Sparta Finishing Electrical Work At Liberty Square After Weekend Outage
Electrical issues near the White County Courthouse has resulted in some road closures this week. City Administrator Brad Hennessee said the electrical feed underground at Liberty Square shorted Saturday night during the city’s Memorial Day Concert. “Had the courthouse and one of the traffic signals and some of the street lights around the square out […]
Woman Rescued At Fall Creek Falls Park After Cliff Jump Attempt
A woman in her 20’s was rescued Monday after suffering significant injuries from a 85-foot jump from a waterfall inside Fall Creek Falls State Park. Van Buren EMS Director Tiwanna Bricker said the Fall Creek Falls Fire Department and state park personnel were first to the scene. “Fire Department units got there, and they set […]
CHS To Split AD Position Between Two Internal Candidates
Cookeville High School will fill its vacant athletic director position with two internal moves. Principal Max Petett said Assistant Principal Adam Kefauver and Girls’ Basketball Coach Jamie Gillies will split the duties. “I’m looking forward to working with both of those,” Petett said. “They’ll be tremendous assets to our athletic department. Both of them are […]
Cookeville Codes Department Director Jeff Littrell Passes Away
The City of Cookeville announced Tuesday morning that longtime Codes Department Director Jeff Littrell passed away. Littrell has served as the first and only Codes Director since 1997. He began his employment with the city in 1989 as an Engineering Technician. City Administrator James Mills said Littrell was at the forefront of the development of […]
Cookeville And Monterey Community Pools Open To The Public
The Putnam County Parks and Recreation Department opened the Cookeville and Monterey community pools. Program Coordinator Chloe Beasley said there will be no COVID restrictions unlike the past two summers. “We’re super excited to offer that service to the public again this year,” Beasley said. “We really missed interacting with the public the last years […]
Empower Upper Cumberland Starts Hiring Process For First Positions
Empower Upper Cumberland is hiring high-level positions to develop the processes to staff the entire collaboration moving forward. Director Megan Spurgeon said the two positions will serve under the project manager: one focusing on training and the other overseeing required performance outcomes. “We are looking for individuals who have either worked in this system in […]
Educators Working To Get Students Re-Engaged Post-COVID
Educators across the Upper Cumberland have expressed difficulty getting students reengaged with school after COVID. Jackson County High School Principal Jason Hardy said that he has seen signs of disengagement in his students. He said that faculty and staff made it a priority to get kids back to a routine this school year. “We know […]
Warren Schools Moves Substitute Staffing In-House
Warren County School Board voted to terminate its contract with a staffing agency in an effort to pay its substitute teachers more. Director of Schools Grant Swallows said that uncertified subs currently make about $60 a day. He said they hope to increase those wages to more than $70 a day. “And in order to […]
Campaign Signs: What Are The Rules In Cookeville?
Campaign season brings a multitude of signs across the Upper Cumberland region, but what are the rules behind placement. Cookeville Codes Department Director Jeff Littrell said it is quite simple in the city limits. “You don’t need to put them on the utility poles, telephone poles, electric poles, because that’s going to be a danger […]
Tennessee Sheriff’s Association And Alzeheimer’s TN Partner To Push Silver Alert Kits
May is Silver Alert Month in Tennessee, and the Tennessee Sheriff’s Association is partnering with Alzheimer’s Tennessee to push new Silver Alert Kits. Putnam Sheriff Eddie Farris said that the kits contain information to help law enforcement find older loved ones with memory-related illnesses that have gone missing. “Then law enforcement has information at the […]
