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Jackson County School officials expressed excitement Tuesday night about the possibility of a future Satellite TCAT campus. Director of Schools Joe Barlow said the project will be moving forward with plans to construct the building next to Jackson County High School. “It would be the first higher ed campus that this county has ever had in the history of Jackson ... Read More »

After a four-month absence, WCTE returned to DirecTV Wednesday morning. “It took much longer and more money than we had hoped, but we are extremely grateful that AT&T returned us to channel 22 on DirecTV,” WCTE President Becky Magura said in a statement. DirecTV customers have only been able to view Nashville Public Television since the beginning of the year. ... Read More »

Tennessee Farm Bureau Chief Administrative Officer and Executive Vice President Rhedona Rose will be the newest Tennessee Tech Board of Trustees member. The Tennessee General Assembly has confirmed her nomination. She will replace Millard Oakley who retired from the board earlier this month. Rose’s term on the board will expire in 2020. “Tennessee Tech University is a jewel for the ... Read More »

Bridgestone will donate some six thousand acres of land in White County to the Nature Conservancy for use as a nature reserve. The Bridgestone Nature Reserve at Chestnut Mountain is located north of Virgin Falls State Natural Area east of Sparta. The name originates from the highest peak along US 70. “The Cumberland Plateau is one of those iconic regions ... Read More »

The 31st Judicial District has opened an investigation into the Overton/Pickett E-911 Communication District. The office of District Attorney General Lisa Zavigiannis confirmed the investigation Wednesday morning, but declined to provide any additional details. The Tennessee State Comptroller’s Office released a report Tuesday that found nearly $85,000 in questionable expenditures made by the district. Overton County Executive Ben Danner said ... Read More »

Since Bluegrass Underground left, Cumberland Caverns Live updates the underground concert experience. Stephen Moore is president of RCS Productions. “Pretty much everything from the box office to signage to concessions and seating. The picnic tables that were there in the back and the lunch tables are gone,” Moore said. “Now there are more grown-up bar height, counter height type tables ... Read More »

Pickett County Executive Richard Daniel plans to request current Overton/Pickett County E-911 District board members to resign and that Director Chris Masiongale be terminated. His request follows the release of a state comptroller’s investigation report Tuesday that found some $85,000 in questionable expenses made by the district last fiscal year. “Any board that would allow this type of behavior to ... Read More »

Jackson County High School Principal Kristy Brown will be the next director of schools. The Board of Education voted to hire Brown during Tuesday night’s regular scheduled meeting. “I know that the prosperity of a community depends greatly on the level of education of its citizens,” Brown said, “I want to work relentlessly until I know that opportunities have been ... Read More »

The Tennessee Comptroller’s Office said the lack of cooperation from employees of the Overton/Pickett Emergency Communications District complicated its investigation. Questionable expenditures of just under $85,000 came to light Tuesday when the Comptroller’s office released its report on the 911 system. “We tried to interview most of the full-time staff members to find out whether or not some of these ... Read More »

The Tennessee Comptroller’s Office investigating some $84,000 in questionable spending in the Overton/Pickett Emergency Communications District. News Talk 94.1/AM 1600’s Rafferty Cleary with the wrap up:   Read More »