Teen Challenge Wants To Build New Multi-Purpose Facility
Teen Challenge Of The Upper Cumberland wants to improve its ability to serve women dealing with drug addiction. Executive Director Tim McLauchlin said a new cafeteria and multi-purpose facility would increase the center’s ability. “Having 26 students now on campus, those students have family members that want to come visit them,” McLauchlin said. “Now, we’ve […]
Putnam Training Volunteers For Animals In Disaster
Putnam County Emergency Services will answer questions Thursday from volunteers who want to serve animals in a disaster. Training for the Disaster Animal Response Team begins in April, according to Sharon Womack, Putnam County Emergency Management Deputy Director. “What the classes are teaching is not going to be the response to the disaster itself, it’s […]
US 127 Improvements Begin In Pickett County
Work to improve US 127 in Pickett County will get underway this week. TDOT Community Relations Officer Jennifer Flynn said the project will focus on improving the safety along some four miles of roadway. Guardrail enhancement, better visual signals, new pavement markings and improved signage all a part of the project. The project will stretch […]
Keisling Looking To Address Conflicts Of Interest
An Upper Cumberland lawmaker wants to stop county employees from serving on future county legislative bodies. State Representative Kelly Keisling introduced the bill which would disqualify anyone not currently serving as a county commissioner, for example. Those members would be grandfathered in under the law. “You can’t be a school employee and serve on a […]
Local Alzheimer’s Advocate Not Surprised By Numbers
A new study that shows the number of cases of Alzheimer’s projected to reach nearly 14 million by 2050 does not surprise one local advocate. Tracy Plant serves as the Cumberlands Area Regional Director for Alzheimer’s Tennessee. “Professionals on both the local level and the national level have been making this call out for awhile […]
Nature Center Renovations Behind Schedule
Wet weather has delayed work to update the Fall Creek Falls Nature Center and the areas around the center. “There’s not been a lot done on the outside of the building, but the inside, we’ve been able to get a little bit of the remodeling in there at least halfway completed,” Park Manager Jacob Young […]
Crossville Woman Injured In Auto Accident
A Crossville woman sent to the hospital Tuesday night after an accident along US 70 West in Cumberland County. 65-year-old Karen Blaylock injured in the accident and taken the Cumberland Medical Center. The accident happened around 6:15pm near Star Drive. According to THP reports, Blaylock travelling east on US 70 as she slowed to make […]
Man Arrested For Shooting Into Eastgate Circle Home
Cookeville Police arrested a man Tuesday afternoon after he fired multiple shots into an Eastgate Circle residence. Joshua Alexander Baker faces charges of reckless endangerment after he allegedly fired several gunshots into a residence at 32 Eastgate Circle. Police responded around 4:40pm Tuesday. No one injured in the incident. Police said they do not have […]
As Much As 4 Inches Snow In Northern Areas
The calendar says Wednesday marks the first full day of spring, but Upper Cumberland residents awoke to snow. Fentress County reporting as much as four inches of snow Wednesday morning. Dispatchers report several accidents in Fentress County. In southern areas, the wet snow coated trees painted a picture of winter white. With temperatures just around […]
Tech Education Graduate Program Top 200
The graduate program in Tennessee Tech’s School Of Education ranks among the top 200 nationwide. U.S. News & World Report ranks graduate programs across multiple fields. The rankings combine expert opinions on a program’s standings as well as statistical measures. Tennessee Tech ranks tied for 196th among education graduate programs. The magazine released the rankings […]
