Livingston Woman Injured In 111 Wreck
First responders transported a Livingston woman to Cookeville Regional Medical Center Monday night after she crashed into an abandoned vehicle. The accident happened along the Putnam County stretch of Highway 111 around 9:30pm Monday. 21-year-old Hannah Mae Bilbrey was traveling south when she crashed into a 1999 Toyota Avalon abandoned on the right shoulder. According […]
Tech Alum Atwood Appointed To 16th Circuit
Tennessee Tech alum Bonita Jo Atwood has been named judge of the 16th Judicial Circuit Court. Atwood fills the vacancy of Royce Taylor, who retired in March. Taylor served the residents of Cannon and Rutherford Counties for some 21 years. A graduate of the Nashville School of Law, Atwood received her Bachelor of Science degree […]
Upper Cumberland Businesses Surveyed
The Highlands Economic Partnership will begin sending out surveys to Upper Cumberland businesses this week. Kaitlin Salyer is the Director of Workforce Development and Education for the Partnership. She said they are trying to find ways to assist local businesses. “We just want to make sure we are identifying they’re needs and we’re addressing them […]
Jackson Sets Retirement Contribution
The Jackson County Commission set a contribution rate of seven percent to the employee retirement fund. The Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System is a retirement plan available to state, county, and city governments. County Mayor Randy Heady said that county’s contribution rate remains the same from several previous years. But he adds as the county begins […]
Clarkrange Fire Hall Moving
The Clarkrange Fire Hall is moving to a renovated location. The highway 127 expansion project has already the current fire hall to be moved. Fire Chief Larry Cooper said the current location is smaller and landlocked. “The exit access to the 127 [highway] was a little critical coming out there,” Cooper said. “This is going […]
WCTE Great TV Auction Starts Online Tuesday
For the first time in its 38-year history, WCTE’s Great TV Auction will be both online and over the air. With 128 volunteers nightly, the public television station could not go as normal with this year’s auction. WCTE’s Event and Engagement Coordinator Sam Gray said people can begin bidding online on Tuesday. “Everyone can register […]
Monterey Sidewalk Project Begins In July
The city of Monterey completed the next step in connecting its city assets with walking trials and sidewalk. Stubbs Construction of Crossville won the bid to construct sidewalks to provide safe walkways for students of Burks Elementary and Monterey High School. Monterey Grant Administrator Dawn Kupferer said construction for the estimated $163,000 project will begin […]
Cleaning Up Drainage Along Highway 70
Road crews will be cleaning the ditches and drains along Highway 70 this week to ensure proper drainage. Tree debris removal contractors finished their work earlier this week. However, limbs and leaves combined with the heavy rain of recent weeks have clogged some of the drainage areas along the While T-DOT will remove debris from […]
Clay Co Students Receiving Meal Boxes
The Clay County School System is taking advantage of a Baylor University program providing student meals. School Nutrition Supervisor Laura McLerran said the Meals-To-You program brings food to students that have difficulty getting to a distribution point. “The emergency meal boxes will be mailed to their home location every two weeks,” McLerran said. “There will […]
Water Drainage Issues At Cookeville Fire Main
The Cookeville Fire Department continues to search for answers to an outdated drainage system around City Hall. Because the station is located under city hall, which has stood for over 50 years, flooding has become more of an issue. City Manager James Mills said last week crews did some exploratory work to see what might […]
