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Purchases for the Livingston Academy Stadium renovations continued Tuesday with the approval of a new scoreboard and lighting. School Board Chair Mike Hayes said the expenditures are in preparation to put the total project out for bid on December 27th. “The lighting there is about a four month lead time,” Hayes said. “The scoreboard there is about a three to ... Read More »

This Saturday in Sparta will be one of the first opportunities to get into the Christmas spirit. It is the lighting of the Christmas Tree and other holiday festivities surrounding the evening. Chamber of Commerce Director Marvin Bullock said Santa Claus will be present with carriage rides and Christmas caroling. “The lighting of the tree and this is a little ... Read More »

Livingston is addressing lighting downtown at the West Main Street parking lot. Downtown Revitalization Chairman Ray Evans said getting lighting has been a safety concern for residents, downtown employees and patrons. Evans said bids will open up in a month, but there could be installation delays. “It depends upon the availability of the poles themselves,” Evans said. “There’s certain commodities ... Read More »

All bids were rejected for phase one of Algood’s future 21-acre park during Tuesday night’s city council meeting. The lowest bid came in at $1,054,900. Mayor Lisa Chapman-Fowler said rejecting the bids might be an unpopular decision but the alternative is coming up with more money towards the park. “We’re trying to be conservative with our dollars,” Chapman-Fowler said. “We ... Read More »

The Overton County School System is working with UCEMC for consistent ownership of exterior school lighting. Ownership of Livingston Academy’s parking lot lighting is split between the school and UCEMC. Chairman Jarman Hicks said this has created some inconsistencies when it comes to maintenance. “Anytime the school system has issues with the lighting Upper Cumberland Electric maintains, they do a ... Read More »

The Upper Cumberland Regional Airport has been experiencing weather-related lighting outages. Airport Manager Dean Selby said with so many lights in the facility, maintaining them is an ongoing process. Selby said while the outages are not as serious as they have been in the past, the last one that happened was at the worst possible time. “We had one outage ... Read More »