All Livingston Water Pressure Issues Should Be Resolved Monday
Livingston residents can expect all water pressure issues to be resolved on Monday. Mayor Curtis Hayes said a 12 inch water line burst along Highway 111 on Sunday morning causing outages and low pressure. Hayes said no residents should be without water or experiencing low pressure by the end of business hours. “When you have […]
Water Line Break Causing Low Water Pressure In Livingston Area
A water line break along Highway 111 is causing low water pressure in and around Livingston. Overton-Pickett County Emergency Communications Department is reporting low water pressure in the affected area. OPECD is advising residents experiencing low water pressure to turn off their hot water heaters. They are warning that using hot water heaters while water […]
Putnam ARP Funding To Help With Water Capacity On Buck Mountain
Putnam County using some its American Rescue Plan funding to help purchase a new water tank for the city of Algood. City Administrator Keith Morrison said the county commission has approved up to $550,000 to the expenditure. “The mountain area is using more water than we’re at capacity for, and so, this will give us […]
Warren Working On Project List To Spend State COVID Money
Warren County creating a list to spend some $400,000 of grant funding before the June deadline approaches. County Executive Jimmy Haley said the commission wanted to bankroll the money, but the Comptroller’s Office shared that the money will have to be spent. “It’s not that much time and had we known a little sooner, it […]
Dale Hollow Lake Eagle Watch Barge Tours Making Plans To Return
The Dale Hollow Lake Eagle Watch Tour has tentative plans to make a return next year. The annual excursions were cancelled last year due to COVID. Army Corps of Engineers Resource Manager Stephen Beason said tours will take place on the third and fourth Saturdays of January. “This is an open barge trip where we […]
Locals See Opportunity To Make Crossville The Pickleball Capital Of Tennessee
Crossville might be the golf capital of Tennessee, but one group is looking to make Crossville the pickleball capital of Tennessee. Cumberland County Pickleball Ambassador Chuck Black said with 28 courts already available, the foundation is there. Black said the rest of the region is falling behind on the growing sport and Crossville can capitalize. […]
Jackson County Teachers Creating Literacy Models For Statewide Use
The Jackson County School District is in the process of creating content to help teachers across Tennessee. Jackson County Schools are one of five districts creating model lesson plan videos. Supervisor of Instruction Tammy Woolbright said the system’s early adoption of the “Sounds First” approach towards early literacy made this possible. Woolbright said the lessons […]
Putnam Checking Feasibility Of An On-Site Transfer Station Expansion
A 30 percent increase in household garbage over the past three years has caused Putnam County to start planning a transfer station expansion. Mayor Randy Porter said engineers have been at the South Jefferson Avenue location checking the feasibility of an on-site expansion. “The transfer station, it’s getting to the point it can’t handle the […]
CRMC Foundation Double Donation Day Benefits Healthcare Heroes And Patients
The Cookeville Regional Charitable Foundation is hoping for a big turnout this year for its annual Double Donation Day matching challenge. Foundation Director John Bell said that there is up to $30,000 in match funding. He said that the money goes right to patients and healthcare heroes in the Upper Cumberland. “Those donations become medicine […]
THP Reports One Dead After Saturday Morning Traffic Accident
A Baxter man died in a motorcycle collision Saturday morning along Baxter Road. The Tennessee Highway Patrol reports 66-year-old John Ridinger of Baxter was driving a 2018 Harley Davidson northbound on Baxter Road, when he tried to pass another uninvolved vehicle on a double yellow line road. Ridinger struck a 2007 Ford Edge, driven by […]
