McMinnville JC Penney Closing
The McMinnville J.C. Penney store will be one of 154 stores nationwide to close as the retailer deals with extensive debt and COVID-19 retail woes. The store serves as one of the anchor tenants of the Three Star Mall on Sparta Street. The Cookeville store will remain open, the only other Upper Cumberland location. Other […]
Local Residents Have Donated More Than 1600 Masks
Local residents have donated more than 1,600 masks to Cookeville Regional Medical Center. CRMC officials began asking for donations as the COVID-19 outbreak began, The medical center was going through some 1,100 masks every ten days. Local residents got to work creating hand-sewn masks to assist front line workers. “What an amazing partnership with our […]
Rocky Top 10 Reopens Friday
Grab your popcorn and drink. The cinema experience returns Friday with the reopening of Crossville’s Rocky Top 10. The theater will start showings for throwback movies at 25 percent capacity to promote social distancing. General Manager Blaine Moore said he expects the theater reopening to run smoothly. He is excited for customers to finally return […]
Heady to Give Clerk’s Office More Attention
Jackson County Mayor Randy Heady says he plans to take a more active role in supervising the troubled County Clerk’s office. Heady said that although he doesn’t have authority over another elected office, there are things he can informally do to provide oversight. “If I’m watching, and I got my eyes on things, then they’ll […]
Cumberland Reports 2nd COVID Death
Cumberland County reported its second COVID-19 death Thursday, in data reported by the Tennessee Department Of Health. That brings the Upper Cumberland total to 12. Cumberland County’s total case tally stands at 120 cases with 90 of those people recovered. Putnam County’s case tally jumped to 524 positive cases Thursday. Overall, the region reported 1,053 […]
Cumberland School Board Denies Stone Policy Change Request
The Cumberland County School Board made a motion to deny a policy change request from Stone Memorial High School to fund state student competitions. The policy is currently worded to allow for funding of nationally sponsored student competitions. The board members agreed that there was simply not enough money in the budget at this time […]
UCEMC Resumes Disconnections June 15
Upper Cumberland Electric will resume service disconnections for those with a past-due balance June 15. The utility suspended disconnections at the start of the COVID-19 crisis. UCEMC officials said payment plans can be worked out for those still dealing with the economic realities of the pandemic. Officials said customers with issues should contact UCEMC as […]
Fentress County Working To Be ADA Compliant
Fentress County officials want to use some COVID-19 money from the state to become ADA compliant. “Your ADA, it started out in 1990 and it never was taken care of,” County Executive Jimmy Johnson said. “They came back in 1998, possibly 2000 and they had been after to get it done, the federal folks have, […]
COVID Needs Of Disabled Students Addressed Locally
Students with disabilities faced many challenges during the coronavirus. The Tennessee Department of Education hopes to address some of those challenges and the issues faced by school systems this week with new one-time funding. Putnam County Special Education Supervisor Sheri Roberson said students really missed the daily face to face interactions. “Our students are use […]
Tutoring Can Help Students After COVID Shutdown
Some parents use the summer months as a time for students to work with tutors for individual work on areas of weakness. This year’s COVID-19 school shutdown has led many education experts to suggest summer tutoring for any student to help students overcome the loss of education time. John Keisling is Director of Educational Outreach […]
