CRMC Board Approves Letter Of Intent For Potential New Orthopedic Surgery Center

CRMC’s Board of Trustees approved CEO Paul Korth to finalize and enter a letter of intent about a potential new orthopedic surgery center. Korth said that the hospital would be a 20 percent owner of a new facility in a partnership with Tier One Surgery Center, LLC. He said that one of the main goals […]
Parking Advisory Issued For WCHS Commencement Ceremony

A parking advisory has been issued for Warren County High School’s graduation Friday. While parking has always been an issue at the Middle School during the commencement ceremony, Director of Schools Grant Swallows said that construction projects at the middle school will exacerbate the issue. Graduation guests will be shuttled to and from WCMS from […]
Commissioner Neal Arrested On Child Pornography Charges

Putnam County Commissioner Jimmy Neal faces charges of possession, receipt and distribution of child pornography after a FBI arrest Thursday. Neal was arrested at home in Baxter after FBI and Homeland Security executed a search warrant. He faced a US Magistrate in Nashville Thursday evening. The FBI investigation began in 2021. According to details released […]
Money Magazine Ranks TN Tech Top Public School In State

Tennessee Tech named top public college in Tennessee by Money Magazine for its return on investment, one of ten schools across the state to make the rankings. Only Vanderbilt and Rhodes College of Tri Cities ranked higher. Tennessee Tech ranked 27th among public universities in the the southeast. The Money Magazine rankings showed Tech with […]
CRMC New Budget Focus To Decrease Contract Labor Expenses

A major change in Cookeville Regional’s new fiscal year budget comes from a desire to decrease contract labor expenses. That’s according to the hospital’s CFO Tommye Rena Wells. “Because that contract labor expense, as everyone knows across the nation, has risen dramatically,” Wells said. “It has in the facility as well. So that is going […]









