Barry Wilmore Receives Theodore Roosevelt Award From NCAA
The NCAA awarded former Tennessee Tech football player and present NASA astronaut Barry Wilmore with the Theodore Roosevelt Award Wednesday night. It’s the NCAA’s highest honor and awarded every year to a graduate from an NCAA member institution who earned a varsity letter while playing sports and became a distinguished citizen of national reputation based […]
Crossville Man Involved In Two Wrecks In One Night
A Crossville man faces a number of charges after he allegedly left the scene of an accident Sunday night and later crashed his truck into a building. 22-year-old Danilo Lopez Gomez is charged with Driving under the influence and possession of marijuana. Police said Gomez allegedly struck a car on Miller Avenue, left the scene, […]
Putnam Co. Firefighters Respond To Commercial Structure Fire Today
The Putnam County Fire Department responded to a commercial structure fire around 11 a.m. Wednesday. Officials said it happened at a saw mill in the Livingston Highway area. No injuries occurred and officials said the owner managed to knock the fire down with a fire extinguisher. Chief Tom Brown said firefighters entered the structure to […]
Inclement Weather And Canceled Drives Have Resulted In Critical Need At Blood Assurance
The Cookeville Community blood drive at city hall was rescheduled Wednesday and will now be held Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Blood Assurance is in critical need of donations right now because inclement weather has canceled several blood drives in recent days. “We have been in critical need of O positive and O […]
