Farris Says Retired Officers Could Help Protect Schools
Putting retired law enforcement officers in schools could be one option to improve safety of the nation’s students. It’s an idea that Putnam County Sheriff Eddie Farris shared with Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn. Blackburn shared it with President Trump during a meeting last week. Farris calls it “The Protect Me” program. “The rules of engagement are […]
Tech Students Spending Break At Rescue Mission
Spring break for some Tennessee Tech students means relaxing in the sun. For one group of undergraduates, they choose to spend the week at the Nashville Rescue Mission. The undergraduates are members of campus ministry group Chi Alpha. Nine women and five men joined this week’s efforts. Anna Lucas works as a Chi Alpha Campus […]
Work To Reopen Highway 85 Set To Begin
The State Department of Transportation hopes to begin work Thursday to repair state highway 85 in Fentress County. T-DOT Community Relations Officer Jennifer Flynn said the project contractor will begin moving into place Thursday. Excavation and drilling work will begin Friday. “It should take several weeks to complete that,” Flynn said. Heavy rains caused the […]
Dean Focused On Education, Jobs
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Karl Dean wants to focus the governor’s campaign on education and job creation within Tennessee. Dean stopped in Monterey Tuesday morning. He said getting more resources for education would be one of his top priorities. Among his concentrations, Dean said raising teacher wages, expanding after school programs and funding Pre-K. “Well I […]
Crossville Traffic Stop Nets Meth Arrest
A failure to yield on Crossville’s West Avenue Tuesday evening turned into a drug arrest. 43-year-old Linda Kay Gerren of Crossville faces drug charges after Crossville Police found .40 grams of methamphetamine in her pocket. Police stopped a 1999 Ford Ranger for failure to yield. When Crossville Police asked Gerren, the passenger in the vehicle, […]
Livingston Holds Work Session On Property Codes
The Livingston Board Of Aldermen and the citizens group Envision Livingston worked Tuesday night on the possible update of the city’s property maintenance code. The group, founded last March, wants to encourage the improvement and beautification of properties across the community. The citizens also hope to revise and strengthen city ordinances pertaining to property maintenance. […]
Community Pride Hits Fever Pitch Around Local Teams
With five high school basketball teams vying for state championships over the next two weeks, community pride around the Upper Cumberland is in a full court press. The first of five teams takes to the court Wednesday afternoon as the Pickett County girls faces Greenfield in the state quarterfinals. “If you look around town, there’s […]
Crossville Man Faces Aggravated Assault Charge
A Crossville man faces an aggravated assault charge following a domestic assault incident involving his girlfriend and the couple’s child Tuesday evening. Police arrested 25-year-old Brandon Lee Barnes of Iris Circle, Crossville after responding to a call that Barnes grabbed the neck of Rhiannon Marie Keeton. Keeton said the two began arguing as Barnes held […]
Pritchett, Levy, Mills Win State Basketball Honors
Pickett County’s Courtney Pritchett, Upperman’s Akira Levy and Van Buren County’s Caden Mills won the Miss and Mr. Basketball Awards Tuesday night. During ceremonies at Murfreesboro’s Murphy Center, Pritchett took home the 1A Miss Basketball honor. Levy won the 2A Miss Basketball Award. Mills received the 1A Mr. Basketball Award. The annual awards recognize the […]
Three Year Old Killed In Crossville Pedestrian Accident
A three-year old child died Tuesday morning in Crossville after a tractor trailer struck and killed the child. The incident happened along Jeffs Road in Crossville around 10:45am Tuesday morning. The Tennessee Highway Patrol reports 47-year old Powell Douglas Simmons Jr driving a 2006 Volvo Tractor Trailer in a business driveway when he struck the […]
