The Putnam County Election Commission will resume its discussion this afternoon on overturning a Cookevile City Council rezoning decision. The council rezoned property on West 9th Street and North Franklin to allow for a 160 unit student housing development. A Cookeville resident has submitted a petition requesting a referendum on the August ballot to overturn the council vote. The Commission ... Read More »

The Putnam County Election Commission will meet Friday to resume discussions on a petition that seeks to overturn a Cookeville City Council rezoning ordinance. The ordinance rezoned property on West 9th and North Franklin to allow for a 160 unit student housing development to be built. A Cookeville resident has submitted a petition requesting a referendum to be placed on ... Read More »

There’s an effort underway that’s seeking to overturn a rezoning approved by the Cookeville City Council earlier this this year. A Cookeville resident has submitted a petition to the Putnam County Election Commission that requests a referendum to overturn the ordinance that rezoned 11-acres of property on West 9th Street and North Franklin Avenue. The rezoning allows for the development ... Read More »

The Putnam County Election Commission will meet Wednesday to address a petition to authorize a vote on a Cookeville rezoning ordinance. According to a release from the election commission, the petition requests for a referendum to be held to overturn the vote of the Cookeville City Council regarding Ordinance #0171224 held on January 18th, 2018. That ordinance rezoned parcels on West ... Read More »

Sparta’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen will hold public hearings and final readings on two zoning ordinances at its regular meeting. The first measure would rezone a property near Hale Street for the upcoming Findlay Elementary project. The county board of education has announced plans to build a new Findlay on county property adjacent to the current school. The second ... Read More »

The Sparta Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved the first reading of a measure rezoning property near Findlay Elementary. The property currently belongs to White County. The school district wants to use the property to build a new Findlay Elementary. Once the property is rezoned, the county and school district will trade properties. Sparta City Recorder Tonya Tindle said the ... Read More »

Two Monterey businesses still have a little more work to do before they can begin offering package liquor sales. Monterey Mayor Bill Wiggins said the Alcoholic Board of Commissioners met last night to review applications for those businesses to sale packaged liquor. “The board felt that we needed a little more information before we proceed with issuing a certificate of ... Read More »