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Livingston Mayor Curtis Hayes satisfied with Monday’s bid for the paving of South Church Street. The city received bids from Rogers Group and Copeland DRP for the project, with Rogers Group turning in the lowest bid. Hayes said he will take the Rogers Group bid to the Board of Aldermen for a vote at its February meeting. Hayes said the ... Read More »

The Upper Cumberland Development District has promoted Rosa Smith to Assistant Director of Economic Development. Smith originally joined the UCDD as an Economic Development Planner focused on addressing the Upper Cumberland’s childcare shortage. She has focused on spreading awareness about childcare challenges in the region. Smith has also sought to find ways to make childcare more accessible and affordable. “The ... Read More »

Cookeville Water and Sewer asking residents to eliminate any unnecessary water consumption as the city experiences extreme water usage. Department Director Barry Turner said recent cold temperatures have caused some pipes to freeze. As temperatures warmed Monday, the pipes busted. He said holding off on laundry and refraining from washing the salt off of cars for now is a big ... Read More »

The First Baptist Church in Sparta will offer a program aimed to help those struggling with grief from the loss of a loved one. Co-Facilitator Pamela Sanders said the GriefShare program involves weekly meetings. Sanders said the program has three components: videos featuring nationally-recognized grief counselors, group discussion, and a workbook designed to be worked on between meetings. “GriefShare is ... Read More »

With a presidential election approaching, Upper Cumberland counties are looking for poll workers, with various levels of needs. Putnam County Election Commission Executive Assistant Sarah Shaw said they are prepared for the March Primary Elections. She said with the larger turnout for the Presidential Election in November they will have to recruit a few more poll workers. She said in ... Read More »

One year into taking over codes inspection from the state, White County Building Codes Inspector Brett Nash said there have been some challenges. Nash said he had to write the county’s building codes from scratch because no codes existed at either a city or county level. Nash said the other issue he faced was people trying to continue to go ... Read More »

Millions across the country are participating in “Dry January” a period of alcohol abstinence designed to shed light on the relationship one has with alcohol. The COVID pandemic led to the biggest spike in alcohol consumption in 50 years. Cumberland Heights Chief Medical Officer Chapman Sledge said even if drinking has not been a major problem in someone’s life, there ... Read More »

The Cookeville Energy Department stands almost 60 percent to its goal of replacing all of Cookeville’s existing street lights with improved LED lights. Department of Energy Director Carl Haney said the replacement project began some three years ago when manufacturers started to move away from the lights the city previously used. “They were coming out with a more energy-efficient LED ... Read More »

Four local organizations have come together to form the Cookeville Community Cares Coalition to work on issues like poverty and homelessness. Hip Cookeville CEO Blair Dudley said the coalition has the ability to work directly with people in need. He said the street-level work they do can resolve issues that might take a government entity three to six months to ... Read More »

Tech’s College of Agriculture and Human Ecology has entered the design phase for a new Agriculture Engineering and Innovation Center to be built at Shipley Farms. The structure will house state-of-the-art equipment used in agriculture to allow students to get hands on training. The building will also have classroom and lecture space. Dean Darron Smith said getting this structure built ... Read More »