Sparta Updating Street Plan
Sparta’s GIS Department working to update the city’s street plan. Sparta G.I.S Coordinator Daniel Marcum said the plan last updated in 1996. Marcum said the department making sure the road plan includes accurate streets and roads, along with proper classifications. Marcum said having an updated street plan will be very useful. “These things get used […]
Former Tech Professor Remembered For Role With R2-D2
May The Fourth holds a little extra juice in the Bagci household as the force of a Tennessee Tech professor’s role in Star Wars remembered. Cookeville Council Member Ali Bagci’s father, Dr. Cemil Bagci, served as a Mechanical Engineering Professor at Tennessee Tech. Ali said his father contacted by the creator of Star Wars, George […]
CRMC Helped Repeal Old Law To Benefit Rural Hospitals
Senator Paul Bailey said Cookeville Regional championed the repeal of an old law, which will benefit rural hospitals statewide. The regulation, passed in the 1970s, required Tennessee hospitals to hire anesthesiologists, radiologists, pathologists, and emergency room doctors through an outside company. Bailey said this year, legislators passed a partial repeal that allows counties that have […]
Upperman Needs New Regulation-Size Track
Upperman High School has never had a regulation-size track, something the School System wants to correct. A regulation-size track is 400 meters long. Principal Justin Campbell said the existing track was built 40 meters too long. Campbell said Upperman can not host track meets until it is regulation sized. “I’m very happy with the willingness […]
White County High Rehabbing Science Lab This Summer
White County High School will begin a project this summer to rehab the school’s science lab. White County High School Science Teacher Wesley Martin said over the past few years, the school has been looking to find funding for the project. Martin said the science lab is falling apart, with broken cabinets, leaking sinks, and […]
Tech Expert: $45 Million State Investment Big Help For Ag
A Tennessee Tech agriculture expert said that $45 million committed by the state for agriculture funds could be a big help to farmers here in the Upper Cumberland. State legislators passed a bill to allocate $25 million for the creation of a Farmland Conservation Fund. Another $20 million will fund two existing funds. Tennessee Tech […]
Glow Worms Inhabit Pickett State Park; Tours Available
A unique species of Glow Worms call Pickett State Park’s Hazard Cave home, and you can see them in action. The glow worms have been present in Pickett State Park for over 50 years, according to Park Ranger Owen Grant. The worms are fungus gnat larvae, and a chemical reaction causes the blue glow in […]
Upperman’s Ballard Goes For Fishing National Title
Upperman Bee fisherman Gunnar Ballard will head to Oklahoma to compete in the national championship.
