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The Baxter Christmas Parade has been pushed to Monday amid weather concerns and Upperman Football playing for a state championship. Parade organizer Chelsey Stanton said rain appears to be a possibility Friday and rain limited attendance at last year’s event. Stanton said with a large portion of the community heading to Chattanooga for the high school football state championship, she ... Read More »

The final coat has dried and the new mural is complete on the facade of Baxter Primary School. Principal Marsha Wyatt said the mural depicts kid-friendly, kid-focused imagery that will inspire students of any background. Manuel Fuentes painted the mural and Wyatt said that the finished product looks way better than she ever expected. Wyatt said the mural gives representation ... Read More »

Putnam County Sheriffs Department apprehended a North Carolina man Wednesday wanted for questioning in the armed robbery of a Cookeville Dollar General. Brent Anthony Holland arrested in connection with the Tuesday robbery of the East Spring Street location, as well as a bank robbery in Jackson County. Sheriffs Deputies responded to a Baxter home on Jack Lewis Road where Holland ... Read More »

Baxter Police Chief Danny Holmes said the department needs more officers and hopes to ask Aldermen for funding next spring. A concerned citizen brought up the lack of staffing at a recent town meeting, with particular concern about officers working alone on night shifts as well as 911 response time. Holmes said the department currently has a staff of seven. ... Read More »

Building costs have jumped but lease rates have remained consistent, leaving Cookeville’s commercial real estate imbalanced. That according to local real estate expert Craig Hughes. Hughes said that as the cost to build has nearly doubled since 2021, lease rates have not been able to keep up. Hughes said this leads to a lack of incentive for investors to build. ... Read More »

Baxter Depot Museum has received additional 20th-century artifacts from the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. Putnam County Archivist Glenn Jones said Joe McGovern presented the museum with memorabilia owned by his grandfather Philip Aloysius McGovern. Jones said the artifacts include two lanterns that Phillip McGovern used as a conductor on the L&N Railroad. “A lot of young people and older people ... Read More »

The Baxter Senior Center is outgrowing its current location and has begun the search for a new building. Senior Center Director Brent Lee said the number of seniors the center services has tripled over the last year. He said the center has gone from serving an average of 10 to 15 to people to 40 to 50. Lee said the ... Read More »

The Baxter Board of Aldermen voted Thursday night to put speed bumps in Deer Crest subdivision Thursday. Several citizens voiced their concerns about vehicles speeding through the neighborhood including Deer Crest resident Cynthia Hall. “We have a huge, bad speeding issue, we’ve got to resolve it,” Hall said. “Our speed limit is 15 in there, we’ve caught people doing 50 ... Read More »

A T-DOT study suggests $230 million in road improvements to Highway 70 between Baxter and Cookeville, as well as an extension of Tennessee Avenue. Putnam County Commissioners heard the results Monday night of a study conducted over the last year on growing congestion in the area. In addition to the 70-corridor, they focused on County Farm Road and Pippin Road, ... Read More »

The Baxter Planning Commission is considering a ban on vacation rentals like air bnbs in subdivisions. Commission members said they did not know of any vacation rentals currently located in subdivisions, but wanted to get out ahead of a potential problem. Codes Director and Building Inspector Bob Lane said vacation rentals work fine. “Air BnBs sometimes work great,” Lane said. ... Read More »