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UCHRA Executive Director Mark Farley said he wants to plan a regional opioid summit on how to spend opioid abatement money. Farley said a lot of communities are already receiving payments from court settlements. Farley said the summit would review how the money can be used. “One of the things that we want to make sure is that our mayors ... Read More »

House Speaker Cameron Sexton said he anticipates a two percent increase in the state’s budget next fiscal year. Sexton updated regional leaders about the latest legislative efforts at the UCHRA Board of Directors Annual Meeting Wednesday. “The budget it is very good this year,” Sexton said. “The numbers are still up. You will still see very conservative budget estimates. I ... Read More »

Expect temperatures Thursday night to fall some 40 degrees as some of the coldest air in years plunges south. Staff Meteorologist Rob Carolan said the Upper Cumberland will likely see wind chill temperatures between 15 and 20 degrees below zero. “It is really an impressive air mass that’s going to be working its way in,” Carolan said. “It’s actually moving ... Read More »

Clay County Emergency Management will have a warming shelter open for the community with the cold weather this weekend. Director Kyle Haney said the shelter will be at the Clay County Volunteer Rescue Squad building located at 74 River Road in Celina. “Some agencies will like to wait and see the events to actually happen,” Haney said. “But for me, ... Read More »

Collegeside Church of Christ is seeking volunteers to help at its emergency warming shelter opening Thursday. Cookeville Vice Mayor Luke Eldridge said Hip Cookeville CEO Blair Dudley worked tirelessly to make sure no one would be left to the cold this weekend. “We know there’s more homeless that are out there that need the shelter,” Eldridge said. “The Mission unfortunately ... Read More »

Pickett County Archives has received a state grant that will allow visitors to read the large quantity of microfilm in its possession. Archivist Pam Bullock said the microfilm includes important documentation like deeds, land grants, and map parcels. Bullock said the almost $5,000 went towards a new computer that is compatible with a microfilm reader. “Right now we don’t have ... Read More »

Cookeville Police Department set to conduct a Sobriety checkpoint on North Willow Avenue Thursday. The department is encouraging everyone to not operate a vehicle if alcohol has been consumed. If alcohol is consumed, plan ahead of time to have a designated driver. Read More »

Cookeville Regional Medical Center’s Outpatient Pharmacy set to move to its new location on the corner of North Hickory Avenue and Fourth Street. The Pharmacy closed Wednesday afternoon and will reopen at its new location on Thursday at 10 a.m. The pharmacy’s phone number will be the same: 931-783-2552. Read More »

Jackson County Mayor Randy Heady reappointed as chair of the UCHRA and UCDD Executive Committee Wednesday. Smith County Mayor Jeff Mason once again will serve as the vice-chair. The secretary for the development district will be Fentress County Executive Jimmy Johnson. As for the human resource agency, Byrdstown Mayor Sam Gibson will be its secretary. The appointments were recommended from ... Read More »

A construction incident at an Upper Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation substation in Livingston left some 5,300 customers without power for more than an hour. Director of Operations Joe Skelton said a TVA dump truck bed hit a guy wire that held an overhead electricity pole. “And when the dump truck hung the guy wire it broke the top of the ... Read More »