Cookeville Planning Looking To Update Major Street Plan
The Cookeville Municipal Planning Commission began the process of updating the city’s Major Street Plan during a Tuesday work session. Cookeville Community Development Director Jon Ward said the plan currently includes 54 street projects, from paving new streets, to extending existing streets, adding turning lanes to changing intersections. One new project the commission discussed was […]
Clay Museum Exhibits Rosenwald Schools This Month
The Clay County Museum will showcase an exhibit this month on schools built to provide an education to Southern black communities of the 1900s. Director Beverly Hollifield said the county has a historic Rosenwald School still standing. Hollifield said there are only less than 40 such schools still standing. Hollifield said the school building is […]
Willie Doss Road Not Removed From Fentress Road List
Some Fentress County Residents upset after Commissioners voted to follow the planning commission’s recommendation to leave Willie Doss Road on the county road list The county recently widened the road from six feet to eleven feet. Resident Janice Potter said residents on the road are just asking for the road to be taken off the […]
Avian Influenza Migrates Down South, Poultry at Risk
TWRA urging hunters and poultry farmers to stay aware, a lethal avian illness has been noted in Tennessee. Migratory Gamebird Coordinator Jamie Feddersen said Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza is a respiratory disease infecting birds at an alarming rate, lethal and highly contagious in many bird populations. Feddersen said the strain he has seen tends to […]
Celina Firm Receives Grant To Expand, Gain USDA Certification
A Clay County livestock processing plant has received a state agriculture grant, with plans to expand and become the first USDA graded establishment in the state. D&D Meats President John Donaldson said the business applied for the Agricultural Enterprise Fund, a grant supporting projects advancing agricultural growth in the state. Donaldson said all parts of […]
White County Commission Discusses Local CASA Program
White County Commission discussed bringing the CASA program to White County. Judge John Meadows said the Court Appointed Special Advocates program assigns approved, trained volunteers to children in the foster system. Meadows said the program matches a volunteer with the foster child, meeting with the child at least once a month and keeping close contact […]
Fentress Approve Helicopter Landing Zone Improvements
Fentress County will make improvements to a helicopter landing zone through its partnership with the UT Health System. The two entities will use an estimated $350,000 in federal funds to build a 75-foot by 75-foot pad for helicopters. UT Health System Representative Steve Clapp said the plan is to re-pour concrete to make the pad […]
Cookeville Wants To Use Tornado Funds For Cane Creek Upgrade
Cookeville Officials want to use disaster relief funds to make sewer system improvements and repairs to the Cane Creek pump station. City Administrator James Mills said the county was allocated an estimated $10 million from the state’s Community Development Block Grant Program following the 2020 tornado. Mills said the city is eligible for an estimated […]
127-Acre UC Veterans Cemetery Funded By Fed Tuesday
The Upper Cumberland State Veterans Cemetery Association received an estimated $7.5 million in federal funds Tuesday to build a regional veterans cemetery in White County. Chairman Donna Fare said the cemetery will be constructed on an estimated 127-acre property on Country Club Road, just east of downtown Sparta. Fare said the association is excited to […]
Raylee Werner Ready To Lead York Girls Into New Era
York Dragonette basketball player Raylee Werner wants to do all she can to make a difference, and as she enters her senior season, that responsibility now squarely rests on her shoulders. Werner said the bond between herself and her teammates has only grown stronger throughout her time in Jamestown, something she believes will be critical […]
