Senior Can Still Request Calls From Police
Cookeville’s Senior Citizen Call Check Request program is off to a slow start with only seven people signing up two weeks after its launch. But Cookeville Police Captain Bobby Anderson said the seniors taking advantage of the service appreciate the check-ins. “They do, and we appreciate the fact we have a daily contact with them,” […]
Drug Charges Against Flood Dismissed
The State Court of Appeals dismissed three drug charges against a man found guilty by a Putnam County criminal court jury. Nicholas Ryan Flood argued that the car he was driving during a 2017 traffic stop along I-40 was searched illegally. The court agreed finding the officer had extended a typical traffic stop into a […]
Stephens Street Power Lines To Be Buried
The Cookeville City Council approved an agreement Thursday to bury power lines adjacent to Stephens Street Baptist Church. The church will pay the city $16,000 and deed land to the city for future road improvements. City Manager James Mills said the agreement makes sense because improvements to the Stevens Street/Willow Avenue intersection have been a […]
