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The Monterey Police Department has asked the public for help in locating two missing persons. Kristie Wilson and her boyfriend Henry Wilson last seen on the evening of May 10th. “We are going to exhaust every resource available to hopefully bring these folks home to their families,” Lieutenant Michael Phillips said. “Just keep these families in your prayers.” Phillips said ... Read More »

Baxter residents won’t be seeing a tax increase for the upcoming fiscal year. Alderman Dustin Stanton said the board of mayor and aldermen met Tuesday night and approved first reading of the new fiscal year budget. Under the proposed budget, the town’s tax rate will remain the same at $1.39. Second reading of the budget and tax rate will take ... Read More »

McMinnville has approved an ordinance increasing its hotel/motel tax to 5-percent. Jimmy Haley is Mayor of McMinnville. “State of Tennessee only allows hotel-motel taxes to go toward tourism development,” Haley said. “For us, it was a way to fund those operations plus be able to take an opportunity to let some of the visitors that are here help pay for ... Read More »

Progress continues to be made at the Shoppes at Eagle Pointe in Cookeville. Mike McGuffin is Principal at CHM, LLC. Development, who oversees the project. “We are very involved with everything. So we have weekly calls and monthly meetings on site,” McGuffin said, “And so we are there all the time. Nothing out of the ordinary that you don’t run into ... Read More »

Changes are coming to the UCHRA’s nutrition program, according to Interim Executive Director Mark Farley. Farley said the program had been operating at a deficit of at least $250,000 upon his arrival. “Systematically, you can’t continue on running a program at a deficit such as this,” Farley said, adding some costs were offset by both outside and internal funding. Farley ... Read More »

Area law enforcement will be cracking down on safety violations during the summer travel season, according to Highway Patrol Captain R.C. Christian. During a Click It or Ticket press conference, Christian said violations go beyond not wearing a seat belt. “We’re always looking for distracted drivers,” Christian said. “We’re seeing such increases in crashes and even fatal crashes involving distracted ... Read More »

Tennessee Tech is working to educate students on federal financial aid restrictions. Dr. Brandon Johnson is the Vice President of Enrollment Management and Career Placement at Tech. Federal financial aid only applies to courses contributing to a degree. “One we have to educate students to make sure they are aware of this, so that will be a part of this. And ... Read More »

Homeland security officials have spent this week touring White County school facilities as part of a statewide security assessment for public schools. It marks the first time that the state has has led a comprehensive effort to determine the security needs at each individual school. The recommendation to conduct the assessments came from a school safety working group appointed by Governor ... Read More »

Citizens should not call 911 during power outages. Brandon Smith coordinates public safety for Putnam County. “The problem for us in the center is we are receiving hundreds of calls with three or four dispatchers working in the room and mixing in emergency calls on top of that,” Smith said. “So it’s really difficult to tell what are power outage ... Read More »

An animal caused a power outage in the northeast and northwest parts of Putnam County Tuesday morning. Upper Cumberland Electric District Manager James Dennis said about 1,500 people lost power when 3 breakers went suddenly out. “We had a small animal get on the main bus in the ground and cause us to lose part of the Moss substation on ... Read More »