Tag Archives: Inspiritus

The Overton-Pickett County E911 Board met for the first time since the February ice storm. Overton EMA Director Chris Masiongale reflected on the efforts during and after the storm to help the county. Masiongale said that throughout this time he never asked for assistance that someone was not willing to provide at a moments notice. Masiongale remembered one instance while ... Read More »

Overton County is asking locals to volunteer this Saturday to cleanup debris from the February ice storm. There’s an estimated 60,000 cubic yards of debris down in the county. Overton-Pickett County 911 Public Relations Traci Masiongale said Airport Road, Oakley Allons Road and Rock Crusher Road are the target areas. “A lot of the county is elderly people where it ... Read More »

Putnam County Areas impacted by the March Tornado will see volunteers trying to connect survivors to resources Saturday morning. Restore and Repair Committee Member John Bell said this ground effort will be passing out postcards with resource information so survivors can get registered for the remaining tornado relief funding. Bell said survivors should know that it does not matter how ... Read More »

Two new faith-based groups will provide long term relief for victims of the March tornadoes. Cookeville Regional Charitable Foundation Director John Bell said the United Methodist Council on Relief and Inspiritus will be surveying survivors and gathering info for the Benevolence Committees. These two groups specialize in long term relief. Which Bell said, is part of the recovery effort’s relief ... Read More »