Tag Archives: Overton County

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 »

A Livingston woman arrested Tuesday on arson charges resulting from a July, 2020 fire. 46-year-old Tracy Lee Hargis booked into the Overton County Jail on one count of arson. The TBI and the Overton County Sheriffs Department investigated a fire on Swallows Chapel Road July 6. TBI Special Agents found Hargis had been responsible for starting the fire at the ... Read More »

The Tennessee State Review Board delayed a decision on adding the Twinton Fire Lookout Tower to the National Register of Historic Places. Tennessee Tech History Professor Michael Birdwell said the Overton County facility needed more documentation about its historical significance. “This is stuff that’s not hard to find,” Birdwell said. “Been working with the Highlander Project for six years, I ... Read More »

Overton County Interim Director of Schools Donnie Holman said his first few weeks of leading the school system has gone well. Holman said while it has been busy, the help from central office staff has made for a smooth transition. “Although I am learning a lot, I feel like I have really gotten a lot done in a short period ... Read More »

The Millard Oakley Public Library has two telescopes for check-out for Overton County’s amateur astronomers. Director Cynthia Julian-Simmons said the Friends of The Library group applied for the grant that got the telescopes. Julian-Simmons said the telescopes cost about $450 and gives residents a chance to try out this hobby. “That’s not something that a family can do lightly, and ... Read More »

1,500 rainbow trout made their way into the wild at Cane Creek Park Wednesday, after a second stocking by TWRA on Wednesday. Fishery Biologist Justin Spaulding said a total of 3,000 rainbow trout have been brought in from Dale Hollow National Fish Hatchery. Spaulding said the nine to 10 inch trout come in a truck and are dumped right into ... Read More »

Overton County has a shipment of about seven heart monitors coming to replace expiring gear in its ambulances. County Executive Ben Danner said the county saved about $40,000 by making the purchase this year. “So, $149,000, which was originally $192,000, so we saved the difference to go ahead and order them, and we traded in the old ones in on ... Read More »