Cookeville-Putnam Chamber Reaches 1,000 Members
The Cookeville-Putnam County Chamber of Commerce recently achieved a milestone by welcoming its 1,000th member. Dianne Callahan is the Vice President of Organizational Development for the Chamber. “There is power in numbers,” Callahan said. “Chamber members are encouraged to do business with chamber members. So it’s going to increase everyone’s business. There’s relationship building and […]
Authorities Find Body of Man in City Lake
Putnam County Rescue Squad Dive Team located the body of a male in City Lake this morning. At 8:46 AM, the Cookeville Police Department responded to the boat ramp at City Lake at 2800 Bridgeway Drive in reference to someone’s personal items found on a boat ramp. According to Lieutenant Darrin Stout, divers conducted an […]
Cumberland County Commission to Meet Tonight
The Cumberland County Commission will conduct its regular monthly meeting this evening at 6 p.m. On the agenda will be appointment of a new county attorney for a two-year term, several budget amendments, standing committee and county official reports. The meeting will be held in the large meeting room on the third floor of the […]
$10,000+ in Merchandise Reported Stolen From Dollar General in Rinnie
Late Friday morning, the general manager of the Dollar General store on Highway 127 in Rinnie reported that during business hours between October 6 and 7, multiple persons stole in excess of $10,000 in merchandise from the store. According to the incident report filed with the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department, an employee provided a written […]
Disoriented Naked Woman Appears at Market in Cumberland County
Sunday afternoon, sheriff’s deputies responded to the Vandever Corner Market in Cumberland County, to a report of a disoriented naked woman wearing one flip flop. The woman, 29-year-old Brittany McCarty of Crossville, was in the back of an ambulance, crying, when deputies arrived. She had scratches on her feet and claimed no knowledge of how […]
Crossville Man Charged with DUI After Attempted Pedestrian Strike
Cumberland County sheriff’s deputies responded late last night to reports of a driver attempting to hit a pedestrian on Sullivan Drive in Crossville. Deputies stopped the subject vehicle at Central Baptist Church and spoke with the driver, 20-year-old Avery Lee Conley of Crossville, who reportedly smelled of alcohol and was unsteady on his feet. Conley, […]
Crossville Man Busted for Running a Pot Operation in a School Zone
Cumberland County sheriff’s deputies responded to a residence on the 100 block of Fawn Loop Saturday evening for suspected drug activity. There they found 48-year-old Troy Alan Noll, who had in his possession five and a half Hydrocodone pills and a bag of marijuana. On the hood of a car in the garage were a […]
Mustard Seed Ranch Remains Optimistic with House Project
Mustard Seed Ranch remains optimistic as they look to push forward with a project that would create two new children’s homes on their property. Mustard Seed Executive Director Tammy Depperschmidt said the fire marshal’s office requested slight revisions to the building plans and hopes to begin construction soon. “We’re praying that those revisions are sufficient […]
TDOT Tours Stratton Avenue For Traffic Study
TDOT has toured Monterey’s East Stratton Avenue as part of an effort to conduct a traffic study. Monterey Mayor Bill Wiggins said the organization will go back to Chattanooga to begin drawing up potential changes to the roadway. “They’ll be looking at things like re-aligning Stratton and the intersection by the Burger King,” Wiggins said. […]
