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The Van Buren County Commission once again approved the sale of the BDS property. Real Estate Agent Melissa Harmon presented the commission with two offers Tuesday night. Commissioners voted to move forward with a $220,000 deal with Nashville-based non-profit Auxilium Auto. “Offers are very similar,” Harmon said. “But one is $220,000. The other one is $225,000 with the contingency to ... Read More »

The next step has been taken for Algood to improve public water services for Green Mountain residents. The city council awarded the work to Mofield Brothers Construction at a $387,800 bid. City Administrator Keith Morrison said after additional engineering and environmental fees, the cost will be about $20,000 over budget. “There will be about 15 new taps installed for this,” ... Read More »

The Putnam County Commission gave final approval Monday on a 12-district redistricting plan consistent with the current system. Commissioner Ben Rodgers said districts four and nine will be bigger while districts five and ten will be smaller. Once fully implemented, each district of Putnam County will have about 6,700 residents. Rodgers said the committee met six times in the past ... Read More »

The Cookeville Planning Commission approved a subdivision regulation amendment that could require sidewalks for new residential developments along existing streets. Planning Director Jon Ward said those new developments with access to public sewer and within 1,000 feet of an existing sidewalk qualify. “This is a big change in and of itself,” Ward said. “We’ve never required that, and we’ve left ... Read More »

DeKalb County will see a small change in its districts after the county commission approved the redistricting plan Monday. Only four districts and 264 people will be affected. 158 people from District 3 moved to District 2 and 106 residents shifted from District 5 to District 6. DeKalb County’s total population based on the 2020 Census is 20,080. Read More »

White County preparing to put its disc golf course project out for bid. County Executive Denny Wayne Robinson said the commission has approved to move forward. Robinson said the course specifics are currently being created with the goal to put the project out for bid in the coming weeks. “It’s not like building a building or something where you have ... Read More »

Byrdstown will conduct some $60,000 of sewer plant improvements to fix the system. Mayor Sam Gibson said the town will pay for a new computer system and air valves. “This is kind of the thing that needs to be done without doing the $3 million at the water plant and the $3 million at the sewer plant,” Gibson said. “I ... Read More »

The Cookeville Planning Commission approved preliminary plans for a 41-lot subdivision on the corner of Buffalo Valley Road and Holladay Road. City Planning Director Jon Ward said Kensington Subdivision will be located on 10 acres, subdivided among the plats. “One new, looped interior street is proposed named Kensington Circle that will connect to Buffalo Valley Road to provide ingress and ... Read More »

Byrdstown employees will receive a dollar raise next fiscal year as a part of the town’s new budget. The Board of Aldermen unanimously approved the first reading of the proposed $1.2 million budget Monday. Mayor Sam Gibson said other than the pay raise, the spending plan is similar to last year. “The budgets look good,” Gibson said. “We have our ... Read More »

The Celina Board of Aldermen approved the first reading of the city’s new fiscal year budget Tuesday. Mayor Tonya Spears said the $2.7 million spending plan has no tax or utility raises. “We had to cut back in all areas, because not knowing what all of our numbers were going to be,” Spears said. “Of course with the pandemic and ... Read More »