The Putnam County Commission has approved a resolution establishing the county as a drug-free workplace. County Attorney Jeff Jones said stringent training requirements kept the county from seeking certified drug-free workplace status for several years. “With all the burdens of training requirements that were in place prior to May of 2018, we just felt like it wasn’t worth doing,” Jones ... Read More »

Authorities charged a Crossville woman on Monday after her vehicle crashed into a church bus carrying ten juveniles in Cumberland County. The incident happened just before 3 p.m. on Highway 70 in Pleasant Hill. The Tennessee Highway Patrol said 29-year-old Kristin R. Findley was traveling West in a 2004 Ford Taurus. 33-year-old Kirsten M. Teeple of Crossville was driving the ... Read More »

Two former corrections officers with the Warren County Jail face charges of tampering with governmental records. Authorities began investigating 22-year-old Zechariah Jacob Clark and 28-year-old Steven Thomas Mason after an inmate died earlier this year. The investigation revealed that the two men did not conduct a required jail walk-through. Authorities also accused Clark and Mason of altering jail logs to ... Read More »

State Troopers arrested a Nashville man Tuesday morning after he fled a traffic stop and crashed his vehicle in Putnam County. The Tennessee Highway Patrol identified the suspect as 30-year-old Donald L. Jones. A crash report said authorities conducted a traffic stop at the 297 eastbound mile marker because Jones was driving erratic and failing to maintain his travel lane. ... Read More »

Perdue Farms has proposed a new water and sewer rate agreement to the town of Monterey. Water and Sewer Department Director Duane Jarrett said the agreement keeps Monterey citizens from subsidizing the cost for the city’s new water and sewer plant. “I was prepared last month to come to this meeting and tell you all that we were going to ... Read More »

The Cookeville City Council will consider a new long-term agreement with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) this week. Electric Department Director Carl Haney said the 20-year deal would come with a few added benefits. “One of those is a 3.1-percent discount to our wholesale rate,” Haney said. “Also, they have some provisions in there for rate increases. If they increase ... Read More »

The City of Jamestown hopes to move forward with its splash pad project before the end of this year. Mayor Lyndon Baines said he’ll be signing the grant contract in the near future. “As soon as I sign the contract, construction will start,” Baines said. “We’ve already had some engineering work done by some people planning on working with us. ... Read More »

Power will be interrupted Monday evening for all areas served from the Moss substation in Clay County. Tri-County Electric has scheduled the outage to upgrade the transmission line from Dale Hollow to Moss. The project will affect Moss, Union Hill, Oak Grove, Pine Hill, and Tompkinsville Road. Crews will begin shutting off power at 10 p.m. Officials said residents can ... Read More »