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Crossville Moves Forward With Airport Leases

Crossville City Council moved forward with two long-term agreements for the Crossville Airport during a special-called meeting Tuesday. One agreement provides a 30-year lease for Whisper Aero with a 10-year renewal to house maintenance facilities. The second agreement is a five-year contract with renewals for five years with Azure to provide jet business to Crossville. “Whisper is an economic development ... Read More »

Crossville Hosting Fly-In Open House At Memorial Airport

The Crossville Memorial Airport hosting its annual fly-in and open house Saturday. City Manager Greg Wood said participants can get an up close look at jets, helicopters and learn about airport operations. “A lot of people don’t realize what goes on at the airport, and they just think it is folks that have their own private planes and it’s really ... Read More »

Crossville City Council Votes To Retain City Manager

The Crossville City Council voted 3-2 against the termination of City Manager Greg Wood Friday. Wood’s suspension was also lifted in a separate vote during the same meeting. The council voted 3-2 in favor of Wood resuming work as soon as possible. The matter was discussed in a special called meeting after the results of a third-party investigation was shared ... Read More »

Crossville City Manager Rescinds Resignation Letter

Crossville City Manager Greg Wood has rescinded his letter of resignation opening the door for the City Council to keep him or fire him. That according to Mayor James Mayberry, who said the council is still awaiting the final results of an outside investigation. The issue: the search and brief closure of the Village Inn and allegations of a orchestrated ... Read More »

Crossville Council Delays Decision On City Manager’s Resignation

The Crossville City Council voted 3-2 to table further discussion on City Manager Greg Wood’s resignation Tuesday. A special called meeting was scheduled after Wood indicated in a letter that his last day would be August 31st. The resignation followed a suspension of Wood and an investigation into the closing of the Village Inn. Some council members wanted the full ... Read More »

Crossville Council To Negotiate Requests In City Manager’s Resignation

Requests in Crossville City Manager Greg Wood’s resignation letter will be a center point of discussion at a special called meeting Tuesday. Mayor James Mayberry said when an employee resigns, they are due payment for remaining sick and vacation days. Mayberry said the council will negotiate those payments with Wood. “They can get credit for the sick days that they ... Read More »

Crossville Mayor On Timing Of City Manager’s Resignation

Crossville Mayor James Mayberry called the timing of City Manager Greg Wood’s resignation “interesting.” Mayberry said Wood submitted his resignation Wednesday before the city received final results of an investigation over the Village Inn closure. “Mr. Wood he agrees that he is the top of the chain, and he doesn’t take any responsibility, but he says that for what went ... Read More »

Crossville City Manager Submits Letter Of Resignation

A special called Crossville City Council meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday afternoon to discuss the resignation of City Manager Greg Wood. The agenda states that Wood submitted a letter of resignation effective August 31st. According to the meeting notice, the council will review the resignation and the process of accepting applications for city manager. Wood was suspended last week ... Read More »

Crossville City Manager Suspended Following Village Inn Closure

Crossville City Manager Greg Wood was suspended for three weeks Tuesday amid concerns of due process over the closure of the Village Inn. The motel on Burnett Street closed last week due to allegations of code infractions. It then reopened shortly after. City Attorney William Ridley recommended the city council to approve an outside investigation based on the actions under ... Read More »

Crossville’s Palace Theatre Deemed Safe, Reopened Monday

The Palace Theatre reopened Monday after the historic building was deemed safe by structural engineers. The venue was closed over a week after a portion of wall collapsed onto the roof. City Manager Greg Wood said scheduled shows and programming will resume immediately. “We had two structural engineers evaluate it,” Wood said. “They said once the debris was cleared off ... Read More »