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The Cookeville Rescue Mission is taking precautions to protect the homeless during the pandemic. Roughly 50 residents are currently being served by the mission. One resident went to the hospital last week with COVID-19 symptoms, but tested negative. Executive Director Bruce Bailey said his team has limited access to venturing outdoors so they don’t carry a virus back. “We have ... Read More »

Concern about COVID-19 and the need for social distancing. The need to work. Upper Cumberland day care centers are trying to serve local families and keep children safe. Creative Learning Child Care Director Laura Wheeler said her day care has seen an enrollment decrease. “Our enrollment is about half of what we normally have because some of the parents are ... Read More »

Power restoration resumes this morning across Dekalb, Cumberland and White Counties after Sunday morning thunderstorms. The number of homes without power in Cumberland County has been reduced to 1196, according to Volunteer Energy. The biggest area of power outages stands along highway 70 between Crossville and the White County line. On the other side of the line in White County, ... Read More »

The White County Health Department will move COVID-19 testing to the White Country Fairgrounds beginning Monday. “It just gives us more room, better traffic flow,” County Executive Denny Wayne Robinson said. Testing will take place from 9:00am to 3:00pm at the Ag Building Monday through Friday. “That will continue until either the governor says it’s time to stop or the ... Read More »

The TBI investigating the death of a woman found in a Livingston shopping center parking lot Sunday morning. Livingston Police called about 6:30 Sunday morning by a passenger in the car saying the girl was not breathing. When police arrived, the woman was dead. The couple is from Michigan. No identities have been released. Attorney General Bryant Dunaway and the ... Read More »

As night fell Sunday night, Volunteer Energy had reduced the power outages in Cumberland County to 2,112. That’s down from nearly 9-thousand at one point Sunday morning. Outages in Fentress and Overton County have been repaired. White County Volunteer Energy customers along the Highway 70 corridor continue to be without power. 906 customers of the utility’s 1200 customers are without ... Read More »

Cumberland County’s damage from Sunday morning’s storm is centered in the area between the White County line, US 70 and Interstate 40. “It basically traveled along Highway 70 from Sparta and then crossed over 40,” Emergency Management Director Rick Williams said. “It’s a small, narrow area with trees down, houses with damage, power lines down.” 10-20 homes and businesses suffered ... Read More »

Caney Fork Utility General Manager Bill Rogers said workers will break at 8pm Sunday night and start fresh Monday morning. Calling the damage across the utility service area more devastating than the 2015 ice storm, Rogers said it will require patience from customers to get all the power restored. Rogers said his workforce has been “all hands on deck” for ... Read More »

No major injuries reported in White County Sunday after storms roared through the county, according to County Executive Denny Wayne Robinson. “We’ve been pretty lucky,” Robinson said. “Overall, most of the damage is downed trees, downed power lines and some structural damage. Fortunately for for us, the good lord has blessed us. There’s been no serious injuries. And that’s the ... Read More »

Work continues to restore main power lines in the four-county area served by Caney Fork Utility. The utility reported at 4pm Sunday that Caney Fork crews along with crews from adjoining utilities will soon begin working on secondary lines. A Caney Fork Utility statement said the total restoration of power could take as long as two days. Citizens whose life ... Read More »