Cookeville-Putnam County NAACP has elected its newest officers to serve for the 2022-2024 term. Tom Savage was re-elected as the Branch President. Johnnie Wheeler will serve as the First-Vice President and Jack McMurry will serve as the Second-Vice President. The following positions were elected as follows: Third Vice President-Walter Buck Fourth Vice President-Ruth Ventrice Treasurer-Geeta McMillan Assistant Treasurer-Linda Irby Secretary-Monica ... Read More »
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Cane Creek Substation Work Takes Next Steps
Cookeville Electric Department will take the next steps on work at the Cane Creek Substation. Director Carl Haney said the recently-approved $2 million bid marks the beginning of the construction project. “In this, we will be recommended hiring a contractor that will come in and take out all of the old transformers, and a lot of the bus work a ... Read More »
New N. Cedar Parking Lot Open In Downtown Cookeville
Cookeville set to open new parking on North Cedar Avenue Friday. City Manager James Mills said the parking lot is the site of the old mini-storage units that the city acquired a few years ago. “There’s a net gain of many more parking spaces so it should be a positive for the downtown,” Mills said. “We really want to encourage ... Read More »
Cookeville Electric Working Outage On Willow
Cookeville Electric reporting a power outage at this hour affecting areas around Interstate 40 and Willow Avenue. As of 7:45am, utility officials reported the outage impact South Willow Avenue north of I-40 to West Spring Street. Fairground Street, Lone Oak Drive, West Jackson Street and Buffalo Valley Road are also being impacted. Crews are working to restore power at this ... Read More »
Cookeville City Council Will Consider Professional Design Services Contract For Fire Station 1
Cookeville City Council set to take the next steps on the renovations of Fire Station One. City Manager James Mills told the council at Monday night’s work session that the city retained the services of a company to do an assessment of the fire hall and a preliminary floor plan. He said he is asking the council to consider entering ... Read More »
Cookeville To Consider Selling Two Highlands Business Park Lots
Cookeville City Council will consider selling two lots in the Highlands Business Park. The land is set to be developed by the Hollingsworth Company, which also developed the Ficosa building in the Business Park. Community Development Director Jon Ward said the lots will serve as “spec” sites for potential future industries. “This is an opportunity to add spec buildings to ... Read More »
Jefferson Avenue Widening Project Slightly Behind Schedule
Work on the Jefferson Avenue widening project in Cookeville will continue through the cold season. That is according to TDOT Community Relations Officer Rae-Anne Bradley. Bradley said utility relocation and grading for the new roadways will be the majority of work. “This project is a little bit behind schedule due to material shortages,” Bradley said. “Those materials have been delivered, ... Read More »
Cookeville BZA Approves Parking Variance For HRS Property Redevelopment
Cookeville Board of Zoning Appeals approved a variance for parking lots at Highlands Residential Services’ old Claude Darwin property at Boatman and Darwin Streets. Community Development Director Jon Ward said the property is in the process of redevelopment by a third party. He said the current zoning code requires 1.25 parking spaces per bedroom for the first 50 units, and ... Read More »
Cookeville’s Merry And Bright Contest Registration Open
Registrations for Cookeville’s Merry and Bright Holiday Home Challenge now open. Leisure Services Recreation Programmer Sally Herren said the annual event encourages homes within a 15-mile radius to help the community spread holiday cheer. “It’s a tradition for not just those people who those people who decorate their homes and enter the contest,” Herren said. “But a tradition for those ... Read More »
Two Cookeville Cattle Farmers Elected As Delegates For American Angus Association Convention
Cookeville’s Richard Brown and his daughter Kristen Brown have been elected as delegates for the Annual American Angus Association Convention. They run a cow-calf feed stock operation with about 100 head of cattle. Richard Brown said rising costs are the most prevalent issues that cattle farmers in the Upper Cumberland face today. “It’s been kind of crippling to the farmer ... Read More »