No Wake Zone Expanded For Safety At Sunset Marina
TWRA Boating Enforcement has extended the no-wake zone at Sunset Marina after dangerous incidents there last summer. Marina General Manager Tom Allen said the TWRA conducted a boat traffic and safety study last July. He said during the busy season this year, the entire length of the harbor will be a no-wake zone. Allen said […]
Monterey Starts Countywide Parks And Rec Master Plan
Putnam County, Baxter, Monterey will pursue the development of a countywide Parks and Recreation Master Plan through a UCDD grant. Monterey Aldermen agreed Monday night to the proposed plan. Cultural Administrator Rafferty Cleary said the master plan would examine land and facilities in Monterey parks and create long-term goals for how to use them. “There […]
Overton Schools Hosting Voluntary Pre-K Kickoff Night
The Overton County School System will hold Voluntary Pre-K Kickoff Night at each of the four county elementary schools Thursday. Director of Schools Donnie Holman said the system gets some 75 percent of its pre-k enrollment as a result of these meetings. He said the district uses these events to survey families and determine how […]
Sparta Skate Park Closed Due To Collapsing Building
Sparta has temporarily closed the town skate park as the next-door Old Sparta Hardware Building began to crumble Monday night. City Administrator Tonya Tindle said the bricks are falling off the building and the back corner has begun to fall. She said the city has also closed South Church Street and T-DOT has closed one […]
First Lady Lee Works With Hermitage Springs Students
Students at Clay County’s Hermitage Springs School met with First Lady Maria Lee Tuesday to design a playground to be built at Hermitage Springs Park. Hermitage Springs School Principal Donatta Birdwell said students from Pre-K through eighth grade were asked to draw a design of what they hoped the playground might look like. She said […]
Primary Voter Turnout Down Across Region
Voter turnout across the Upper Cumberland this Super Tuesday generally light. In Putnam County, officials called the turnout slow, with people saying they were already sure of who was going to win the Presidential Primaries. As of late afternoon, larger turnouts because of smaller early voting numbers had not materialized. White County Elections called the […]
Bee Rock Park Offers Economic Boom For Monterey
Bee Rock Park brought some $300,000 in economic activity to Monterey last year, according to a new study from Tennessee Tech’s Center For Rural Innovation. Center Director Michael Aikens told the Board of Aldermen Monday night an Economic Impact Study revealed that some 3,500 tourists visited the park last year. The center tracked cell phone […]
New Ambulance On Way To Jackson After Vote
Jackson County Commissioners voted Monday night to purchase a new $225,000 ambulance for the county. County Executive Randy Heady said Ambulance Service Director Keith Bean came upon the ambulance at a EMS conference two weeks ago. A company offered one of three brand new chassis with a remounted box in good shape. “You just don’t […]
Cookeville To Begin First Phase Of Streamlining Processes
Cookeville has selected a firm to the first phase of its initiative to streamline processes throughout the city’s operations. During Monday’s Council Work Session, Cookeville Finance and Accounting Director Brenda Imel said the city has chosen Soft Resources LLC. She said first, the company will check all of the city’s software processes and recommend improvements. […]
Putnam Issues $8.2M In February Building Permits
A strong February produced some $8.2 million of construction permits across Putnam County. That’s up for $6.6 million from February, 2023. The dollar amount the most in the last four months. So far in 2024, the county has issued 56 building permits for more than $12 million. The 34 permits issued in February the highest […]
