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The Coookeville City Council has granted Cookeville Regional Medical Center permission to refinance several bonds. CRMC CEO Paul Korth said three of the four bonds come due in the summer of 2020. “Currently the medical center has a little over $64 million in debt,” Korth said. “These will be non-bank qualified tax-exempt bonds, so they won’t have any effect on ... Read More »

A project to provide free WiFi in downtown Cookeville will no longer be taking place. City Council voted Thursday to terminate the project because of the $13,728 cost to provide the service each year. Vice Mayor Laurin Wheaton said the city did not know the annual cost when they approved the project earlier this year. “While I would love to ... Read More »

Monterey’s consulting engineer is still trying to determine how to repair a leak at Meadow Creek Lake Dam. Nathaniel Green said he does know that it’s not the first time the dam has leaked. “The dam, whenever it was initially installed, there was some seepage that was going on,” Green said. “I believe it was somewhere around 1992, or at ... Read More »

A Baxter-based timber harvesting company visited Vietnam last month as part of a U.S. trade mission. Fidelis Forest Management owner Rance Frye said the trip provided additional market opportunities for his new business. “Culturally, it was a great trip. I enjoyed going through the market places and meeting Vietnamese people directly,” Frye said. “But also, being able to understand through ... Read More »

A two-vehicle crash claimed the life of a Crossville woman and injured two other people Wednesday. The Crossville Police Department released an accident report Thursday that identified the deceased as 66-year-old Brenda Norris. The crash happened at the intersection of Dunbar Road and Lantana Road. Officials said 56-year-old Jeffrey David Newsome of Crossville was turning left when his PT Cruiser ... Read More »

An ordinance for mobile food vendors may soon be coming to the City of Crossville. City Manager Greg Wood said he began studying the idea after an issue arose over the 4th of July. “We have Nick’s Italian Ice that provides concession services for our parks,” Wood said. “On Fourth of July, vendors showed up and started selling their wares ... Read More »

The Crossville City Council will discuss the employment contract for City Manager Greg Wood during next week’s meeting. Wood said council needs to take action because his current contract expires in the the near future. “March 5 is just around the corner,” Wood said. “If you decide that you do not want to renew my contract you need to start ... Read More »

Authorities have secured indictments against two additional men in an ongoing Smith County homicide. The indictments charge 35-year-old James Murray and 38-year-old Tommy Grisham with Aggravated Robbery and Felony First-Degree murder in the April 23 death of Taylor Neusse. Authorities found Neusse’s body in an old warehouse on Hunter Avenue. A TBI investigation identified Murray and Grisham as two of ... Read More »

Every school inside Livingston city limits will soon have a School Resource Officer (SRO). The Overton County School System has received an $87,500 grant to add SRO’s at A.H. Roberts Elementary and REACH Academy. City Councilman Ronald Dishman said those officers will come from the Livingston Police Department. “I compliment Greg (Chief Etheredge) and the school system both because I ... Read More »

An Overton County judge has handed down a 37-year prison sentence to a child rapist. Earl Junior Pike, Jr. entered a guilty plea Wednesday to the offense of Rape of a Child and Aggravated Sexual Battery. The investigation began October of 2018 when authorities received allegations that Pike committed sexual offenses against a seven-year-old female. A press release said the ... Read More »