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A total of five people applied for the vacant Algood City Council seat. The deadline to apply occurred yesterday. City Administrator Keith Morrison has declined to publicly identify the applicants at this time. Those who applied had to be registered voters and a resident of Algood for at least one year. The person chosen to serve on the council will ... Read More »

Former Hardy’s Chapel Volunteer Fire Department Chief Terry Priest has pleaded guilty of a theft charge. Priest pleaded guilty to one count of theft of more than $10,000 but less than $60,000 in Overton County Criminal Court Monday. Priest will be sentenced at a hearing in August. Assistant District Attorney Mark Gore said he believes Priest will be required to ... Read More »

A DeKalb County woman serving an eight year prison sentence for aggravated child neglect had a parole hearing yesterday. During that hearing a parole officer recommended that Jessica Ashley May be denied parole based on the seriousness of her crime. Authorities issued charges to May after her fiance, Cody Key, fatally beat her 23-month-old child in 2015. Key received a ... Read More »

The Cumberland County Beer Board levied fines against nine businesses Wednesday for selling alcohol to minors. According to authorities, the businesses sold the alcohol during an undercover operation on prom night. Each business had the opportunity to accept a $2,500 fine or a 90-day suspension of their license. All nine businesses pleaded guilty and accepted the $2,500 fine. The businesses ... Read More »

Travelers won’t have to worry about construction on Tennessee roads this weekend. TDOT announced it will suspend all road construction from noon Friday until 6 a.m. Tuesday. TDOT Commissioner John Schroer said nearly 700,000 drivers were expected this weekend. Motorists may still encounter some lane closures or restrictions while traveling through long term construction projects.  Drivers should be aware that ... Read More »

Cookeville will mark Memorial Day with a ceremony at 11 a.m. Monday. County Veterans Service Officer Mark Harris said it’s taking place on the west side of the courthouse. Jefferson Avenue will be closed at that location for the event. The event was designed to honor those who gave their life for their country. “All gave some, some gave all, ... Read More »

School officials have fired Warren County High School Baseball Coach Adam Childs. WCHS officials said they wanted to go in another direction with the baseball program. Childs leaves the program having won more than 100 games. He also lead Pioneers to one district championship, three region tournament appearances and one sub state appearance. Read More »

State and local officials welcomed Cookeville’s newest company yesterday. Last month Science Applications International Corporation announced plans to open its first Technology Integration Gateway at the Regions Bank building. SAIC CEO Tony Moraco said the defense contractor plans to hire 300 people over the next 5-years and many of those people will come from Tennessee Tech. ‘As we try to ... Read More »

The Putnam County election commission will hold a special meeting to discuss new voting technology. The meeting will take place at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at the election commission office. Election Administrator Debbie Steidl said Poll Pads could speed up the registration process at the polls. The technology allows registrars to quickly look up voting information, without searching through giant books ... Read More »

The Cookeville High School carpentry class will auction it’s house Saturday. The auction will take place at 10 a.m. Saturday at Cookeville High. Teacher Randy Mansell said the last three houses have sold for around $50,000 and hopes are high for this year’s sale. “It has a nice flow to the house, no wasted space, we did put solid surface ... Read More »