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Putnam County will apply for a $630,000 grant to extend waterlines to residents without access to public water. The county applied for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) last year, with plans to extend waterlines to Shaw Branch, McBroom Branch, and Green Mountain Road. County Mayor Randy Porter said the state denied the grant application because it did not target ... Read More »

The Walnut Village renovation project in Cookeville hit substantial completion earlier this month. The February 5 date came about eight weeks ahead of schedule. Highlands Residential Services Executive Director Dow Harris said finishing early benefits the agency financially. “We’re able to access the tax credits quicker, some of the equity partners get access to their tax credits quicker, and our ... Read More »

Residents have until February 28 to pay property taxes in person at the Putnam County Trustee’s Office. Beginning March 1, interest rates will begin to accrue at 1.5-percent per month until paid. Trustee Freddie Nelson said postmarks dated by Saturday the 29th will be accepted without interest. Baxter residents have the option to pay at the Bank of Putnam County ... Read More »

Officers with the Monterey Police Department found an unconscious male lying on the side of Interstate 40 Thursday. Officials report the man was hitchhiking on I-40 when a white SUV with two white males stopped to pick him up. According to the victim, the males robbed and assaulted him before dumping him on the side of the road between mile ... Read More »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »