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Sparta Closer To Paving Roosevelt Drive
Sparta’s long-planned paving project is one step closer to reality. The city’s Board of Mayor ... Read More »
Eliminate Mosquito Breeding Zones To Keep Population Down
The Tennessee Department of Health announced mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus have been found near ... Read More »
Sparta Electric Outage Planned For Saturday
Sparta Electric will have a power outage Saturday night. All customers west of the White ... Read More »
Low Unemployment Doesn’t Show Whole Picture
Gov. Bill Haslam announced Tennessee has historic low unemployment, but there may be more behind ... Read More »
FEMA Intends To Pay For Disaster
FEMA intends to reimburse several Tennessee counties for damage sustained during the Memorial Day storms. ... Read More »
Fentress Destroys More Than 500 Marijuana Plants
Fentress County law enforcement has seized and burned more than 500 marijuana plants. Fentress County ... Read More »
Farm Service Agency Nominations Open
The Farm Service Agency election process has begun. Agent Chad Huddleston said the nomination period ... Read More »
Cookeville Man Arrested On Rape Charge
A Cookeville man faces a rape charge after he was arrested Wednesday. Nicholas Jay Stewart, ... Read More »
Heat Can Bring Out Crime, Accidents
Hot temperatures can cause a spike in crime and accidents. Cookeville Police Major Carl Sells ... Read More »