James Wolford to serve his original 4-year sentence for possessing meth after he assaulted and injured two men in April of last year. Court documents indicate that Wolford used a stick to attack the men, causing a compound ... Read More »

Cookeville Police have charged a man for allegedly possessing pornographic images of children. Authorities have charged Harold Doug Stockton with sexual exploitation of a minor. Cookeville Police officials said they received a tip of child pornography being found at the Cookeville Rescue Mission. An officer searched through Stockton’s Google Drive account and allegedly found two video files containing children engaged ... Read More »

Crossville City Council members passed a resolution Tuesday declaring the Eastern Bluebird as the official bird of the city. Crossville Mayor James Mayberry made the motion to approve the resolution. “Cumberland County has a healthy population of bluebirds,” Mayberry said. “The Cumberland County Bluebird club places and currently monitors over 130 bluebird nest boxes at Bear Trace Golf Course, Four ... Read More »