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Putnam County officials expect to submit the final report on the March 3rd tornado to FEMA next week. Mayor Randy Porter said the report includes expenses of overtime hours and law enforcement work around $3 million. The Clean-up will cost around $2 million. “We have weekly conference calls with FEMA, and they’ve been very good to help us,” Porter said. ... Read More »

Only 32 property owners have taken advantage of the Upper Cumberland Association of Realtors’ tornado relief fund. President Kathy Dunn said she wishes more people would apply for relief before the June 1 deadline. “We’ve gotten the word out through several different methods,” Dunn said. “I don’t know if some people because of the name of the realtor relief fund ... Read More »

Some $1.75 million in tornado relief checks will be signed and mailed Friday morning as the Tornado Relief Fund helps its first storm victims. Citizens and businesses across the nation donated more than $2 million to the Cookeville-Putnam County Tornado Relief Fund in the weeks after the March 3 tornado. “The committee that we set up has been working on ... Read More »