Putnam County Commissioners will be filling another vacant seat when they meet in regular session Monday night. Three people have expressed interest in filling the unexpired term of former 10th District Commissioner Tony Honeycutt. Honeycutt resigned last month after he moved out of the 10th District. The three people hoping to replace him include Joe Iwanyszyn, Judy Morgan, and Danny ... Read More »

Lots of progress is being made on the emergency shelter in Pall Mall, according to Fentress County officials. County Executive J. Michael Cross said when completed next year, the building will be a huge benefit to the Pall Mall Community. “It’s one of our few communities that does not have any form of emergency shelter of any type,” Cross said. ... Read More »

Spencer’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen have voted to amend the city’s charter. The charter change will reduce the Mayor’s salary from $63,000 a year to $45,000. Town officials said the salary reduction will go into effect after the November 2018 city elections. The board has also requested city attorney Ed Boring to draft two other charter amendments that would ... Read More »

Macon County authorities have charged two men with attempted criminal homicide after they allegedly fired shots into a home occupied by a man and his 12-year-old daughter. Authorities have identified the suspects as 33-year-old William Harvey Piper and 35-year-old Daniel E. Snowden. Both men remain behind bars on $750,000. The incident, which happened last week, remains under investigation, but authorities said ... Read More »

Putnam County’s Fiscal Review Committee has recommended approval of a sale agreement for property in the highlands Business Park. If approved by the County Commission on Monday, Cookeville-based Oculus Software would purchase the 4.3 acres for $20,000 per acre, or about $86,000. Oculus Software formed in 2008 out of Bank of Putnam County. The company currently has nine employees and ... Read More »

Two commencement ceremonies will be held at Tennessee Tech Saturday. Tech will award 1,223 degrees, that include undergraduate degrees in 39 fields of study and graduate degrees in 22 fields of study, in two commencement ceremonies. Tennessee Tech president Phil Oldham will preside over commencement ceremonies while Christy Killman, chairperson of Tech’s exercise science, physical education and wellness department and ... Read More »

Clay County Commissioners have voted to hire and architectural firm to officially start the process of designing a new jail. County Mayor Dale Reagan said the current jail far too old and needs to be replaced. “It’s been a long time coming and several years that this has been talked about,” Reagan said. “The jail was built in the early ... Read More »

Putnam County has received a state grant to support a program that aims to reduce the amount of food waste entering the county landfill. County Executive Randy porter said the $150,000 TDEC grant will fund equipment for a pilot project on composting food waste with wood chippings. “When you mix those two together, it creates a product called humus, which ... Read More »

Clay County officials have something to cheer about. County Mayor Dale Reagan said the Tennessee Corrections Institute Board voted in Nashville last week to re-certify the Clay County Jail. “They re-certified for another year based off our plan of action and minimum progress we are making toward the process of building a new jail,” Reagan said. ” Me and the ... Read More »

A judge has scheduled a January preliminary hearing date for a Smith County man accused of three shootings in a span of one night last month. 55-year-old Stacye Lee Nash remains behind bars on charges of attempted first-degree murder. That charge stems from one of the shooting incidents on November 26th, in which Nash allegedly fired shots towards his step-son ... Read More »