There is still no sign of a missing man in Fentress County. The search for 57-year-old Danny Ray Hall entered day eight today with crews focusing on an area around Glenobey Road, where a resident located a ball cap earlier this week. EMA Director James Bilbrey said today that search crews located that cap along with a Twix candy bar ... Read More »

The McMinnville Board of Mayor and Aldermen have approved the sale of two downtown city lots for $25,000. McMinnville-based Investment Partners LLC officially purchased the lots Tuesday evening. Investment Partners representative Bobby Kirby said the group plans to build a two story building with residential condominiums on the top floor and retail space on the bottom. “We are excited about ... Read More »

A Deadly shooting in Overton County remains under investigation by the TBI. According to a written statement from the TBI on Wednesday, the shooting happened Sunday morning at a home on Highland Mountain Road. The statement said Overton County deputies responded to the scene and found 41-year-old Timmy Melton injured from a gunshot wound to the head. Melton received treatment ... Read More »

The Cookeville Planning Commission has approved a plan of services for annexation and recommended that the city council review the plan for approval. Residents have submitted a petition requesting annexation for a 249-acre property at the southwest intersection of Interstate 40 and State Highway 111, just off of Salem Road. Planning Director James Mills said the process of annexing land ... Read More »

Smith County’s Highway 25 will officially reopen October 31st. It marks the third reopening date that TDOT has announced since unstable rock forced the road to close in June. TDOT spokesman Kathryn Schulte said crews will begin paving the the road by the end of this week, but the project isn’t scheduled to be completed until May 15th, 2018. “There ... Read More »

White County authorities have located a missing 15-year-old boy safe and unharmed. According to White County Sheriff’s officials, search crews located Zain Shoupe this morning on Charlie Hicky Road in White County. Shoupe, who reportedly had autism, went missing Tuesday afternoon after leaving his residence in the Bon Air Mountain area. Crews from multiple area law enforcement agencies helped search ... Read More »

A Fentress County man sustained minor injuries when a deer ran out in front of his vehicle Tuesday morning. The injured is identified as 25-year-old Mason Bradley. According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, the accident happened on Interstate 40 near miler marker 320 in Cumberland County. A preliminary report states that Bradley’s 1999 Ford Explorer struck the deer, causing the vehicle ... Read More »

Pickett County received a $231,000 grant yesterday from the State Department of Environment and Conservation. County Executive Richard Daniel said the grant will help enhance a recycling program the county started about two years ago. “This grant will enable us to buy new equipment and enable us to process more recyclable material,” Daniel said. “That means it will cost the ... Read More »

The Putnam County Board of Education voted unanimously Tuesday to ask for a 45 day extension on an option to purchase land for a new elementary school in Southwest Cookeville. A number of board members still had concerns about soil issues at the site, which could cost a considerable amount of money to address. “If we had to stabilize the ... Read More »

A Cumberland County Grand Jury has indicted a Crossville woman for a May 2017 crash that injured a Crossville attorney. The indictments handed down Monday charge 28-year-old Nicole LouAnn O’Neal with aggravated assault, reckless endangerment, evading arrest, and DUI. Police said the crash happened on East First Street when an officer attempted to stop a 2012 Honda allegedly driven by ... Read More »