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The City Of Jamestown will investigate the possibility of an involuntary bankruptcy filing against Jamestown Regional Medical Center’s owner, Rennova. Jamestown City Attorney Baley Allred shared multiple options on how the city might work to return health care to Fentress County during a Monday board of aldermen work session. The community has been without emergency care since Jamestown Regional closed ... Read More »

Dr. Ina Maxwell has been named the new director of Cumberland County Schools. Board Member Stacy Karge voiced support for all four of the finalists before the Board of Education voted Monday. “I was incredibly impressed with each of their qualifications,” Karge said. “They all have amazing strengths, and I think any one of them would represent our students, faculty, ... Read More »

The Warren County School Board voted Monday night to approve Grant Swallows’ contract as the new director of schools. The board voted 5-1 to approve a four-year contract for Swallows with an annual salary of $115,000. Swallows will have one year to move to Warren County. He currently serves as principal at White County High School. He will replace Bobby ... Read More »

Water line replacement is underway on Willow Avenue in Cookeville. Cookeville’s Water and Sewer Director Ronnie Kelly said the work is ahead of a repaving project. “We’re replacing some older infrastructure on South Willow Avenue there before TDOT does the repaving project,” Kelly said. “It consists of replacing some water lines and some sewer lines.” The paving project will stretch ... Read More »

Warren County High School will hold its senior graduation June 12 at 7pm. The outdoor ceremony will be held at the football stadium. Four guests per graduate will allowed. There will be no processional this year because of COVID-19 restrictions. Kindergarten and eighth grade graduation activities will be held two weeks prior to the school year opening later this summer. Read More »

Livingston Academy will have a senior parade to celebrate the class of 2020. Principal Robert Melton said this year is special because this is the first ever senior parade for the school. “Our normal end of year routine, we have several things that especially the last few days of the regular school year that celebrate our seniors and bring a ... Read More »

At least another two weeks expected before the first wave of Sparta’s tornado cleanup ends. Public Works Director Dilliard Quick said a 20 yard brush truck has completed at least 4 loads a day for almost six weeks “It’s just taking time because we’ve just got the one guy,” Quick said. “I could pull people from the public works department ... Read More »

With fluctuating safety restrictions, the TSSAA could have practices beginning on time in June. White County High School Principal Grant Swallows said there’s a tough balance between what the TSSAA decides and local school districts. “There in major cities and in our state there’s a lot more cases going on and maybe in some rural areas,” Swallows said. “From a ... Read More »

Divorced parents could soon see changes to their child support orders. New guidance released Monday by the Tennessee Department of Human Services include: More provisions for incarcerated, noncustodial parents; $100 minimum child support payments; and allowing insurance paid by a stepparent to be calculated into the child support worksheet. Local Attorney Henry Fincher said there has not been any changes ... Read More »

White County Director of Schools Kurt Dronebarger said school leaders want to learn from the COVID-19 shutdown. He siad one of the biggest challenges the school system has faced has been a lack of internet connections. Dronebarger said even if the district had a device to give every student during the shutdown, many would not be able to use them. ... Read More »