Putnam County Family Resource Agency Director Amy Stockwell said October is Domestic Violence Awareness month. “It’s an opportunity for us to remind people about domestic violence and the issue it is in our community and we hope we can make it a chance to remind them how they can help and be a solution to domestic violence,” Stockwell said. Throughout ... Read More »

Chase Hoke talks with Red Boiling Springs’ Coach Michael Brown about his team’s two bye weeks, and York Institute’s coach Derwin Wright about his team’s offense and their success. Read More »

Sheila Scruggs sits down with Holly Hanson with Cumberland Business Incubator in Crossville about one day only Dave Ramsey’s Leadership Conference. Read More »

Larry Stone talks with Cookeville High School Coach Jimmy Maynard and Jackson County Coach Sean Loftis about their team’s bye week and what impact it might have on their upcoming game. Read More »

Crossville’s Christmas Parade features the importance of reading. The theme this year is “Reading Around The Christmas Tree.” The Cumberland County Board of Education’s Early Literacy Council will be the parade marshals. Entry forms are available at the Palace Theater on Main Street. Entries are free and will be accepted up until December 6.   Read More »

White County students greatly improved their ACT scores. The state Education Department Tuesday said ACT scores improved statewide, but White County posted the largest gains in the state. White County Schools Director Kurt Dronebarger said White County High has been devoted to raising the scores. “Just want to congratulate principal Grant Swallows and his team for their hard work, it’s ... Read More »

Folks wanting to burn brush will need a permit starting Sunday. Statewide, folks outside of cities and towns will need a permit from the county or state forestry service to burn. The burn permit season runs from October 15 to May 15 each year. Putnam County Fire Chief Tom Brown said it’s a good thing. “It is the dry season ... Read More »

Milling has begun on Cookeville’s Willow Avenue. TDOT spokesman Jennifer Flynn said the two-part project is on schedule. Contractor Rogers Group has lowered manholes, repaired sidewalks and drainage catchbasins. Now they’re removing old pavement before applying new asphalt. Flynn said the whole project should be complete by Halloween. The project begins just south of Jackson Street and will cover 2 ... Read More »

The CRMC Foundation donated 50 Epi pens to the Putnam County Sheriff’s Department this week. Director John Bell said it’s the latest in the foundation’s effort to make sure that organizations all over the Upper Cumberland have the potentially life-saving drug. “We were thrilled to do that and we were really only able to do it because of a number ... Read More »

Things will get bright at the Highlands Business Park this week when a new solar array powers up. Restoration Services Inc., partnered with Vis Solis Inc. and the TVA, Highlands Business Park, Putnam County and the city of Cookeville. They’ve created a solar power facility at the park. It’s big enough to power 156 average homes for a year. Authorities ... Read More »