Interstate Drive Sidewalk Project Taking Next Step
A consultant will soon begin negotiating the right of way acquisitions needed to begin Cookeville’s Interstate Drive sidewalk project. City Manager James Mills said negotiations will start in the next few weeks, so the project can hopefully move towards the final design and construction phases. Mills said the main reason this project is moving slow […]
Local S.T.E.A.M Academy Opening New Cookeville Location
The Beheld the Serpent S.T.E.A.M Academy is opening a new Cookeville location to facilitate science learning with Christian beliefs. Founder Keith Limper said the academy provides home school families with equipment to conduct lab experiments. “Students come here,” Limper said. “They hear a lecture, or they basically cover the concepts the student at home should […]
TTU Students Return For The Spring Semester
About 10,000 Tennessee Tech students return to Cookeville as the spring semester starts Tuesday. Chief Communication Officer Karen Lykins said with a successful fall semester, no major COVID changes have been made. “We are very comfortable with our safety protocol,” Lykins said. “Masks are still required. We have social distancing guidelines in place, and we […]
UC Regional Airport Lighting Outages Repaired
The Upper Cumberland Regional Airport has been experiencing weather-related lighting outages. Airport Manager Dean Selby said with so many lights in the facility, maintaining them is an ongoing process. Selby said while the outages are not as serious as they have been in the past, the last one that happened was at the worst possible […]
Tennessee Looks To Add More Recovery Congregations In UC
Tennessee’s Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services are looking to connect with faith-based communities in the Upper Cumberland. Coordinator Colby Lane said this outreach is about getting churches and other faith groups certified as recovery congregations. Lane said being listed as a Tennessee recovery congregation puts groups of faith into a statewide recovery […]
