Three Candidates For Vacant Cumberland School Board Seat
Three people have applied for the vacant 4th District Cumberland County Board of Education seat. The county commission meets next week to appoint one of the applicants to replace Josh Stone. Stone resigned earlier this year after moving out of the district. Applicants include former North Cumberland Elementary School teacher Anita Hale, Crossville Ceramics director […]
Application Deadline For Chamber CEO Ended Friday Evening
Candidates from across the eastern U.S. have applied for the Cookeville-Putnam County Chamber of Commerce CEO position. The Chamber Executive Committee on Friday afternoon chose not to release the number of candidates because the deadline to apply had not yet ended. Chairman Phillip Baker did say that the chamber had received applications from people located […]
Delays Continue For Hilham School Walking Trail
Hilham students and residents will have to wait a little longer for the school’s walking trail. Overton County Executive Ben Danner said it’s been a slow, difficult process. “Well last year course the Improve Act the state passed, everybody that’s paving is covered up doing regular road jobs,” Danner said. “We’ve had a hard time […]
Commission To Make Jail Decision Soon
The Putnam County Commission will have to decide soon whether or not to move forward with expanding the jail and justice center. County Mayor Randy Porter said if the commission decides to move forward, they will need to make decisions about future parking. “The first decision you have to make is do you want the […]
CRMC Settles False Claims Act Allegations
Cookeville Regional Medical Center on Friday agreed to pay $4.1 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act. The alleged conduct involved payments to physicians in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark law. The settlement resolves federal and state allegations that CRMC submitted false claims for payments to Medicare and TennCare […]
Tech Scores High In Teacher Education
Tennessee Tech’s College of Education received high marks for graduated teacher’s employment. According to the 2019-2020 Tennessee Educator Prep Report Card, Tech produces the highest number of teacher candidates across the state. Associate Dean Julie Baker said cooperation between Tech and school districts is a cause for this success. “This just shows the hard work […]
