Cookeville Restaurant Week Kicks Off
If you’ve been wanting to sample that new restaurant or go back to a favorite spot, you have good reason to do it this week. It’s the Cookeville Regional Charitable Foundation’s Annual Restaurant Week, now through Saturday. Nearly 20 local restaurants will offer specials and discounts while offering a portion of the proceeds to assist […]
Tech Spring Break: A Variety Of Uses
The popular perception of college spring break: heading to Florida for rowdy fun. For a lot of Tennessee Tech students, the reality appears much different. As students prepared to hit the road Friday for this week’s break, many talked about doing the un-spring break-like tasks of preparing for the future. “This spring break, I’m going […]
Moss Man Killed In DUI Accident Monday Morning
A Moss man lost his life Monday morning in a driving while impaired accident on Celina’s Highway 52. 21-year-old Anthony K. Curtis of Moss ran off the right side of Highway 52 while driving westbound around 3am Monday morning. The Tennessee Highway Patrol reports Curtis’ car hit a tree on the right side before spinning […]
Court Of Appeals Upholds Sisco’s Sentence
The Tennessee Court of Appeals upheld the conviction and sentence of a Putnam County man found guilty on charges of raping his daughter. Perry Lewis Sisco had asked the court to overturn the conviction. Sisco’s lawyers argued insufficient evidence to sustain the convictions and that the trial court erred in denying the motion to suppress […]
Crossville Woman Faces Domestic Assault Charges
A Crossville woman faces domestic assault charges after she tried to wake up his husband by slapping him across the face. 21-year-old Chelsea Austin entered her husband’s bedroom and tried to wake him Friday morning around 5:30am. Austin tried to shake her husband’s foot then proceeded to smack his face “a little bit,” according to […]
Car Set To Be Repossessed Stolen In Crossville
A vehicle set to be repossessed by a Crossville dealership ended up being stolen from the owner’s front yard. Owner Kristin Owens left the keys in her Chevrolet Trailblazer that she could no longer afford. According to police reports, Owens told Mountain Motors of Crossville to pick up the vehicle. Owens said she noticed three […]
Cookeville Police Looking For Witnesses To Fatal Wreck
Cookeville Police want to talk with anyone who might have witnessed a fatal car accident on South Willow Avenue Friday night. 44-year old Eric Michael Swanson of Cookeville died in the accident that occurred in the 200 block of South Willow Avenue. Swanson, driving a 1999 Mercury Mountaineer, left the roadway while travelling southbound. The […]
2 Local Girls Teams Headed To State Tourney
Two Upper Cumberland girls basketball teams will represent the area in this week’s state basketball tournament. Pairings announced Sunday tipoff Wednesday as (30-2) Pickett County takes on (31-2) Greenfield at 4:30pm. The Lady Yellow Jackets from West Tennessee feature two Miss Basketball Semifinalists, Chloe Moore and Tess Darby. Moore scored 76 points in the regional […]
