Putnam Schools First Budget Draft: 29 New Employees, Pay Raises
The Putnam County Schools want to use more than $8 million in new state funding to increase salaries and add new personnel. Director of Schools Corby King highlighted a first draft of the new fiscal year budget Thursday night. King said they believe the new state funding formula should produce an additional $12 million in […]
Algood Planning Considering Changes For Duplexes In Zoning Classifications
Algood Planning Commission considering making changes to its R-2 and R-3 zoning classifications. UCDD Planning Deputy Director Tommy Lee said the change would permit on appeal two-family dwellings, or duplexes in the R-2 zone. He said currently multi-family dwellings are only allowed in the R-3 zone. “There are not as many R-3 parcels as there […]
TTU Among Lowest Crime Rates Across State According To TBI 2022 Campus Crime Report
Tennessee Tech among some of the lowest crime rates as detailed in TBI’s 2022 Campus Crime Report. The publication details the volume and nature of crime on Tennessee’s college and university campuses by compiling data submitted to the TBI. Director of News & Public Relations Jonathan Frank said the stats are a testament to the […]
Pickett Schools Pleased With More State Funding For SROs
Pickett County Schools will receive $70,000 for School Resource Officers plus an additional calculation from the School Safety Grant. Director of Pickett County Schools Diane Elder said Pickett had proactively self-funded two SRO positions for years now. Elder said they were excited to learn that SRO positions would be funded by the state in the […]
Van Buren Daycare Project Running Into Issues With Potential Funding
Van Buren Daycare Project may be over before it is started. A low-income daycare project came before Committee B on Tuesday night. Mayor David Sullivan said he had made several phone calls and discovered that previously discussed daycare subsidies were not available. Commissioner Michael Woodlee said the only reason the previous commission had moved on […]
