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A compounding pharmacy will purchase some 4.67 acres in the Highlands Business Park to create some 14 jobs in phase one, doubling in the next phase. Mattson Holdings compounds medicine in batches for physicians offices and hospitals. Community Development Director Jon Ward told city council members at a Monday work session, Cookeville has been working on the project for several ... Read More »

Overton County will move from an At Risk to a Transitional classification starting in 2024 based on state economic measurements. Livingston-Overton County Chamber of Commerce Director Shannon Cantrell reported to the Overton County Commission Monday the county is no longer considered At Risk by the state. “We are transitioning from a weak economy to a strong economy, and next year, ... Read More »

Cookeville Leisure Services requesting engineering and design bids for the creation of a new Dogwood Park entrance and renovations to CPAC. Leisure Services Director Rick Woods said he has always wanted to put in an entrance off of Walnut Avenue. The police department relocated to Neal Street from Broad Street last year, freeing up a large parking lot area adjacent ... Read More »

Fall leaves beginning to hit the ground. Can you use those leaves to better your landscape? Regional Forester Jeff Thompson said utilizing falling leaves for lawn food is common practice. Thompson said he recommends residents cut apart fallen leaves to spread over their lawns evenly. Thompson said that this allows the ground to soak up all of the natural nutrition ... Read More »

Cumberland County has begun the process of searching for a new finance director. Nathan Brock served 35 years before announcing his retirement. Cumberland County Mayor Allen Foster said the job has been posted in multiple places. Foster said Brock’s service has been outstanding for the county. “It’s one of the key jobs here, we have a lot of very important ... Read More »

Candidates for county primaries can pick up qualifying petitions at their local election commission office. The petitions ensure candidates qualify to run for perspective positions in 2024. Putnam County Administrator of Elections Michele Honeycutt said candidates are required to get at least 25 signatures from the district or county in which they are running. Honeycutt said that process thins the ... Read More »

Cookeville Regional Medical Center expanded its Urgent Care hours to 7am to 11pm daily, effective Monday. Director of Marketing and Communications Hannah Davis said seven full-time and four part-time medical providers are currently seeing about 600 patients per week. The extended service time is intended to take pressure off the emergency room. “The whole idea came from someone who actually ... Read More »

Several Dekalb County students headed to the nationals next month after taking state honors at the 4-H Outdoor Meat Cooking Competition. Avalynn Smullen won first place in the state for Beef. Lily Waggoner won first place in Chicken. DeKalb UT Extension 4-H Agent MyKaela Young said while the judges announced the scores of each team, her group’s excitement kept building. ... Read More »

The Cumberland County Toys for Tots Program now accepting donations via collection boxes all around the county. The campaign serves as a way to make sure less fortunate children receive presents on Christmas morning. Assistant Coordinator Greg Petty said it is something the local Marine Corps League felt the community needed. “There’s a lot of people here that don’t have ... Read More »

If your eyes are watering and your nose is running, you can likely blame ragweed. Ragweed grows annually every summer and can grow pretty much anywhere. A single plant can produce up to 1 billion pollen grains. UT Extension Agent Dill Hughes said ragweed has very light pollen that can travel long distances in the breeze “It is a competitive ... Read More »