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Putnam County School officials have placed schools in baxter on soft lockdown as authorities search for a subject involved in a vehicle pursuit. Baxter Police Chief Danny Holmes said the subject fled on foot after crashing his vehicle near 1st Avenue and Peach Street. Holmes said the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office has initiated the pursuit, but called it off before ... Read More »

Rock Island State Park will benefit from the Rock and Row Triathlon this weekend. Part of the funding from the third annual event will go to the park. Jason Richardson founded Support-A-Park, which will be putting on this weekend’s event. “In the past, groups and organizations would come to the park and essentially use the grounds for private reasons and ... Read More »

A bill to regulate wind energy projects in Tennessee passed the state Senate Thursday and now heads to the Governor Bill Haslam’s desk to be signed into law. The push for regulations came after a proposed wind energy project on  Millstone Mountain near Crab Orchard last year. That project came under fire from local residents and moved lawmakers to pass ... Read More »

The city of Algood will be purchasing the historic White Plains home. The city council unanimously approved the $250,000 purchase this week. The purchase includes 2.27 acres. The antebellum home has a unique history as Putnam County’s earliest center of commerce, its first seat of government and an important stop along the Old Walton Road. In 2009 it was listed ... Read More »

Crossville City Council members approved a motion Tuesday to continue negotiations with NextSite, a retail consulting firm that’s working to attract new business to the city. City Manager Greg Wood said it’s important that negotiations continue because NextSite has found a developer that has an option on property just North of the Chevy dealership. “We need to bring in retail ... Read More »

The Crossville City Council has approved an accepted the evaluation report for City Manager Greg Wood. Wood scored a 4.03 out of a possible overall score of 5, which exceeds expectations. The city council graded him in 10 different categories, including fiscal management, policy execution, and individual characteristics. “Overall, I believe Mr. Greg Wood carries out the duties of the ... Read More »

Tennessee State Parks will be hosting public meetings on park business plans at four Upper Cumberland state parks this month. The public meetings will allow community members to hear about current and future park improvement projects and provide comments. The first meetings to be held April 19th at Edgar Evins State Park and Fall Creek Falls State Park beginning at ... Read More »

The Upper Cumberland Council on Children and Youth helped bring more awareness to Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome during an event in Cookeville Wednesday. NAS is a problem where babies are exposed to opiates from a mother during pregnancy and born with withdrawal symptoms. Blue Care Tennessee Chief Medical Officer Jeanne James said more can always be done to tackle the NAS ... Read More »

Fentress County’s State Route 85 has reopened to traffic. Six miles of the roadway closed between Grimsley and Wilder last month after heavy rains caused the pavement at mile marker 6 to slide and give way. Tennessee Department of Transportation spokesperson Jennifer Flynn said the work went beyond replacing the pavement. Crews had to rebuild the road base in order ... Read More »

Cummins Falls State Park has applied for the Recreational Trails Program grant in order to create an ADA-accessible overlook. Ray Cutcher manages Cummins Falls State Park. “Since we established the park, we wanted to have an improvement there at the overlook to make it a much better overlook than it is,” Cutcher said, “And to allow all people the opportunity ... Read More »