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Raising awareness and offering education to prevent cyber security threats. Eric Brown works at Tennessee Tech as assistant director of Tech’s Cybersecurity Education, Research and Outreach Center. He works alongside his counterparts to educate others on how to secure their data. We discuss things you should know about cybersecurity threats, how they happen and what’s being done to prevent them. ... Read More »

Schools within the Jackson County School District will once again offer free meals to all students during the 2018-2019 school year. Jennifer Mitchell is the School Nutrition Program Supervisor for JCSD. She said the free meals will especially be beneficial to low-income families in the county. “It guarantees them (the students) at least the opportunity to receive a meal at ... Read More »

Algood City Council Candidate Ruby Hawkins is now ahead of Justin Grant in the Algood City Council election. According to Putnam County Election Administrator Debbie Steidl, Hawkins now leads Grant by a single vote following Thursday’s election. A second provisional ballot gave Hawkins the lead Tuesday afternoon. A provisional ballot discovered Friday afternoon put the candidates at a tie with ... Read More »

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Director David Rausch’s choice for the agency’s next deputy director has ties to an Upper Cumberland law enforcement agency. Rausch on Tuesday appointed TBI special agent Brad Nealon to the deputy director position. Prior to joining the TBI in 2004, Nealon served as chief deputy for the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office. Nealon has a total of ... Read More »

Work to expand Monterey’s rail trail will get underway this week, according to Monterey grant writer Dawn Kupferer. “The surveyor is coming this week to survey everything and to get the plans together for the bid packet,” Kupferer said. “Once we have all that together we can bid it out, accept bids, and look at the lowest bid to bring ... Read More »

The Putnam County Election Commission will certify the Algood City Council election results Friday after being granted the opportunity by the state. Debbie Steidl is the Election Commission Administrator for Putnam County. She said both Ruby Hawkins and Justin Grant will have reason to contest the results after an audit discovered errors in the city’s results. “Three people voted in ... Read More »

New county commission members across the state will be required to undergo eight hours of training as part of a new state law. Putnam County Executive Randy Porter said he believes the new training requirement will be beneficial to the new members. “I think the more education that the commissioners can get when it comes to what their jobs are ... Read More »

Monterey Aldermen voted last night to earmark alcoholic beverage sales for an enterprise fund that will pay for sidewalk and road projects. Alderman Rebecca Iaquinta made the motion to earmark the funds during Monday night’s board of mayor and aldermen meeting. “In all the years I have been in office, streets has always operated either on zero or negative. This ... Read More »

Smithville Mayor Jimmy Poss is set to appear in court October 5 for his trial as he faces theft and official misconduct charges. Poss was not present for court Monday as his attorney Tony Hagan filed a motion to waive his client’s arraignment. Both Poss and his son, Anthony, were charged last month after the Mayor hired Anthony to work ... Read More »

The Smithville City Council meeting was called off Monday after only two of the city’s five aldermen were in attendance. Mayor Jimmy Poss dismissed the meeting after Aldermen Gayla Hendrix, Jason Murphy, and Danny Washer did not appear. “We don’t have enough to have a quorum. Nothing we can do. We’re done,” Poss said before banging the gavel. “Sorry guys, ... Read More »