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Cookeville Police have arrested a man after he broke into an enclosed porch Thursday. Wade G. Yankee faces charges of aggravated burglary, burglary, theft, evading arrest, resisting arrest and public intoxication. Officers came in contact with the defendant after responding to a burglary in progress at a Carolina Avenue apartment complex. An arrest warrant said three juveniles observed Yankee removing ... Read More »

The BonDeCroft Utility District Manager has lost his job following a State Comptroller investigation. Investigators accuse the district manager of receiving extra pay after not reporting and recording used vacation leave. Officials said this created inflated leave balances, causing the manager to receive compensation that wasn’t due when cashing in vacation days. Investigators also found that the district supervisor cashed ... Read More »

Fentress County Commissioners approved a small expenditure this week for its future agriculture pavilion. County Executive Jimmy Johnson said Upland Design Group received the green light to begin drawing up plans for the facility. “We have a gentleman that is going to do some preliminary drawings of what we need. The commission allowed us to pay him $1,200 to get ... Read More »

Plans to redevelop the corner of North Washington Avenue and Jere Whitson Road will be delayed. Cookeville Planning Director John Ward said developers withdrew their Redevelopment Area Overlay (RAO) zoning request for the location. “The underlying zoning controls what is permitted on the properties, and the RS-5 District is pretty much where that stops,” Ward said. “In the RS-5 District ... Read More »

Crossville and Cumberland County will be looking to create a new marketing message in the near future. County Mayor Allen Foster said a $50,000 grant will help develop the new message. “We’ve got a lot going on here in Cumberland County and in the City of Crossville,” Foster said. “But sometimes we don’t have a cohesive message to get that ... Read More »

A Cookeville woman faces drug charges following a Wednesday traffic stop for speeding. Putnam County Sheriff’s Deputies charged Macara S. Page with manufacturing, delivering, selling, and possessing methamphetamine. An arrest warrant said authorities conducted a search of the vehicle after a K-9 received positive indication for drugs. Deputy Brandon Burnette’s report said a backpack belonging to Page contained approximately 4 ... Read More »

A man from Rickman suffered injuries when his motorcycle rear-ended a vehicle on Buck Mountain Road in Putnam County. The Tennessee Highway Patrol said the crash happened Wednesday just before 4 p.m. Officials said a medical helicopter airlifted 49-year-old Sean Patrick Donaghy to Vanderbilt Medical Center for treatment. A crash report said Donaghy was traveling eastbound when he drove into ... Read More »

A vehicle struck and killed a pedestrian in Putnam County Wednesday night. Officials with the Tennessee Highway Patrol identified the deceased as 28-year-old Randall Bilbrey of Bloomington Springs. The incident happened in the southbound lanes of Highway 56 at Hulon Ferrell Road. A crash report said Bilbrey was struck by a 2013 Buick, driven by 50-year-old Patrick King of Cookeville. ... Read More »

Tennessee Tech University has become the 75th educational institution to be certified as a Bee Campus USA affiliate. University Sustainability Manager DeLayne Miller said Tech received the designation for efforts in supporting pollinators. She cites three relatively new gardens on campus that include native and flowering plants. The new gardens include, the Native Plant Garden behind Pennebaker Hall, the Tech ... Read More »