Cookeville Man Facing Additional Charges In Healthcare Fraud Conspiracy
A superseding indictment unsealed Tuesday charges a Cookeville man with four additional counts of healthcare fraud. Indictments handed down earlier this year charged 37-year-old Brian Richey with one count of healthcare fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud. The alleged crimes occurred between 2010 and 2018 when Richey worked as a nurse […]
State Denies Overton County Ambulance Grant Funding
The state has declined Overton County’s $325,000 Community Development Block Grant application. County Executive Ben Danner said the funding would have purchased three new ambulances. “I was really hoping we got that. I would have thought that we would have qualified well because every county around us, except Putnam County, doesn’t have a hospital or […]
Property Tax Relief Program May Increase In Putnam County
A $50 increase could be coming to Putnam County’s Property Tax Relief Program. County Commissioner Cindy Adams said the program currently offers up to $100 a year to eligible property owners. “We were proposing an extra $50. We came to that amount for a couple of reasons,” Adams said. “If a person has a $100,000 […]
Crossville Woman Charged In Monday Night Crash
A Crossville woman suffered injuries after crashing her pickup truck during a pursuit Monday night. The Tennessee Highway Patrol charged Allie Shea Brook Leffew with DUI, evading arrest, reckless driving, and improper passing. A crash report said Leffew’s Chevy pickup truck ran off the left side of Austin Bottom Road, traveled up an earth embankment, […]
Cookeville To Consider Corrective Action Plan For Streams
Cookeville will likely spend $66,000 to correct a stream mitigation plan along Tennessee Avenue. Construction of the roadway required Cookeville to relocate several nearby streams. Public Works Director Greg Brown said those streams never developed for reasons that remain unknown. “We contacted the [Army Corps of Engineers] and TDEC and came up with a plan […]
Commission To Consider Land Purchase For Expo Center/Fairgrounds
A 130-acre property off Tennessee Avenue could be the site for an expo center or new fairgrounds. The Putnam County Commission will consider a recommendation to move forward with purchasing the property during next week’s meeting. County Mayor Randy Porter said Monday that commissioners would be wise to move forward with the project. “I’ve been […]
