Tennessee Tech has scored high marks in the state’s funding formula. During Monday’s Board of Trustees meeting, Tech President Phil Oldham said TTU scored atop all state locally governed universities, which could lead to additional funding appropriations to the university. “An additional 6.5-percent increase in state appropriations is being proposed for this year or approximately $3 million,” Oldham said. “Doing ... Read More »

Six people expressed interest last night in filling one of the two vacant Algood City Council seats. One of the six was Luke Hill, who moved to Algood 18 months ago from Memphis. Hill said he believed a fresh face would be beneficial to the council. “We have seen some of the strife recently and we are concerned,” Hill said. ... Read More »

A grand jury has indicted three men who escaped from the Macon County Jail last month and two women who allegedly aided one of the escapees. Inmates Dylan Ferguson, Jeffery Strong, and Matthew White are each charged with felony escape, theft of property, and vandalism. All three are behind bars under $50,000 bond. The indictments charge Sky Lynn White and ... Read More »

The Cumberland County Budget Committee has approved paying an additional $5,000 to purchase land under the Art Circle Library. Earlier this year Norfolk Southern Railroad notified the county that the library sits on railroad property that existed some 20-years. Norfolk had originally asked the county to pay $40,000 for the property, but a few months later that price went up ... Read More »

State officials have announced that Fall Creek Falls inn, restaurant, and conference center will officially close April 2nd in order to get ready for a $25 million rebuild. Officials said plans include demolishing two structures and building one inn with roughly 85 rooms, a restaurant, and conference center. The project puts 31 full-time and potentially 27 part-time jobs at stake. ... Read More »

DeKalb County authorities charged a Smithville man with aggravated arson after he allegedly shot a flare gun into home occupied by a woman and a child last week. A judge has set 20-year-old Daniel Lewis Dillard’s bond at more than a million dollars. Officials said no injuries occurred during the incident, but the flare did cause damage to the home ... Read More »

A Crossville man suffered injuries after a shotgun discharged and struck the man in the hand Sunday night. According to a police report, 30-year-old Daniel Parsons was cleaning the weapon when it accidentally discharged and almost severed his index finger. Parsons received treatment at U.T. Medical Center where he was listed in stable condition. Officials said pellets from the shotgun ... Read More »

You may have noticed some brine trucks on Cookeville’s Willow Avenue and Parts of Interstate 40 today. TDOT Spokeswoman Jennifer Flynn said the department has decided to brine all nine Upper Cumberland counties in District 27 due to possible snow showers expected early Tuesday morning. “Forecasts have possible snow showers for early tomorrow morning mainly from Monterey then north and ... Read More »

Putnam County authorities are investigating a stabbing that occurred Sunday between 7:00 and 8:00 p.m. Authorities said 27-year-old Jason Montgomery suffered a stab wound during an altercation with another man at a home on Eller Ridge Road. According to a written release from the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office, Montgomery received treatment at Cookeville Regional Medical Center and was later flown ... Read More »

Sparta’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen have passed an ordinance on first reading that allows the manufacturing of beer within city limits. The city currently doesn’t have an ordinance to address the manufacturing of alcohol within the city. The city does have an ordinance that allows and regulates the sale of alcohol through the city beer board. The city chose ... Read More »