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Cumberland County County High School changing its traffic flow as the new school year begins to accommodate construction. Director of Schools Billy Stepp said student drop-off and pickup are now on the Miller Avenue side of the building. He said buses will drop off and pick up at the front of the building. “And that’s to avoid the auditorium construction,” ... Read More »

The White County Schools annual active shooter training to take place Wednesday. Sparta Police Officer Brent Copeland said ALICE training had been taking place annually for some seven years, preparing teachers to Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, and Evacuate. “I would never in my lifetime have thought that we would have to have something like this,” Copeland said. “That the world ... Read More »

Livingston Enterprise, Jackson County Sentinel, the Fentress County Courier and the Citizen Statesman of Celina have apparently ceased publication. The former editor of the newspapers posted to Facebook that Holler Media would no longer publish the papers. The paper’s Google listing shows permanently closed. A call to the company’s Lewisburg and Shelbyville papers said the company wold be closed through ... Read More »

Jackson County Register of Deeds Office is offering fingerprinting services to help provide residents with the service locally. Register of Deeds Michelle Hix said the opportunity came about for an office at the courthouse to be hte hub for such services a few months ago. She said it has been busy ever since. “I know how valuable it is to ... Read More »

The remains of a missing Cookeville man were found in Louisville, Kentucky on Sunday. 30-year-old Daniel Steven Mabrey was reported missing in April this year by his aunt who had not had contact with him since February. Mabrey is believed to have been living in Louisville since February. Mabrey’s remains have been sent to the State Medical Examiner’s Office in ... Read More »

White County EMA reporting downed trees and isolated power outages as weather conditions continue. Deputy Director Kyle Winnett said the most-affected areas are in Mount Gilead and areas just east of Sparta. He said they are also seeing wind gusts up to 35 miles per hour. Crossville Memorial Airport has reported seeing wind gusts up to 61 miles per hour. ... Read More »

DeKalb County Election Commission is promoting a hands-on Open House with new voting machines on Thursday, August 10, from 2-4 p.m. Administrator of Elections Dennis Stanley said newly passed Tennessee legislation mandates that all voting machines have a verifiable paper trail. Stanley said the state paid for the equipment and equipment for other counties that needed the update. “The machines ... Read More »

City of Cookeville will have to make a decision about the next steps with its Interstate Drive project City Manager Jamees Mills said the city is facing issues with costs. He said they received funding for the work through an STBG Grant sometime ago, but now the project cost exceeds the grant funding. “The monies we had originally allocated appear ... Read More »

Tennessee Tech to continue wants to focus efforts on increasing diversity on campus by engaging with the nearby community and alumni of color. Chief Diversity Officer Dr. Robert Owens said when they talk about diversity, he tries to get across the depth of the topic. He said it goes beyond things like skin color and gender, and that it gets ... Read More »

Highland Rim Academy has started a new partnership with the Putnam County Sheriff’s Department to provide a student resource officer on its campus. Sheriff Eddie Farris said it is a new partnership as of this year. He said Highland Rim will pay the county $75,000 for its services. “There’s no more precious resources than our schoolchildren going to school,” Farris ... Read More »