UCRA Bidding Hangar Repairs, Board Questions Funding
The Upper Cumberland Regional Airport Board approved a motion Tuesday night to bid a project to repair damaged aircraft hangars. Airport Director Dean Selby said the repairs would be for a total of 12 hangars on rows A and B. Selby said the hangars are some of the oldest the airport has, and have needed […]
DeKalb Approves New Sex Offender Notification System
DeKalb County will establish a notification system to alert residents whenever a registered sex offender moves into the county. Commissioner Greg Matthews proposed the notification system after a registered sex offender moved into the area. Matthews said he and several other commissioners received complaints about the resolution; however, all of the complaints were from people […]
Tennessee Avenue Target For Possible Putnam EMS Substation
Putnam County considering the construction of an additional substation on Tennessee Avenue to improve EMS services on the west side of the county. Putnam County Mayor Randy Porter said the west side is growing with more developments in that area between Cookeville and Baxter. Porter said EMS is already seeing an increase in the number […]
Public Speaking Club Celebrating 60 Year Anniversary
The Cookeville Toastmasters Club celebrating its 60 years of helping local people improve their public speaking skills. Cookeville Toastmasters Club Secretary Treasurer Matti Foster said the club was chartered 60 years ago by former Tennessee Tech Professors S. K. Ballal and Graham Kash to provide a safe space for those to work on their public […]
York Institute Joins Putnam With Exemplary District Designation
York Institute recognized as one of the state’s exemplary districts by the Tennessee Department of Education for last school year. The designation is the highest honor a school district can receive. York Institute Director of Schools John Bush said York Institute has been making academic gains over the past few years, and last year’s TVAAS […]
Cookeville Award Bids For Waterline And Sewer Projects
Cookeville set to begin work to replace waterlines through the north side of the city and extend sewer lines on Ridgedale Drive. Cookeville Water Quality Control Director Barry Turner said more than 4,000 feet of waterlines with two-inch and six-inch galvanized waterlines around Kenway Street, Sharon Avenue, Massa Avenue, and portions of Linnaeus Avenue. The […]
Cumberland Playhouse Cast Jamestown Actress in Rudolph
A Jamestown native will take to the stage of the Cumberland County Playhouse in the new production of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. The Playhouse cast actress Vesper McNellis as Hermey the Misfit Elf in the holiday show. McNellis said she is proud to represent Fentress County on stage. McNellis said she began volunteering with the […]
Storey Embraces Learning Curve Leading Jets Wrestling
Cumberland County head wrestling coach Micaiah Storey is only a few months into the job, but he said he has already leaned into the challenge with the same energy he once brought to the football field. Storey, hired in July, arrived at Cumberland County High School earlier this year as a defensive line coach for […]
Golden Eagles’ Historic Season Sets Stage for New Era
The rise of Tennessee Tech football has become unmistakable this season. The Golden Eagles, under second-year head coach Bobby Wilder and newly hired athletic director Casey Fox, have delivered the most successful regular season in program history: An 11-1 campaign capped by an undefeated 8-0 run through the Ohio Valley Conference. That surge has thrust […]
Warriors Cheer Enters Season Focused on Safety, Spirit
White County cheerleading head coach Tracy Mason is entering her ninth year leading the Warriors, and Mason said this year’s group is pushing harder than ever as basketball season begins. Mason did not grow up inside the cheer world. She was a band student during her own years at White County High School. But the […]
