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The Putnam County Commission will consider purchasing land to help ease parking issues around the justice center when they meet Monday night. “We have a parking problem at the justice center with so many more court cases being heard,” County Executive Randy Porter said. “We are trying to alleviate that by buying a piece of property at Spring and Broad ... Read More »

The Middle Tennessee Youth Football Conference has issued a statement on its decision to ban the Cookeville Youth football program from the league. MTYFC attorney Kelly Tollett said the Cookeville youth program failed to comply with a zero tolerance policy preventing felons from coaching in the league. Tollett said Cookeville was the only program that failed to turn in background ... Read More »

Cookeville High School students must wear their student IDs on a lanyard in an attempt to maintain safety on campus. Executive Principal Clif Matlock said Cookeville High used to wear their IDs years ago. “One of the things that kept coming up in some of the recommendations was that students wear IDs. It is something that we have thought about for ... Read More »

A three-car wreck on Clarkrange Hwy resulted in a Cookeville woman life-flighted to Sky Line Medical today. According to the report, Kayla Lawson, 18, was traveling east on Clarkrange Hwy when she crossed into the westbound lane. Traveling westbound, William Anderson, 56, and four passengers swerved to avoid Lawson. A westbound Chevrolet Malibu driven by a sixteen-year-old juvenile accelerated to avoid ... Read More »

A Cookeville man will appear in court next month after being arrested twice in a four-day period. Christopher Cunningham, 33, faces several charges including reckless endangerment, burglary, domestic assault, and vandalism. His court date is set for Sept. 17. According to arrest warrants filed Friday, the charges stem from two separate incidents. The first incident occurred Aug. 7, in which ... Read More »

Tennessee Tech University is looking to assist in the growth of the information technology field in the Upper Cumberland. TTU President Phillip Oldham said the region first needs to build on existing elements to grow the IT field in the area. “Creating programs that continue to produce more and more IT-related graduates and connecting them with employers,” Oldham said, “and ... Read More »

Various Upper Cumberland Schools continue to report normal enrollment rates for the beginning of the 2018-2019 school year. Bo Magnusson is the Attendance Supervisor for Cumberland County Schools. “We are at 7,309 but we do know that is increasing, we are still entering in student data as we speak. So we know that number is going to go up,” Magnusson ... Read More »

Algood Police Department is in the process of upgrading the police officer tracking devices. Police Chief Dale Armour said Verizon can provide the tracking devices with faster pings. “Mr. Morrison and I are discussing some issues with that software. We can go in and pay a little additional money that would come out of the police department budget to upgrade ... Read More »

The long awaited return of High School Football is finally upon us with 7 games for area high school teams this Friday night. All 3 Putnam County Schools take the field Friday as the Cookeville Cavaliers make the short drive down Hwy 70 to take on Upperman to begin their season while the Wildcats of Monterey High School hosts Mt. ... Read More »

Parents and leaders of the Cookeville Youth Football program conducted an emergency meeting to discuss the Middle Tennessee Youth Football Conference banning them from the league. Kristi Sweat is a former commissioner of the program and is currently an advisory board member. She said several parents were concerned over the future of the program during Thursday’s meeting. “We had some ... Read More »