Officials charged a Monterey man with aggravated assault after he pulled a knife on a woman inside his home. Dewey Farley Jr., 43, was arrested and booked into the Putnam County Jail Monday. According to Farley’s arrest warrant, officials responded to a disturbance on Cade Road in Monterey. The arrest warrant indicates Farley pulled a knife on his girlfriend in ... Read More »
One interview remains in the search for a Standing Stone Care and Rehabilitation Center Facility operator. Mayor Bill Wiggins said the Standing Stone Health Board has interviewed four operators so far. “We have one more interview to do,” Wiggins said. “And then we will get down to, what I would like to call, cut to the bone conversation with people ... Read More »
Spencer woman Tosha Howard, 31, faces multiple charges of driving under the influence and child endangerment from Saturday. Authorities responded to the report of a reckless driver on HWY 111. Law enforcement from another agency observed Howard swerving and eventually stop in the left turn lane to enter I-40. Officers made contact with Howard and removed the keys from the vehicle. ... Read More »
Monterey Board of Mayor and Aldermen will consider the low bids for the Rail Trail extension during the meeting this evening. Mayor Bill Wiggins said the city received four bids for the project. “Monterey has put out bids to extend our Rail Trail from Poplar Street to Walnut and a little bit beyond. Not quite to Oak.,” Wiggins said. “We will ... Read More »
A single-vehicle wreck this morning revealed to involve a stolen car from Cookeville. Tennessee Highway Patrol responded to a single-vehicle wreck this morning on I-40. Monterey man, Charles King, 41, was traveling westbound on I-40 in the left lane. Around 3:46 am, King drove off the left side of the road and struck a cable barrier. The 2009 Toyota Corolla ... Read More »
Monterey Mayor Bill Wiggins will propose undergoing a sidewalk study during the next Monterey Mayor and Board of Aldermen meeting. Wiggins said the study would highlight priority areas in need of better sidewalks. “I am proposing that the Street Committee of the Board of Aldermen undertake a study of sidewalk needs in the town of Monterey, set some priorities,” Wiggins ... Read More »
Work crews will begin paving North Dixie Avenue and Jere Whitson Road on Monday. Public Works Director Greg Brown said milling on the streets finished on Thursday. “We haven’t actually started paving. We are milling some of the existing asphalt out to establish our curb relief, where there are sidewalks and curbs along both,” Brown said. “And they should have ... Read More »
Authorities charged a Baxter man with domestic assault after investigating an accident in Cookeville Wednesday. Cookeville Police arrested 31-year-old Levi Scott and booked him into the Putnam County Jail $10,000 bond. According to arrest warrants, the accident occurred in the area of West Broad Street and South Willow Avenue just before 12:30 p.m. Scott’s father was driving the vehicle when ... Read More »
Cookeville Police Department arrested a 23-year-old man for driving under the influence on South Willow Avenue. CPD charged Santos Waldemar Francisco Perez after they noticed a vehicle driving in and out of traffic while failing to signal. As police approached, the vehicle began to run another vehicle off the road. According to the arrest warrant, Perez had watery eyes, slurred speech, unsteady ... Read More »
Enrique Hernandez Rodriguez, 25, will serve fifteen years for aggravated kidnapping. Rodriguez pled guilty to especially aggravated kidnapping, two counts and three counts of aggravated assault, and four counts attempted carjacking on Monday. Officials also sentenced Rodriguez to six years for aggravated assault and three years for attempted carjacking. Authorities initially arrested Rodriguez in July of 2017. Aggravated kidnapping is listed ... Read More »
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