The City of Crossville will conduct sobriety checkpoints Friday evening. Checkpoints will be in areas of Latana Rd and Highway 127 from 5 p.m. until 10 p.m. The City of Crossville Police Department is working in conjunction with the Tennessee Highway Safety Office and the Cumberland County Sheriff’s office. The purpose of the checkpoints is to place an effort in ... Read More »
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Cookeville Man Threatens Woman With A Gun Thursday
A Cookeville man landed behind bars Thursday after he allegedly threatened to kill a woman. Cookeville Police charged Alan Lee Carver with aggravated assault. He has not yet posted his $10,000 bond amount. Officers encountered Carver after responding to an assault complaint at a home. According to the arrest warrant, the victim told officers that Carver pointed a gun at ... Read More »
UCDD Awarded Substance Abuse Cohort Program Grant
The Upper Cumberland Development District (UCDD) has received a grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission Substance Abuse Cohort Program. UCDD Executive Director Mark Farley said only four regions across 13 Appalachian states received the funding. “Basically, over the next 9 months, we’re going to receive roughly $200,000 worth of technical assistance,” Farley said. “That’s not actually money that’s going to ... Read More »
Byrdstown Man Pleads Not Guilty To Vehicular Homicide
A Byrdstown man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to vehicular homicide charges. A grand jury indicted 39-year-old Michael Owens last month after a 2019 car crash killed 71-year-old Bob Allen of Cookeville. The Tennessee Highway Patrol said Owens was driving South on Highway 111 in Overton County when his Volvo rear-ended Allen’s 1952 Chevy. Allen died at the crash scene after ... Read More »
McMinnville PD Investigating Armed Robbery
A McMinnville convenience store clerk suffered injuries during an armed robbery Tuesday night. The incident happened just before 10 p.m. at the South Chancery Street On the Way Market. The clerk told responding officers that a masked man approached him when he began walking to his car after closing the business. At one point, the unknown subject placed a handgun ... Read More »
TDOC Inmate Charged In 2019 Death Of Cellmate
Trousdale County authorities have arrested a man for allegedly killing his prison cellmate. Grand jury indictments charge 40-year-old Jacob Wendell Kado with one count of second degree murder. Special Agents with the TBI responded to a fight between inmates last year at the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center. Agents learned of a fight between Kado and his former cellmate, identified as ... Read More »
UCDD Taking Over Small Business Development Center
The UCDD has moved a step closer to taking over day-to-day operations of the Small Business Development Center (SBDC). The agency’s executive committee voted Wednesday to enter into an agreement with Tennessee Tech and MTSU. UCDD Executive Director Mark Farley said he’s hoping to have a contract signed by the end of this month. “As soon as I have that ... Read More »
Tech Receives NCAA Grant For Student Athletes
Tennessee Tech received a NCAA grant to fund sports nutrition and mental health practices. Director of Sports Nutrition Anthony Paradis said the grant is $20,000. “Last year, I did a pilot test of a nutrition and mental health course that was open to all student-athletes. It is being re-designed this year with a strong mental health component,” Paradis said. Paradis ... Read More »
Cumberland County Approves Renaming Highway After Vets
The Cumberland County Commission passed a resolution Tuesday to name part of Highway 68 after two veterans. Lynne and Jesse Hayes were both killed in action during the Vietnam War. Jesse Hayes’ grandson Adam Hayes said it’s an honor that people care so much about this. “I think it’s a great idea. It’s been 51 years now since he’s been ... Read More »
Boy Scouts File For Bankruptcy, Local Troops Not Affected
The Boy Scouts of America filed for bankruptcy Tuesday. Cookeville Troop 156 Scoutmaster Terry Foutch said local troops shouldn’t be affected. “You know right down to the bottom line of the program, it’s about the individual youth. I think we’re going to continue to serve the individual youth while national takes care of the problems from the past,” Foutch said. ... Read More »