Warren County Man Accused Of Possessing Child Pornography
Authorities have arrested a Warren County man for allegedly possessing child pornography. TBI special agents accuse 36-year-old Darrick Brandon Webb of possessing more than 100 images consistent with child pornography. Webb faces one count of sexual exploitation of a minor and eight counts of aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor. Agents began investigating last year […]
Cookeville Applies For Grant To Update Pedestrian Signals
The City of Cookeville will seek out grant funding for a project to improve traffic safety. Public Works Director Greg Brown said the funding would address pedestrian signals and push buttons. “If we’re successful in obtaining the grant, I would like to use it to replace all our pedestrian signals and push buttons that do […]
TTU Engineering Building A Top Priority For Higher Ed Commission
The Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) has selected Tennessee Tech’s new engineering building as its number one priority for capital projects. THEC members on Thursday approved their capital projects recommendations for the upcoming fiscal year. Tech’s $55 million building proposal ranked 4th on the commission’s list of recommendations last year. The 100,000 square foot building […]
Vehicles Strike Pedestrian In DeKalb County
A woman suffered injuries after two vehicles struck her in DeKalb County Thursday night. The incident happened when 31-year-old Samantha Sams attempted to cross Highway 70 at Snow Hill. The Tennessee Highway Patrol said Sams stepped from the turning lane and into the path of a 2005 Dodge Ram. The vehicle struck Sams and pushed […]
TCAT Livingston To Benefit From $2 million Grant
Tennessee College of Applied Technology (TCAT) at Livingston will soon be expanding its welding technology program. TCAT Livingston President Myra West said the state has funded $1 million to serve Clay and Jackson County high school students. “It will allow us to put in a brand new welding program shop area at Clay County High […]
Design Discussions Continue For New School In Cookeville
Property purchased for a new school in southwest Cookeville has enough building space to house a K-8 facility. That according to Upland Design Group’s Kim Chamberlin. “We feel comfortable that we can easily get somewhere between 150,000 to 180,000 square feet of building space on the property with athletic fields,” Chamberlin said. “We knew we […]
ATC Automation Funds New Lab For Tech Students
Cookeville-based ATC Automation has gifted $90,000 to the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Tennessee Tech. The funding will create the ATC Automation Programmable Logic Controller Lab in Prescott Hall. The 13-station lab will benefit not only electrical and computer engineering students, but also students from mechanical engineering, and manufacturing and engineering technology. School […]
Cookeville Council Approves CRMC Bond Refinancing
The Coookeville City Council has granted Cookeville Regional Medical Center permission to refinance several bonds. CRMC CEO Paul Korth said three of the four bonds come due in the summer of 2020. “Currently the medical center has a little over $64 million in debt,” Korth said. “These will be non-bank qualified tax-exempt bonds, so they […]
Cookeville Terminates Free Downtown WiFi Project
A project to provide free WiFi in downtown Cookeville will no longer be taking place. City Council voted Thursday to terminate the project because of the $13,728 cost to provide the service each year. Vice Mayor Laurin Wheaton said the city did not know the annual cost when they approved the project earlier this year. […]
Monterey Still Waiting For Dam Repair Plan
Monterey’s consulting engineer is still trying to determine how to repair a leak at Meadow Creek Lake Dam. Nathaniel Green said he does know that it’s not the first time the dam has leaked. “The dam, whenever it was initially installed, there was some seepage that was going on,” Green said. “I believe it was […]
