Putnam Approves Payments For Park View
The Putnam Board of Education voted to pay the final construction and architect fees for the Park View School building Thursday. Upland Design Group Architect Kim Chamberlin said the building is not totally finished, but the project should be completely done within the next two months. Chamberlin said the construction company will sow grass seed […]
Council Removes Streets From Alcohol Rules
Cookeville City Council voted 4-1 Thursday night to restrict alcohol at public events only to the Leslie Town Center parking lot or the Putnam County Fairgrounds. The council removed the portion of the new ordinance that would have allowed alcohol on selected streets, for events or festivals. Council also added an exclusion to the ordinance […]
Overton Elects Kennedy To Run Highways
Overton County residents elected Tim Kennedy as the new highway superintendent. Kennedy finished with 46.27 percent of the vote. David McDonald finished second with 30.64 percent, Darwin Clark took third with 23.05 percent. In two contested school board races, Melissa Savage defeated Wayne Taylor to take the District Two seat. Savage finished with 52.79 percent […]
Monterey Aldermen Vote Finishes In Tie
The race for Monterey Aldermen Ward Three finished in a tie Thursday. James Coonie Foster and Cecilia Paulsen each tallied 135 votes, exactly 50 percent of the vote. In the Ward One race, Kevin Peters defeated Spencer Delk. Peters finished with 64 percent of the ballots cast. Larry Bennett won the Ward Two race, downing […]
Payne Top Vote Getter For Sparta Aldermen
Judy Payne and Brent Young retain Sparta Aldermen seats while Hoyt Jones will replace Brian Jones for the final seat. A total of 1,322 residents voted Thursday. Payne led the voting with 28.2 percent. Hoyt Jones received 27 percent. Brent Young received 22.6 percent, and Brian Jones finished fourth with 22.1 percent. Six votes separated […]
Hill Elected To Algood Council By One Vote
Roger Williams and Luke Hill elected to the Algood City Council Thursday night, with Hill winning his seat by one vote. Hill defeated Ronald Graves. Hill said his main goal for his next term is to foster the success the city has seen in recent years. As for winning by one vote, Hill said every […]
Garcia Elected Mayor Of Monterey
Alex Garcia defeated Jeremiah Bowman in the race for Monterey Mayor, winning 60.95 percent of the vote. Garcia said he spent all of election day at the polls shaking hands and talking with Monterey citizens. Garcia said he thinks that taking the time to meet people swung votes in his direction. “I think it was […]
Baxter Elects Holmes As New Mayor
Baxter elected a new Mayor Thursday after Write-In Danny Holmes took the Election Day vote to defeat John Martin. Holmes received 58.86 percent of the vote, to Martin’s 41.14 percent. Holmes said he beat the odds while winning as a write-in. “You know, we did a write-in vote and a lot of people said oh […]
Voter Turnout Low Across UC
Voter turnout was lower than anticipated across the Upper Cumberland Thursday. White County’s Sales Tax Referendum failed with 52.8% of voters siding against the sales tax increase. That increase would have allowed the county to receive a larger portion of the sales tax revenue collected in Sparta. Fentress County’s School Board sees Karen Bilbrey Cooper […]
Gainesboro Elects Three New Aldermen
Gainesboro voters elected three new members of the Board of Aldermen Thursday, with Deborah Whitaker as the top vote getter. Whitaker received 27.5 percent of the votes, a total of 81 ballots. Tom Goetz came in second place with 76 votes and Beth Young secured her seat on the board with 72. Incumbent Nancy Pruett […]
