Pandemic Puts Communication At Forefront For HS Seniors
High school seniors are facing tough challenges in the pandemic world of college admissions and applications. Cookeville High School Counselor Stephanie Hardin said a lot of work has gone into trying to get information about applications and deadlines out to parents, when parent and senior meetings are cancelled. Hardin said the counseling team put together […]
Counseling Dynamics Changing For Tech Students
Tennessee Tech’s Counseling Department is seeing two distinct changes among its student population. Assistant Director of Counseling Services Dr. Christina Mick said the stigma around acknowledging mental health is decreasing, and the use of counseling services are increasing. Mick said during a previous grant report, statistics showed a 160 percent increase in services. “There’s also […]
McMinnville Aldermen Decide To Conduct Business In-Person
The McMinnville Board of Alderman will continue city meetings in-person with a virtual option. Mayor Ryle Chastain said with increasing COVID numbers, he offered the board an all virtual option. Chastain said the majority of feedback was against meeting via ZOOM. “The city administrator and myself opted just to have our last meeting via ZOOM […]
Session Begins Tuesday For Gov. Lee’s Learning Loss Legislation
The Tennessee General Assembly will begin its special called session Tuesday to debate legislation focusing on education. House Speaker Cameron Sexton said virtual and hybrid learning has created an issue Governor Bill Lee wants to address. “Learning loss is a big issue in our state,” Sexton said. “As well as, literacy and maintaining our reading […]
Overton Co. School Board To Vote On Support Staff Raises
The Overton County Board of Education will vote on support staff raises at its February meeting. Members will have four options to increase the current pay scale. Five cents, six cents, 10 cents or 13 cents. Chairman Jarman Hicks said the last raise given dates back to 2013. “It’s important to every family in Overton […]
Tech Adds WellTrack App For Student’s Mental Health
Tennessee Tech has another online tool to help promote mental health for its students. Assistant Director of Counseling Services Dr. Christina Mick said the app WellTrack helps monitor day-to-day wellness, provides mental health screening and mood trackers. Mick said using WellTrack is about Tech continuing to fill any remaining gaps and preventing mental health crises. […]
Reimagining MLK’s Thoughts To Work Towards Civility
It is more important now than ever to reimagine Dr. Martin Luther King’s thoughts on civility. That according to keynote speaker Robert Gardenhire. The Tennessee Tech graduate lead Monday’s Cookeville-Putnam County NAACP MLK celebration. He said Dr. King’s beliefs in justice, love, respect and unity are the cornerstones of civil progress. “The turmoils of our […]
Overton Changing COVID Testing Site And Hours
Overton County COVID testing is being moved to the county fairgrounds starting Tuesday. Health Department Nursing Director Megan Reeder said hours of testing are also changing to 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. “That’s to help us with vaccines,” Reeder said. We can get done with testing a little earlier, and then, move into the vaccine […]
Celina Addressing System Wide Overflow Issues
Celina is preparing to start sewer work to address a system wide moratorium caused by overflow issues. Mayor Tonya Spears said the first location to address is the headworks of the city’s sewer treatment plant. Spears said this is not the only issue in the system, and work needs to be done in the future […]
Williams’ Bill Focused On CRMC Retirement Transfer
State Representative Ryan Williams said he wants to move forward a bill involving Cookeville Regional retirement portfolios this legislative session. The bill involves employee retirement portfolios that did not transfer from Cookeville over to CRMC. Williams said this is for employees who moved from Cookeville over to the hospital. “What this would do, it would […]
