Cookeville Resident Lillian Hartgrove will serve another two years as the State Board of Education Chair. Members of the State Board of Education re-elected Hartgrove during the first quarterly meeting of 2019. Vice Chair Gordon Ferguson nominated Hartgrove for re-election. “Ms. Hartgrove has done an excellent job in this role after replacing our former long-term chairman, Mr. Fielding Rolston,” Ferguson said. ... Read More »
A Sparta woman faces multiple charges after leading Cookeville police on a high-speed chase Friday. Officials charged 48-year-old Gloria Geer with reckless endangerment, evading arrest, and driving on a revoked license. Arrest warrants indicate officers observed a red Pontiac with an inoperable tail light traveling east on Interstate Drive and proceeded to engage emergency equipment. The Pontiac turned onto South Walnut Avenue, ... Read More »
Two Putnam County inmates face additional charges following an attempted escape Wednesday. Authorities found 36-year-old James Martin and 36-year-old Shawn Gibson outside of their assigned confinement area without permission or order from the Correctional Officer. Arrest warrants indicate the Correctional Officer heard noises coming from the ceiling of the second-floor during a security walk. Jail personnel found Martin and Gibson ... Read More »
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) named Fall Creek Falls State Park the winner of the 2018 Excellence in Facilities Management Award. Parks and Conservation Deputy Commissioner Brock Hill said the award took into account many operations of Fall Creek Falls. “This recognition is extremely significant in that it encompasses the many operations conducted throughout the entire perimeter ... Read More »
Cumberland County Schools will start the search for a new Pathway Coach for Phoenix High School. Chief Academic Officer Dr. Rebecca Wood said the school will hire a career coach to help students with goals beyond graduation. “And that is the purpose of this coach, to work with individual students. This position is about working with the student to help ... Read More »
Tennessee Technological University has received a new position in the Carnegie Classification. Tennessee Tech increased in the national classification system to an R2 status. The R2 status indicates a doctoral university with high research activity. The Carnegie system award sone of three classifications, including R1 doctoral universities with very high research activity and Doctoral and Professional universities. Carnegie only awards R1 and R2 ... Read More »
Celina’s Cumberland River Hospital will permanently close its doors on March 1, due to insufficient revenue and financial losses. The decision was made Thursday night during a Cumberland River Hospital Board of Trustees meeting. Cookeville Regional Medical Center CEO Paul Korth said the closing will cost 146 full-time and part-time employees their positions. “Each employee up there is going to receive a ... Read More »
The Tennessee Supreme Court will soon hear a case being appealed by a local newspaper. Jeffery Todd Burke initially sued the Sparta newspaper, The Expositor, for defamatory reports regarding an already closed indictment. The Jeffery Todd Burke vs. Sparta Newspaper Inc. case began in the White County Circuit court, where court officials ruled in favor of the newspaper company under ... Read More »
State Senator Brenda Gilmore will headline a Martin Luther King Jr. Day Event at the Putnam County Courthouse Sunday. President of the NAACP Cookeville-Putnam County Branch Tom Savage said he expects inspiration from her keynote speech. “We are having newly elected Senator Brenda Gilmore of Nashville, Tennessee, who is a lifetime member of the NAACP but a ferocious activist in ... Read More »
Members of The Upper Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation may receive a scam phone call concerning a utility bill. Terri Merryman with Upper Cumberland Electric Public Relations said the scammers will ask for credit card information and if the customer refuses the scammers ask for them to call another number. “They ask you to call this customer service number and they ask ... Read More »
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