Hartsville Man To Serve 15-Years For Child Exploitation
A federal judge has sentenced a Hartsville man to 15-years in prison for child exploitation crimes. 41-year-old Curt Cannamela pleaded guilty earlier this year to enticement of a minor, receipt of child pornography, and distribution of child pornography. According the U.S. Attorneys Office in Nashville, Homeland Security Investigators began investigating Cannamela in 2017 after discovering […]
Police Identify Deceased Man Found Near TTU
Authorities have identified a Maryville man as part of a death investigation after he was found unresponsive near Tennessee Tech Friday evening. Cookeville Police report 23-year-old Paul Hamilton Ten Eyck of Maryville was unresponsive when police arrived on the scene. Ten Eyck was given CPR and transported to Cookeville Regional Medical Center where he later died. […]
Burgess Falls Educates Jr. Rangers at Winter Camp
Burgess Falls will host the second Jr. Rangers Day this winter on Saturday. Park Manager Bill Summers said the winter camp differs from the spring camps. “They vary. This particular camp in winter will [have] winter identification of trees and plants,” Summers said. “We will have several different hikes. We will also be working on […]
Baxter FD Seeking New Equipment Through Grant
The Baxter Fire Department hopes to get some new equipment from a Tennessee Firefighters Assistance Grant. Captain Adam Brown said the $5,900 grant will hopefully provide the fire department with new helmets and other items. “That will also purchase a battery-operated ventilation fan, which is pretty cutting-edge,” Brown said. “It’s gonna give us some advantages […]
Fentress County Needing Additional Substitutes in Schools
Fentress County School officials are looking to hire additional substitute employees for various positions across the district. Human Resources Director Tonya French says district struggles daily to find enough substitutes almost on a daily basis. “It’s very hard for us to get people to work around here,” French says. “Some are going to school, and […]
New Historical Zoning Helps Preserve Cookeville’s Past
Cookeville’s newest historical zoning will help preserve homes and structures built during the early 1900s. Historic Zoning Commission Chairperson Alma Anderson says the new East 8th Street Historic District offers a window into the past. “It preserves the nature of a neighborhood,” Anderson says. “That means you have a continuity and you can’t have someone […]
Baxter Prepping For Projects Leading Up To Portobello
The town of Baxter will need to complete several projects leading up to construction of the Portobello facility. Mayor John Martin said town officials will meet Tuesday to begin discussing some of those projects. “We are going to do a road improvement and we are working now on the pump station,” Martin said. “We want […]
Mustard Seed Ranch Waits for Revision Completion
Mustard Seed Ranch must wait for the completion of the revised building plans before moving forward with the construction of two new homes. Executive Director Tammy Depperschmidt said the Mustard Seed Ranch has one portion of the revisions to complete for the state fire marshal. “We are right now at the latter part of our […]
Brush Creek Man Dies in DeKalb Hit-and-Run Incident
Authorities are investigating a hit-and-run incident in DeKalb County after a Brush Creek man was found dead Sunday morning. The Tennessee Highway Patrol reports 51-year-old Gyula Guylas was walking east on Highway 70 when an unidentified vehicle traveling westbound struck him. The vehicle then drove away from the scene. The incident reports indicates Guylas left […]
TTU Ceases Sigma Alpha Epsilon Chapter Operations
Tennessee Tech officials have ceased operations of its local Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity chapter following the death of a non-Tennessee Tech student. Authorities discovered an unresponsive 23-year-old male at the fraternity’s house located on West 5th Street. Officers administered CPR on the man before he was transported to Cookeville Regional Medical Center where he later […]
