Cookeville Electric Preparing For Future, Additional Southeastern Substation
A new substation in Cookeville’s southeastern corner may be rising on the agenda for Cookeville Electric. Cookeville Electric Director Carl Haney said the project is on the Electric Department’s list of long-term plans but could see an accelerated timeline with industrial growth in the region. Haney said the department wants to keep all of its […]
Animal Shelter Capacity An Increasing Issue For UC Locations
Animal Shelters are full across the Upper Cumberland as at least three county shelters are at or nearing capacity. Warren County Animal Control and Adoption Center Director Sherri Bradley said the shelter only has 15 kennels with well over 50 dogs at the center. “We have been taking in roughly 100 or more animals a […]
Putnam School System Has Only One School Over 90 Percent Capacity
The Putnam County Board of Education’s efforts to better control school capacity has produced results. Attendance Supervisor Chris Pierce said Prescott South Elementary is the only elementary school with capacity over 90 percent. Pierce said elementary schools are averaging 84 percent capacity. “I think we’ve been doing this a while and we’ve had at least […]
Shelton: CRMC Full With 56 COVID Patients Housed
Cookeville Regional Chief Strategy Officer Ricky Shelton said the administration is concerned about the rising number of housed COVID patients. Shelton said the number of hospitalizations are the highest since January of this year. “We were very busy and near capacity before this rise,” Shelton said. “Now as you can imagine, we are very full. […]
Capacity Issues Lead To Livingston Regional Taking Nashville COVID Patients
Livingston Regional Hospital is taking in patients from Nashville area hospitals as those facilities face capacity issues. CEO Tim McGill said the hospital managed by sharing PPE and ventilators with sister hospitals and LifePoint Health. “Last weekend just to give you an example, we had a surge in COVID in-patient admissions in our hospitals. Particularly […]
Putnam Detention Center Not Facing Capacity Issues
Putnam County Sheriff Eddie Farris said the Putnam County Juvenile Detention Center does not have capacity issues. The facility can normally handle 22 offenders but is limiting that capacity to 14 juveniles due to COVID. Right now, nine juveniles are housed at the detention center. “There is no way we can be in full capacity […]
UC Airport Exploring Additional Aircraft Storage
The Upper Cumberland Regional Airport wants to add more tee hangars to its facility to accommodate the volume of pilots coming to the area. Tee hangars are T shaped storage units placed in rows meant for individual aircraft. Manager Dean Selby said the current lack of storage is forcing the airport to turn away business. […]
TSSAA Football Championship Capacities Limited To 5,500
The TSSAA will limit crowds at the state high school football championship games to 5,500 attendees per game. The games are set to kickoff December 3rd at Tucker Stadium in Cookeville. TSSAA Assistant Director Matthew Gillespie said the same COVID guidelines from this season will carry over for all nine games. “It is going to be […]
Algood Elementary Capacity Projections Above 90 Percent
Algood Elementary is projected to be at 92 percent capacity for next school year. Putnam County Schools Attendance Supervisor Chris Pierce said he ususally likes to see the percentage at 90, but is not concerned about the projections. The number of pre-registered students for the incoming class is actually lower than last year’s. “Algood is […]
