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UCHRA’s MyRide Expanding To Warren County

UCHRA’s MyRide program is expanding to Warren County. The program uses volunteers to transport mobile residents 60 and older to anywhere in the county. Regional Coordinator Carey Davenport said the Warren County service should be fully operational sometime this summer. “We have to have a minimum of 10 volunteers to actually start the program before we can start doing any ... Read More »

Warren County High School, Community Making Prom A Reality

Warren County High School and the local community is working together to deliver the perfect prom for students. English Teacher Whitney Dyer said the school’s prom shop has grown from teacher donations to brand new dresses from a local shop. Dyer said that dresses, shoes and jewelry are all available so no student has to go without. “We were hearing ... Read More »

Warren Resident Wants To Do More To Protect Dogs

Warren County Commissioners will consider ordinance proposals on how dogs are best kept outside. Nicole Peak of Warren County Pets Lost and Found said rules for tethering, adequate shelter and weather conditions are not defined. McPeak said the first phase for the county should be defining how to humanely secure dogs outside. “I helped with securing houses this winter with ... Read More »

McMinnville Taking Action On Blue Municipal Building

McMinnville’s Board of Aldermen will need to decide what the future of the Franklin P. Blue Municipal Building will be. The core of the building was built in 1916 and held city offices 11 years ago. City Administrator Nolan Ming said he toured the building recently with four aldermen. Ming said the building has taken water damage, has two holes ... Read More »

McMinnville Sets Short-Term Goals For Long-Term Projects

McMinnville has identified several long-term project goals for city officials to work on. City Administrator Nolan Ming said a planning session was with MTAS helped identify priorities for the 2021-2022 budget. Ming said among the areas to consider, a consolidated economic development board and an analysis of employee compensation. “Not everyone agrees with the four final ideas,” Ming said. “But ... Read More »

Warren County Ambulance Services Receive State Award

Warren County Ambulance Services has received state recognition for excellence in emergency medical services. This is the Bob Thomas ALS Service Award and Warren County was selected out of over 160 departments. Ambulance Services Director Preston Denney said it was a humbling experience to be awarded at the Tennessee Ambulance Service Association Conference. “The training program that we have, we’ve ... Read More »

Three UC Counties Need MyRide Volunteers

MyRide Upper Cumberland needs volunteer drivers to help seniors keep their independence. Volunteers are needed in Putnam, Cumberland and Warren County. Upper Cumberland Regional Coordinator Carey Davenport said volunteers help seniors get what they need like groceries, medicine. “It allows that volunteer to assist with them or it just might also be just the communication and spending that time with ... Read More »

Warren School System Keeps Four-Day In-Person Schedule

The Warren County School System will not return to a 5-day in-person schedule. Director of Schools Grant Swallows said he anticipates finishing the year with schools in-person four days a week. Swallows said this is not the preferred method for learning but the system still have roughly 800 students fully virtual. “Many of our teachers are teaching virtually and in-person,” ... Read More »

McMinnville, Warren County Helping Install Car Seats

McMinnville law enforcement and the fire department will be checking car seats for safety Saturday. Police Lieutenant Mark Mara said they see a lot of installation mistakes, wrong size car seats and expired seats. Mara said they’ve seen a number of car accidents where a childs seat was not installed correctly. “We’ve had traffic stops where it wasn’t done correctly ... Read More »