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A portion of Jackson County will be affected by a planned power outage Saturday afternoon. Upper Cumberland Electric has scheduled the outage as the corporation conducts maintenance between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. The outage will affect the Gladdice, Wartrace, and Highland Communities. Jackson County 911 Director Michael Smith said the public should not call 911 to report the outage. ... Read More »

Cumberland County commissioners have approved a budget amendment for conducting repairs and maintenance at two previously closed landfills. County Mayor Allen Foster said the county will spend nearly $63,000 to address the issues. “We don’t have our own landfill anymore, but we are in post-closure so the state monitors those,” Foster said. “Anytime there’s an issue that the state finds ... Read More »

Putnam County has received a clean audit report for the second year in a row. County Mayor Randy Porter said receiving a clean audit is significant because Putnam County does not have a full-time finance department. “I think it speaks volumes for the great job that all the county employees are doing and the elected officials and department heads working ... Read More »

Celina’s Cumberland River Hospital will permanently close its doors on March 1, due to insufficient revenue and financial losses. The decision was made Thursday night during a Cumberland River Hospital Board of Trustees meeting. Cookeville Regional Medical Center CEO Paul Korth said the closing will cost 146 full-time and part-time employees their positions. “Each employee up there is going to receive a ... Read More »

A Cookeville man faces charges after police found more than 90 prescription pills Thursday and a loaded handgun. Cookeville Police have charged 34-year-old Quinn Piere Hogan with sale and deliver of a controlled substance and possession of a firearm during a felony. Arrest warrants said police encountered Hogan sitting in a pickup truck behind the apartments on Autumn Avenue. Officers ... Read More »

Putnam County Sheriff Eddie Farris has presented his four year plan to county commissioners. Farris said he wanted to submit the plan before the upcoming budget process and future construction of a new jail facility. “We have a lot of new commissioners and I wanted to give them some guidance,” Farris said “and also the addition of me going back ... Read More »

Cumberland County will seek out state funding to help extend water lines to an unserved area. County Mayor Allen Foster said the county commission has voted to apply for a Community Development Block Grant. “I believe there were a little less than 30 homes down in the southern portion of our county that are really in need of clean drinking ... Read More »

A Silver Point Man faces drug charges after Cookeville Police found more than 10 grams of methamphetamine during a traffic stop Thursday. Officers charged 49-year-old Marshall Irvine Douglas with manufacture, deliver, sell, or possession of meth. He remains behind bars on $7,000 bond. According to an arrest warrant, police identified Douglas as a passenger of a vehicle stopped on Interstate ... Read More »

Water rates for Sparta utility districts will increase later this year. The Sparta board of mayor and aldermen have approved a 4-percent increase on wholesale water rates. City Administrator Chris Dorsey said it’s part of a three year plan to increase water rates. “We had a three year plan for water rate increases that were planned out due to the ... Read More »