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Putnam County authorities have charged two Algood Middle School students for allegedly making threats towards the school. According to a Putnam County Sheriff’s Office press release, school resource officers received reports at 11:00 a.m. of a text message threat made against Algood Middle School. The release said a student at Algood Middle allegedly threatened to harm people at the school ... Read More »

Baxter resident Connor Smith, 20, found himself in the right place at the right time early Wednesday morning. Smith helped pull a man from a burning tractor-trailer around 4 a.m. along I-40 eastbound on his way home from work. “I was getting to the 264 mile marker and I ran into a gravel spot,” Smith said. “I looked over to ... Read More »

A Sparta hemp store is already expanding as prepares to open a second Crossville location within the coming weeks. GreenWerks Co-Founder Dillion Simmons said expanding made sense as many of their customers were traveling from the Crossville area. “We found a real good location up there. It’s a good community with a lot of good people in it,” Simmons said. ... Read More »

DeKalb County authorities have charged a Smithville man with arson after he allegedly set fire to a person’s vehicle last month. 34-year-old Jeff Scott Hembree of Halls Hollow Road is under a $7,500 bond at the DeKalb County Jail. Sheriff Patrick Ray said detectives received a report of a 2012 Nissan Rogue found burned in the parking lot of a ... Read More »

Livingston officials amended the city’s municipal code Tuesday night in preparation for a shooting range to open in town. City attorney John Meadows said existing code prohibited firearms from being discharged within the corporate city limits of Livingston. “I think if the shooting gallery is going to start operating, people will be discharging firearms within the city limits,” Meadows said. ... Read More »

Cookeville City Council will consider on first reading a new Redevelopment Area Overlay (RAO) District along Chestnut Avenue and West 4th Street. Planning Director James Mills said two condemned houses in the proposed district will be demolished to make room for new townhouses. “In place of the dilapidated structures, the proposal indicates 17 townhouse units will be built on the ... Read More »

The Putnam County School System will soon begin using a new system for students and parents to report tips about bullying, harassment, and other dangerous behaviors. Deputy Superintendent Corby King said the Safe Schools Alert program allows tips to be sent anonymously to one central location within the school system. Once a tip is submitted it will be sent to ... Read More »

A Baxter man helped pull an injured man from a burning tractor-trailer following an accident on I-40 eastbound Wednesday morning. According to Tennessee Highway Patrol Lt. Jimmy Neal, the semi struck a bluff and burst into flames outside Gordonsville, burning the truck down to its frame. The truck driver was flown to Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville. Neal said the ... Read More »

A potential TDOT project at the intersection of Burgess Falls and West Cemetery Roads in Cookeville will require the city to move gas lines in that area. Gas Department Director Jeff Mills said TDOT will open bidding for the project beginning June 2019. “We are going to be required by TDOT to relocate our facilities within that project,” Mills said. ... Read More »