467 Sign Up To Be Tennessee Promise Mentors In UC
A total of 467 people across the Upper Cumberland signed up to be Tennessee Promise mentors. The deadline to sign up was Friday and the region had a goal to get 496 people to sign up before the deadline. Smith County had the highest deficit with only 14 people signing up before the deadline, which is […]
Smithville Man Sentenced For Burglaries
A Smithville man accused in a rash of home burglaries in July has learned his fate in court. 29-year-old Cory Alan Bradford entered a plea by criminal information this week to three counts of aggravated burglary. A judge sentenced him to five years in each case to run consecutively for a total of 15-years. However, […]
Volunteers Key To BlueCross Bowl Success
Community service and great hospitality is being displayed in Cookeville during this week during the Blue Cross Bowl at Tennessee Tech. Cookeville-Putnam County Vice President of Visitors Development Zach Ledbetter said the success of this week’s event depends on some 850-people who volunteer to help out. “It’s a large event and we handle 9 games […]
Black Wants Congress To Release Harassment Claims
Congresswoman Diane Black wants Tennessee’s General Assembly and Congress to disclose sexual harassment claims and settlements involving lawmakers and staffers. Black told The Tennessean Thursday that victims should be released from non-disclosure agreements and Congress and the Assembly should identify perpetrators, but shield victim identities. House Speaker Beth Harwell said Rep. Jeremy Durham’s expulsion last year shows […]
Planned Power Outage Scheduled For Fairfield Glade Friday
Volunteer Electric has scheduled a planned power outage for the Fairfield Glade area Friday night. Officials said the outage will begin at approximately 11:00 p.m. and last about one hour. VEC said the outage will affect about 5,000 homes and businesses. Officials said maintenance work will be done in order to energize the west Fairfield […]
Trout Fishing Coming To Monterey Plus New Opportunities At Meadow Creek Park
Trout fishing is coming to Monterey. The TWRA will begin stocking Rainbow Trout in the Meadow Creek Park Lake on December 13th as part of the agency’s Winter Trout Stocking Program. The trout stocking comes right before some big plans that are set to take place at Meadow Creek Park. Monterey Mayor Bill Wiggins said […]
