Highway 56, which runs North and South through Gainesboro, will soon be named in memory of the late Jackson County Deputy Zach Larnerd. His father, Gainesboro Police Chief Rick Larnerd, said State Representative John Mark Windle and Senator Paul Bailey worked with the state to get the road named in honor of Zach. “I’m extremely proud and I’ll be very ... Read More »

As of this afternoon about 75 Cookeville Electric customers remain without power following Saturday night’s storm system. Karen Brown with Cookeville Electric’s energy services said getting everyone back online has been a daunting task. “We have 12 to 15 broken poles and we still have to replace about 10 big transformers,” Brown said. “We are still discovering more and more ... Read More »

The Monterey Lions Club Disaster Response Team is in need of volunteers. A total of nine people are helping the organization cleanup debris left behind from Saturday’s storm system. Director Ken Hall said his crew began assisting with recovery efforts at about 4 a.m. Sunday. Workers spent much of Sunday afternoon working in the area of Hudgens and East Spring ... Read More »

According to the TWRA, a semi truck struck a bear in Cumberland County this morning. The carcass of the animal was found on Interstate 40 near mile marker 324. TWRA officials say bears are leaving their homes to forage for food. Officials want to remind people to cleanup after cookouts and to not leave leftovers and trash around the outside ... Read More »

The Tennessee Valley Authority will disconnect power Saturday, June 3rd to Upper Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation members served from the Livingston Substation. The power interruption is needed by TVA to replace equipment. Upper Cumberland Electric will take advantage of the outage to do necessary maintenance on its equipment. The scheduled power outage will begin at 10:00 PM Saturday and could ... Read More »

A Cookveille man is under a $150,000 bond after being arrested on drug charges this week. According to Cookeville Police, 36-year-old Joseph Israel Neely allegedly had 400 grams of methamphetamine in his possession. While executing a search warrant at a West Broad Street location Wednesday, Detective Chase Mathis found Neely flushing bags of meth down a toilet. He was arrested ... Read More »

The Upper Cumberland’s unemployment rate decreased more than a whole percentage point from March to April. The region had a 5.2 percent unemployment rate in March compared to April’s rate of 4-percent. Clay and Pickett County had the greatest decrease in unemployment with a 1.7 percent rate of change. Clay County went from a 6.5 percent unemployment rate in March ... Read More »

A total of five people applied for the vacant Algood City Council seat. The deadline to apply occurred yesterday. City Administrator Keith Morrison has declined to publicly identify the applicants at this time. Those who applied had to be registered voters and a resident of Algood for at least one year. The person chosen to serve on the council will ... Read More »

A DeKalb County woman serving an eight year prison sentence for aggravated child neglect had a parole hearing yesterday. During that hearing a parole officer recommended that Jessica Ashley May be denied parole based on the seriousness of her crime. Authorities issued charges to May after her fiance, Cody Key, fatally beat her 23-month-old child in 2015. Key received a ... Read More »

The Cumberland County Beer Board levied fines against nine businesses Wednesday for selling alcohol to minors. According to authorities, the businesses sold the alcohol during an undercover operation on prom night. Each business had the opportunity to accept a $2,500 fine or a 90-day suspension of their license. All nine businesses pleaded guilty and accepted the $2,500 fine. The businesses ... Read More »