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A community event Sunday at 7:30 p.m. aims bring the community together to show support for medical workers at Cookeville Regional Medical Center. Levi Bouton is helping to organizing the event. He said people can come together without having to interact with others. “The community is invited to come and park and stay in their vehicles,” Bouton said. “We can’t ... Read More »

All Tennessee State Parks and Natural Areas will close effective Saturday. The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation made the announcement Friday. It is a move to support Governor Bill Lee’s executive order mandating residens stay home. The order will continue until April 14. It stands as a complete closure of all facilities, trails, and exhibits. Read More »

The first of many bills incurred by the City of Cookeville from the March 3 tornado came due at Thursday’s City Council Meeting. City staff requested a budget amendment to cover $1.3 million in expenses. The expenses include $1.3 million in contracted services for debris removal. Overtime for police officers totaled $65,000 after the storm, $24,000 for fire department personnel, ... Read More »

A community prayer service Sunday at 7:30 pm aims to show support for medical workers at Cookeville Regional Medical Center. The event was originally a “Park And Pray” event, to be held in the parking lot of CRMC. Levi Bouton, one of the oragnizers, said the original plan had to change with Governor Lee’s madate. “We think it’ll be a ... Read More »

The Putnam County Health Department has significantly increased the number of people tested for COVID-19 the last two days. County Mayor Randy Porter said almost 300 tests were conducted Tuesday alone. That would almost double the total since testing began in the county. “In full transparency, I say all of this to prepare you for what may be coming in ... Read More »

The Sparta City Council voted 4-3 Thursday night to move forward with the accepted bid on the sewer rehab project. At issue: an entry error by one of the bidders recently discovered for the 2018 proposal. That led several council members at the Council’s March meeting to ask that the 2018 project be rebid. Several council members said Thursday night ... Read More »

A Silver Point man considered missing Thursday has been found in Michigan. The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office issued a silver alert for 82-year-old James L. Hammock Thursday afternoon. The alert ended Friday morning. Hammock was last heard from Wednesday night in a phone call to his son. Read More »

Cookeville City Council approved the first reading of an ordinance to allow brewpubs and micro-breweries in two commercial districts. The change would allow both in a commercial-industrial mixed-use district. Brewpubs would be allowed in a planned commercial development district. A brewpub produces less product than a micro-brewery, according to Planning Director Jon Ward. “In recent years, the City of Cookeville ... Read More »

Putnam County Sheriff Eddie Farris wants first responders to know the names of those who have tested positive for COVID-19. Farris said the Tennessee Department of Health nor local health departments will release this information. “That’s something that by law they should be doing,” Farris said. “They need to be doing that. We need to know when we’re going into ... Read More »

The candidates are in for local elections after Thursday’s noon deadline. House Representative Ryan Williams will be challenged in the republican primary by Dennis Bynum. No democrat filed in the August 6th race for the 42nd district. Congressman John Rose filed in the sixth congressional district and Rose stands unopposed. In Monterey’s race for Alderman, ward one and ward three ... Read More »