TTU Welcomes Comedian Thursday
Actress, comedian, disability advocate and writer Maysoon Zayid will be in Tennessee Tech University’s Derryberry Auditorium Thursday, Sept. 21 at 7 p.m. Zayid is currently a guest comedian in residence at Arizona State University and is the co-founder and co-executive producer of the New York Arab American Comedy Festival and The Muslim Funny Fest. “An […]
Archery Deer Season Opens Saturday
Archery season for deer begins Saturday throughout Tennessee. Crossbows and bows can be used until October 27. Hunters can bag four antlerless deer. That’s a male or female deer with no antlers protruding above the hairline. Hunters may only bag two antlered deer over the course of the year. Hunters must check their harvest before […]
Van Buren 911 Audit Should Be Clean This Year
Van Buren County 911 Board Chairman Brian Bricker said he expects the group will have a clean audit this year. The last two year’s audits had problems, including running in the red, Bricker said. Last year, the group reported themselves to the state and asked for help. Now there’s accounting controls in place, and a […]
Van Buren 911 May Give Spencer Ultimatum
The Van Buren County 911 Board may have an ultimatum for the city of Spencer. 911 Board Chairman Brian Bricker said they can’t afford to keep dispatching calls for the city of Spencer without more money. Bricker said they’ll ask their attorney about setting a date to stop dispatching service for Spencer. Bricker said the […]
Cookeville Drivers Testing Center Offers CDL Tests
Commercial drivers can once again get their CDL in Cookeville. Sen. Paul Bailey was among those at a ceremony reopening the Cookeville Driver Testing Center’s CDL testing Friday. “This is going to help many, many people in the Upper Cumberland area for them to be able to come to the Cookeville location and take their […]
Motlow Enrollment Reaches Record High
For the third consecutive year Motlow State Community College has the largest enrollment in school history, according to official enrollment numbers released for the fall of 2017. Motlow State enrolled 6,597 students this fall, a 12.9-percent increase over the same period last fall. Final enrollment numbers are based on the preliminary census report from the […]
Loutzenheiser Pleads Guilty; Sentenced To 12 Years
A retired Tennessee Tech professor accepted a plea agreement and immediately began serving his prison sentence. District Attorney General Bryant Dunaway: “Roy Loutzenheiser, a former professor at Tennessee Tech, pled guilty this morning to attempted aggravated sexual battery. He took a plea, entered a plea in criminal court of Putnam County this morning and was […]
Report Shows Increase In Traffic-Related Deaths Across UC
A total of 61 traffic fatalities have occurred in the Upper Cumberland this year, which is eight more than this time last year. Numbers released by the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security shows Warren County having the highest number of traffic fatalities with 14 in 2017. That’s eight more than this time last […]
CHS Student Arrested For Online Threat
A Cookeville High School student faces at least one criminal charge after posting an alleged threat on social media. Putnam County Schools Director Jerry Boyd would only identify the student as an upperclassman. That student was arrested by the Putnam County Sheriff’s Department early Monday morning. When our team was notified, or activated, in conjunction […]
Putnam Clean Commission Receives Stream Clean-up Grant
The Putnam County Clean Commission has a received an aquatic stream cleanup grant from the state. Clean Commission Executive Coordinator Shannon Reese said the funding will go towards the commission’s efforts to cleanup Window Cliffs State Natural Area. “We cleaned up last year and got a lot of the stuff, but this comes from Cane […]
