I-40 Eastbound Reopens At Putnam Mike Marker 271
Interstate 40 west of Baxter reopened after a two-hour shutdown Thursday night resulting from a truck fire. A fire started at the back of an 18-wheeler travelling eastbound. Fire officials do not know how the fire started. The concern was batteries inside the truck. However, fire officials responded quickly enough that flames never reached the […]
TTU Nursing Professor Awarded for Health Care Innovation
Tennessee Tech Nursing professor Melissa Geist has received the Alumni Award for Innovation in Health Care by Vanderbilt. Geist said she’s proud of creating a course that brings the medical and engineering worlds together. She said this course has taken students to Cuba where they’ve come back with real ideas to improve the lives of […]
TTU’s New Lab Science Building Ready for 2021
Tennessee Tech is preparing to open the largest building on campus for the start of the Spring semester. Associate Vice President for Facilities Chuck Roberts said the $93 million and 165,000 square foot Lab Science Building will be the new home for the chemistry department and parts of biology, physics and earth science departments. Roberts […]
