Upper Cumberland Counties Get Pre-K Grants
The state Department of Education awarded voluntary pre-K grants recently. The grants target four-year-old students from low-income families. Nearly $6 million was distributed to Upper Cumberland counties. Putnam County received more than $1.5 million to help fund 18 pre-K classrooms. Jill Ramsey is supervisor of instruction for pre-K through fifth grade. She said the grant helps, […]
Burnett Steps Aside As Boys State Director
American Legion Boys State Director Marc Burnett has retired. Burnett said it was time for a transition to the next level. Burnett has been the director for 16 years and involved in the program for 33. He started as a counselor in 1984. Boys State took place last week at Tennessee Tech. More than 500 […]
Cumberland Sex Offender Sentenced To Two Years
A Cumberland County sex offender has been sentenced to two years in prison. Dewayne Levonn Smith, 42, pleaded guilty after he was found in the company of a 16-year-old runaway. The girl was not harmed and has been returned to her family. Smith was given credit for 89 days served and is banned from any future contact […]
Approach Intersections With Caution When The Power Goes Out
Storms Saturday night knocked out power to roughly 90 percent of Cookeville. Cookeville Police Major Carl Sells said those power outages affected traffic lights as well. “For a large portion of town, if not the entire amount of town, traffic signals weren’t operating. Oftentimes people don’t know how to respond to that situation so that […]
Disasters Can Bring Home Improvement Scammers
Cookeville Police Major Carl Sells said disasters can bring scammers out to take advantage of homeowners. “Just as in a lot of situations where there are repairs to be made or messes to be cleaned up, there are those who will take advantage of those who don’t know any better,” Sells said. There’s an easy […]
Work To Restore Power Continuing In Cookeville
As of this afternoon about 75 Cookeville Electric customers remain without power following Saturday night’s storm system. Karen Brown with Cookeville Electric’s energy services said getting everyone back online has been a daunting task. “We have 12 to 15 broken poles and we still have to replace about 10 big transformers,” Brown said. “We are […]
Cookeville Carnival Starts Tuesday; Profits Support Fair
The Putnam County Fair Board’s throwing a carnival to raise money for the fair. The Cookeville Spring Carnival kicks off Tuesday at the Putnam County Fairgrounds. Board President John Allen said it’s a smaller version of the fair, with rides and games provided by the same vendor. “It is the James King Amusements that’s in […]
Sparta Water Plant Renovations In Early Stages
Sparta City Manager Chris Dorsey said the water plant renovations are moving forward as expected. Renovations began in mid-March. “It is on schedule, it’s moving forward, the progress is as good as can be expected which is very nice, even with the weather we’ve had, we’re pretty much on schedule with it,” Dorsey said. The […]
Former Corrections Officer Showed Other Inappropriate Conduct
Clay County Sheriff Brandon Boone said a former corrections officer was only temporarily employed by the department. Boone said he opened an internal investigation that revealed Spencer Mason had made “lewd and inappropriate” comments to a female employee at a Clay County business while on duty and in uniform. Mason resigned in lieu of termination […]
