Tag Archives: Livingston

The Highway 111 Deli is offering free meals to any first responders in the Upper Cumberland. This comes after a long night of trying to restore power and mitigate weather effects on residents. Co-Manager Candice Threet said the deli saw several first responders this morning and the owner gave her the go ahead to feed them for free. “There was ... Read More »

Overton County is in a state of emergency and trying to get enough generators to open multiple shelters. Four shelters in Livingston have opened at this time, but County Executive Danner said the county needs to get a shelter open in Rickman. Danner said his biggest concern are elder residents, with 2,000 to 3,000 residents expected to be without power ... Read More »

Two shelters have been opened to serve residents of Overton County dealing with power outages. Livingston First Baptist Church and First Christian Church have been opened as the shelters in Livingston. The shelter is available to anyone who is without power and in need of a place to stay warm. Overton County Executive Ben Danner declared a state of emergency ... Read More »

Overton County is experiencing downed limbs, power lines and outages on a countywide level. Sheriff John Garrett said this started occurring at about 2:00 PM and expects more downed lines and trees as rain continues. Garrett said roads are wet for the most part right now. but However, He said he expects problems as temperatures drop overnight and into tomorrow. ... Read More »

The Livingston Police Department has purchased 10 new bulletproof vests for patrol officers. Police Chief Greg Etheredge said the vests were being swapped back and forth between officers to keep them going. However, Etheredge said with new officers in the department it was important to ensure every officer’s safety. “This new technology, they’re lighter weight and they’ll be more comfortable ... Read More »

Livingston’s Board of Aldermen are considering an optional third-party leak adjustment program for water customers. Mayor Curtis Hayes said coverage and rates have not been finalized, but customers can opt-out of the service agreement at any time. Hayes said the program is through the company Water Leak Relief. That program would pay the difference between the bill with a leak ... Read More »

The Overton County Health Department is seeing a decrease in positive COVID cases over the last two weeks. Director Andy Langford said the county has dropped from 18.2 cases per day to 6.7 new cases. Langford said it is encouraging to see the positivity rate fall to 11.6 percent after previously seeing numbers in the 20 percent range. “The thing ... Read More »

Falling COVID numbers has led to an easing of visitor policy restrictions at Livingston Regional Hospital. Director of Growth and Outreach David Cox said that patients will be allowed one healthy visitor per day. Including one companion for outpatient appointments and one support person for pregnancy patients. Cox said visitation is being limited from 10:00 AM until 2:00 PM so ... Read More »

Traffic school in Livingston will make the move to an online self-study course due to too many COVID complications. Police Chief Greg Etheredge said the department tried to meet in-person and on Zoom but there were too many social distancing and technical issues. Etheredge said everything about traffic school for driving citations will stay the same, except an additional $13 ... Read More »

Livingston crews will get to work immediately to assess leaks in the city’s water system. That after receiving a letter from the Tennessee Water and Wastewater Financing Board. The letter outlined excessive non-revenue water loss of 20 percent or greater during 2019. Consulting engineer Greg Davenport said his data shows a large difference exists in the amount of water pumped ... Read More »