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Just hours after telling a Cookeville City Council Work Session that he was not “for the removal of monuments at all,” Council Member Mark Miller posted to social media Monday questioning whether the confederate monument at Cookeville City Cemetery should be removed. Miller removed the post several hours later. “There is an apparent violation with one of the subsections (of ... Read More »

It will take the City of Cookeville up to a year to fully integrate Double Springs Utility District customers into the city. Cookeville Water and Sewer Department Director Ronnie Kelly said there is a lot of work to do in that area. “We’ll be bringing the council an engineering contract probably next month,” Kelly said. “That will be the design ... Read More »

Cookeville City Council Member Mark Miller said he welcomes family members of those buried at the Cookeville City Cemetery to add their voices to the issue of Confederate symbols. Miller said Cookeville needs a large group of voices to be heard on the issue. “We need to have a diverse group of people meet and discuss this,” Miller said. “And, ... Read More »

Construction on an addition to the Cookeville-Putnam County Animal Shelter will begin this week. Shelter Director Jennifer Hutchinson-Tracy said the space was originally planned during construction of the shelter, but it was cut for budgetary reasons. “It was one of the first things I asked when I came here to interview and toured,” Hutchinson-Tracy said. “I asked if there was ... Read More »