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Halloween Crash Injures Two People In Cookeville

A head-on collision injured two people in Cookeville Tuesday night. According to a press release from the Cookeville Police Department, the crash happened around 8:50 p.m. on North Dixie Avenue near Kenway Street. Officials said 51-year-old Leonard Lowe of Baxter had to be airlifted to Nashville’s TriStar Medical Center following the crash. As of this morning, Lowe is listed in ... Read More »

Deliberations Begin In Bryan Cooke Murder Trial

Warren County Jurors will begin deliberations today in the Bryan Cooke murder trial case. Cooke is charged with first-degree murder in the June 2015 shooting death on his in-laws, Gail and Gary Dodson. Their bodies found stabbed to death inside their Fairview Community home. Officials said Cooke fled to Jacksonville Florida following the killings. Prosecutors have asked the jury to ... Read More »

More Details Released In Officer-Involved Shooting In Overton Co.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has confirmed that Overton County law enforcement officers shot and killed an unidentified man Tuesday night. The shooting happened around 5:00 p.m. at a Petalbrook Lane residence. Authorities said a resident contacted authorities to report an abandoned vehicle with bullet holes on his property. Officials said two Overton County deputies arrived on scene and encountered ... Read More »

Man Killed In Officer Involved Shooting In Overton County

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has confirmed that an unidentified male died during an officer-involved shooting in Overton County Tuesday night. According to a statement from the TBI, no officers were injured. Authorities said the incident happened on Petal Brook Lane, but they could not provide a specific address. The specific Overton County law enforcement agency involved in the incident ... Read More »

Sparta Hospital Working To Expand Geriatric Unit

Sparta’s Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital has received permission to move forward with plans to add four beds to its existing at-capacity 10 bed geriatric impatient psychiatric unit. The $350,000expansion would allow the hospital the further meet local behavioral needs. The project would convert two rooms from the medical surgical unit into senior care patient rooms. Officials said the project would ... Read More »

Overton County Power Outage Rescheduled For Saturday

The Tennessee valley Authority will try for a second time to conduct a planned power outage in Overton County this weekend. Inclement weather postponed the outage last weekend, but TVA officials have rescheduled the outage for Saturday, November 4th. The outage is expected to affect thousands of residents in Overton County communities. TVA said they will be disconnecting power to ... Read More »

Smith County’s Hartsville Pike Shut Down Today For Prepping Work

Smith County’s Hartsville Pike shut down for about four hours today as county crews prepped for a paving project. Smith County Highway Superintendent Steve Coble said TDOT will be paving the road which is currently being used as a detour for the Highway 25 closure. “The state has made a deal with the Smith County Highway department because so many ... Read More »

Traffic Study Presented To Cookeville Officials Monday

An engineering firm hired by TDOT to perform a transportation study in Cookeville presented its findings and recommendations to city officials last night. The study involved a major street plan and corridor analysis, which recommended some $68.7 million in proposed road improvement projects. “I’m not sure how we fund that $60 million in projects, but I think we start with ... Read More »

Cookeville’s Visitors’ Bureau Hosts Social Media Influencers

Cookeville recently had some internationally-vetted social media influencers tour the town and surrounding area. Chamber of Commerce Vice president of Visitor Development Zach Ledbetter said it was a new way to strategize its target marketing plans. “With the impact of social media, we know that we can reach the millenial traveler that are following these social media influencers,” Ledbetter said. ... Read More »