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Cleanup of the Obey River Park began Monday after flood waters left behind large amounts of debris. Park Ranger Sondra Carmen said crews have almost cleared the day use area, but about a mile of drift still remains. “The biggest issue is the debris,” Carmen said. “When the lake elevation was at flood stage and the wind and the current ... Read More »

The Keep Putnam County Beautiful Clean Commission is celebrating Earth Day all week with scheduled cleanups around the county. All this week the Clean Commission will provide groups registered with the event materials like safety vests, buckets, litter grabbers and trash bags to aid with clean up. The group hopes the event encourages Putnam County residents to give back to ... Read More »

A Cumberland County woman in the Dripping Springs Road area has gone missing on Monday. Fifty-four-year-old Dawn Beers was last seen at about 10:00 a.m. accompanied by two white great pyrenees dogs. Beers, who is 5’3″ 160 pounds, is believed to be on foot and wearing a gray sweatshirt. Cumberland County EMA advises residents to not approach Beers, who suffers ... Read More »

SlideCKVL, Cookeville’s two-day summer water party, has been cancelled. The annual event was cancelled due to continued concerns regarding the spread of COVID-19. Traditionally, the event features a thousand-foot waterslide on Broad Street that attracts thousands of visitors during Independence Day weekend. This is the second year the event is cancelled due to COVID, but Mayor Ricky Shelton said the ... Read More »

Free car seat inspections and seats are available in White County today at Gary Maxwell Insurance. The group Safe Journey is hosting the event from 2:00 PM until 4:00 PM. Event Volunteer Kim Creasy said Safe Journey works with the White County Sheriff’s Department and uses grants to provide replacement car seats. “If they don’t know the history of the ... Read More »

The Algood Fire Department receiving new gear is a key first step in catching the department up on outdated equipment. Fire Chief Victor Jones said 90 percent of his department’s gear was set to expire within a year. Jones said it is not a matter of technology changing, he said that after nearly a decade the old gear could not ... Read More »

Putnam County’s new property reappraisals values set to go out Friday. County Property Assessor Steve Pierce said Putnam County does its reappraisals every five years. Pierce said that this state mandated process is necessary because of the market value changes that can occur between appraisals. “It’s something we go through to bring market values back up to what the current ... Read More »

The Upper Cumberland State Health Insurance and Assistance (SHIP) Program needs volunteers. Upper Cumberland SHIP Coordinator Amanda Smith said they’ve seen an influx of counseling calls and want to provide more outreach and followups. Smith said that volunteers will help provide free, unbiased counseling to get people the health care they need. “There’s a lot of companies that are out ... Read More »

The Smithville Fiddler’s Jamboree will celebrate its 50th anniversary in-person this summer. Director of Marketing Shan Stout said the two days of music and dance competitions begins on July 2nd. “Our board has voted and made a unanimous decision to move forward with the Jamboree, and we have received the blessing of our city government leaders,” Stout said. “And, we ... Read More »

Highlands Residential Services will begin the relocation process for residents of the Claude Darwin apartment complex. Executive Director Dow Harris said he wants to start meeting with residents about the transition to the Hickory Valley complex this week. “So what do we do with 48 apartments, and we got 59?” Harris said. “We got to take care of all of ... Read More »