Pink and Pearl Day Raises Awareness, State Rates High
Friday is Pink and Pearl Day, a chance to bring awareness to breast and lung cancer. Putnam County Health Department Public Health Educator Elizabeth Rooks said the campaign encourages local residents to get screened for both forms of cancer. Rooks said screenings can detect cancer before symptoms appear. “We just want to bring awareness to […]
Veterans Programs In Schools Lead To Questions, Understanding
Local schools including A. H. Roberts Elementary, honoring Veterans this week into next, as a way to connect children to those who served. Librarian Kim Curd said events celebrating the holiday are important because children need to know what veterans sacrificed to appreciate their liberties. Curd said the lessons the children learn from Veterans Day […]
Algood Garden Helping Kids Learn Outside The Classroom
Algood Middle School’s outdoor lab is providing valuable learning opportunities to students outside of the classroom. Algood Middle School STEM Teacher Wren Goedken told the Putnam County School Board the outdoor lab contains a garden, which features different plants and a chicken coop. Goedken said the garden teaches students how much work goes into creating […]
Overton Schools Suspend Boys Basketball Team; Hazing
The Overton County School System suspended the Livingston Academy Boys Basketball Team Friday afternoon amid a hazing investigation. School officials termed the team “temporarily suspended” in a social media post. Overton County School officials confirmed the statement posted by the system on social media. “We take all reports seriously and are actively and thoroughly investigating […]
Cookeville Council Approves Contract For New ERP Software
Cookeville City Council has approved a 10-year, $2.4 million contract for a new financial record keeping software. The Enterprise Resource Planning software includes purchasing, payroll, and time keeping. Cookeville Finance Director Jenni Nisewinder said Cookeville’s current software has been in use since 1997 and has not kept up with the times. Nisewinder said the new […]
Baxter Approves Project To Protect Winter Road Salt
Baxter will build a new building to store salt, a roughly $140,000 project. Alderman Dustin Stanton said the city had been storing salt in a barn. Stanton said the salt mixes with the dirt floor in the barn, making it unusable. “I mean, he’s pretty much having to take his excavator and bust chunks up, […]
Gainesboro Approves Jennings Creek Colony Water Plan
Gainesboro Aldermen have approved a water plan that will provide city water to a developing subdivision in the Jennings Creek area. The development is a 16-parcel subdivision that is being built by the RidgeRunners. RidgeRunner CEO Josh Abbotoy said the water plan is essentially an extension of the city’s water system. “You know, we had […]
Upperman Bees Set To Defend Title After Historic Season
The Upperman Bees return to the basketball court eager to defend their first state title. Upperman comes off their first state championship win in program history. Last March in Murfreesboro, Upperman captured the Gold Ball after defeating Hume-Fogg, Greeneville, and Tullahoma. Head Coach Bobby McWilliams said last season was a joy to be a part […]
DeKalb’s Boyd Finishes Junior Season With State Appearance
DeKalb County Girls Golfer Chloe Boyd closed out her junior campaign with a major achievement: A third consecutive trip to the TSSAA State Championship. Boyd punched her ticket to state with a fifth place finish in the Region 4A tournament, continuing a streak she held ever since the first time she swung a club at […]
