Tag Archives: March 3 Tornado

The Putnam County Fairgrounds will host a lost and found event from Friday to Sunday for Tornado survivors. Friday from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM at the women’s building residents can drop off items found after the tornado. Randy Adams is Deputy Director of the Putnam County Volunteer Organization. Adams said survivors can come to claim items on Saturday and ... 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 »

Putnam County will lose almost $250,000 in property tax revenue due to damages from the March tornado. That’s according to Putnam County Property Assessor Steve Pierce. He said property taxes are prorated to the day of the storm. “If it was 100-percent destroyed, it will be taken off the tax rolls starting that date,” Pierce said. “Say you had a ... Read More »