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Algood’s annual audit will be a little more expensive this year. The city council voted Tuesday night to select a new company to perform the audit. Council members selected Alabama-based firm Carr, Riggs, and Ingram for a price of $15,000 For the past 6 to 7 years Hendersonville accountant John Poole has performed the city’s audit for $6,900. Read More »

A firefighter and a resident sustained minor injuries in a fire on Cookeville’s Dixie Avenue Tuesday night. Cookeville Fire Chief Roger Fuqua said the resident sustained minor burns and a firefighter was taken to the hospital with an ankle injury. He was treated and released. Firefighters were called to the scene at 10:38 p.m. “Evidently it was a stove left ... Read More »

Crossville now boasts a New York-style hot dog stand. Owners Tammy Thompson and Rob Miller have opened Crazy Dawg. They’re the first location in Tennessee to sell Snap Dog brand hot dogs. Snap Dog is sold in locations throughout New York City. A stand recently opened in Anaheim, Calif. Crazy Dawgs isopen from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday on ... Read More »

The Cookeville Police K-9 officers will be better protected thanks to a donation from a national company. The five K-9 officers will each receive bullet and stab-proof vests, thanks to a donation from Perrigo Animal Health, the parent company of PetArmor flea and tick medication. The company partnered with national nonprofit Vested Interest to provide the vests. Since 2013, Perrigo ... Read More »

The first business to sell alcohol in Monterey will be Convenience Mart on South Holly Street. The town’s beer board gave approval Monday night. Convenience Mart owner Mike Todd now has up to 120 days to complete the process and begin selling beer. Last November Monterey voters approved a referendum permitting retail package stores to sell beer. The referendum narrowly ... Read More »

Governor Bill Haslam’s three year transportation plan includes funding for a major Upper Cumberland road project. The plan announced Tuesday will include funding for the widening of Highway 127 leading into Fentress County. The project calls widening the roadway near Little Road North of State Route 62 to North of South Franklin Loop Road. It will also widen from Lowe ... Read More »

Two area libraries recently received technology grants from the state. The state Library and Archives awards the grants. Gainesboro’s Charles Ralph Holland Memorial Library and the White County Public Library each received just over $8,000. In Gainesboro, Library Director Kate Chalman said the money went to buying new computers. “We used our tech grant to buy and upgrade our six-year-old ... Read More »

Sparta officials and TDOT plan to conduct a traffic study on the city’s main street. Discussions about a new traffic light at the intersection of Bockman Way and Highway 111 led to the plan. TDOT will redesign the intersection at the Highway 111 northbound exit and install a new traffic light. City officials originally rejected the plan because it didn’t ... Read More »

TDOT will build a new traffic light in Sparta that officials originally didn’t want. The light at the intersection of Bockman Way and Highway 111 will be paid for by TDOT. The city won’t have to pay and won’t have to assume liability for any accidents at the intersection if they refuse, City Manager Chris Dorsey said. “It’s a special ... Read More »

A missing Jamestown girl has been found safe. Jamestown Police Det. Rob Lower said 17-year-old Kyana Asberry had been missing since April 1. “She actually called her mother and was in Nashville and wanted to come home, her mother actually picked her up. We didn’t know until she had arrived back here with her, she arrived back at the police ... Read More »