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Livingston to Enforce Junkyard Ordinance

The City of Livingston will begin to enforce a junkyard ordinance. Mayor Curtis Hayes said the ordinance serves as the last in a series of property maintenance codes enacted by the city. “You know, everything will be fine if we just use a little common sense. And the city is not trying to be the big bad wolf,” Hayes said. ... Read More »

Putnam Fire Proposes Three New Full Time Positions

The Putnam County Fire Department has requested funding for three new firefighters. Fire Chief Tom Brown said the new full-time employees would work out of the Monterey station. “In our lifetime, we are never going to be a full-time fire department. I don’t know if we will ever be a fulltime fire department,” Brown said. “But if we can get ... Read More »

Upperman Veterans Monument Construction Continues

The Upperman Campus Community Council expects to have the Veterans Monument complete before the football season begins. Council-Manager Eric Brown said the council will decide on a dedication date once names are on the stone columns. “So right now, obviously all focus is on getting the monument up and getting it finished and polished up,” Brown said. “So that we ... Read More »

TWRA Offers 2019 Free Fishing Day Saturday

Anyone can fish without a license in public waters today. Free Fishing Day is an annual event created by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. A press release said the TWRA hopes the free day will increase interest in fishing, especially in young children. All public waters, TWRA owned lakes, and state park facilities will participate Saturday and throughout the week. ... Read More »

Seven Employers to Attend Goodwill Job Fair

Seven employers will participate in a job fair Tuesday. The event hosted by Goodwill Career Solutions Center in Cookeville can connect job-seekers with over 100 available positions. Employers include Perdue Farms, ABM, Bledsoe County Correctional Complex, WISE Staffing, Senior Solutions Home Care, UCHRA STAR program, and Goodwill. The companies will look to fill positions for a cashier, processor, production worker, ... Read More »

Clay County Awarded Industrial Site Development Grant

Clay County has received a Site Development Grant for the Mitchell Street Industrial Property. Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Kevin Donaldson said the grant will pay for due diligence studies and a grading plan. “What that will include for us is a variety of things there,” Donaldson said. “Additional shovel testing on the site, additional soil borings on the site, ... Read More »

Putnam County May See $4,000 Penny Value Increase

Putnam County could see a penny value increase of almost $4,000. Budget Committee Chairman Ben Rodgers said the penny value can affect how much the county  taxes. “So the penny value increase of almost four thousand dollars is a result of the growth of people building and improving property with housing or new businesses coming in that are establishing a ... Read More »

Smithville Looks to Increase Property Tax Rate

Smithville residents could be facing an 89-cent property tax rate next fiscal year. Mayor Josh Miller said the 25-cent increase would help the city operate within the city’s revenue. “Like everyone else, you kind of kick the can down the road as you can because nobody likes a property tax increase,” Miller said. “I don’t either. But you know we ... Read More »

Cup and Saucer Building Needs More Renovations

Renovations on the former Monterey Cup and Saucer building will take longer than first expected. That according to new owner David Louis Caratachea. “We expected something easy but you know there was so much here, so we decided we are going to renovate the whole thing,” Caratachea said. “[We are] going to tear everything apart, so we are going to ... Read More »

Chamber of Commerce to Re-market Jackson County

The Gainesboro- Jackson County Chamber of Commerce is looking to rebrand the county. Chamber President Jordan Hunter said having a vision for the county can bring more economic growth. “I felt like, as a chamber, we were kind of stagnant and didn’t really know a direction to go in. So what we wanted to do was to find a direction,” ... Read More »