Poke sallet, poke salad, Polk weed, pokeweed. Whatever you call it, this regional poisonous weed plays an important role in Jackson County’ history. Jim Whitaker is a native of Jackson County. Whitaker said poke sallet, as it is called in Jackson County, is eaten mainly in spring and summer. Whitaker said people in Jackson County have eaten the plant for as long as ... Read More »

The Algood city council will vote on the first reading of the annual budget Tuesday night. The proposed budget calls for a property tax of 0.4887 dollars per one hundred dollars of assessed value on all real and personal property. The budget includes funding for various capital projects. Five hundred thousand dollars will go towards expanding the Fire Hall.  Sixty thousand dollars contributes ... Read More »

Tennessee Technological University will hold two commencement ceremonies on Saturday. The first ceremony awards graduates from the colleges of arts and sciences, engineering, interdisciplinary studies and the school of nursing. The second ceremony presents graduates from the colleges of agriculture & human ecology, business, education and fine arts. President Philip Oldham will oversee the commencement ceremonies.  Carl Owens, a professor in ... Read More »

The Upper Cumberland Landfill has started construction on a vertical expansion. David Smith is the Vice President of  Upper Cumberland Solid Waste Management. “TDEC has decided its more cost effective., if you can do a vertical lift, to do a vertical lift instead of lateral expansion,” Smith said. “Which you have to put all new construction in the bottom of ... Read More »

Upperman Campus Community Council is finishing touches for the veterans’ monument construction. The council plans to build the monument at the Upperman football field. Eric Brown manages the council. “As of right now, with the commitments, we are waiting on, we are at about forty-six or forty-seven hundred dollars, which our initial mark is five thousand,” Brown said. “Discussions are underway ... Read More »

Monterey’s Technology Committee will draft its first social media policy tomorrow. Mayor Bill Wiggins said the policy will protect Monterey. “To establish guardrails, ditches, some avenue with precautions for protecting the constitutional rights,” Wiggins said. “And what actually goes out there on the official name of Monterey.” Wiggins said the policy will help Monterey create an official website. “There’s some domains out ... Read More »

Putnam County will hold a National Day of Prayer on Thursday. This year, the National Day of Prayer’s theme is unity. National Day of Prayer focuses on mobilizing prayer for the nation. The Putnam County service will start with praise and worship and end with prayer. The Putnam County service will be broadcasted on News Talk 94.1. Washington D.C. will live ... Read More »

CAMP HANA will hold an open house for local veterans and their families Saturday, May 5th. The CAMP HANA Veterans Program works with Manna’s Hana Riding Center. Bobbie Abell coordinates the riding center. “We want people to come out the Manna’s Hana Riding Center and see what a mock veteran’s lesson would be like. So they’re going to have hands-on ... Read More »

Exam week may send shivers down some undergraduates’ spines. On the other hand, graduates may say that students have it easy nowadays. But is this actually the case? Dr. Graham Kash, a professor at Tennessee Tech said the pressure remains the same. Kash graduated from Vanderbilt in 1959. Kash said he believes the pressures of college exam week are the ... Read More »

Burgess Falls was awarded the gold -level status in the new Go Green With Us Program. Bill Summers manages Burgess Falls. “The green program came about in the efforts of our department to be more environmentally conscious and use less resources,” Summers said. The Go Green With Us Program encourages Tennessee State Parks to be “green,” Summers said. “It’s based ... Read More »