Overton Health & Rehab Hit Hard By COVID
Overton Health and Rehab has 36 active COVID cases inside the center, with 25 active residents and 9 active staff members. This accounts for 18 percent of all the active cases in Overton County. At Friday’s COVID Conference, Overton Health and Rehab Public Relations Director Scott Stevens said the center saw a pretty big surge […]
Overton Sees Daily COVID Case Increase
Overton County’s daily COVID case number has increased to 16.4 new cases reported per day over the last two weeks and 199 active cases. The previous two-weeks the new case number was 15.1 per day. During Friday’s COVID conference at Livingston City Hall, Overton County Health Department Supervisor Megan Reeder said the positivity rate for […]
Training to Spot Human Trafficking Can Save Victims
Law Enforcement agents this weekend credited a Springfield, Tennessee hotel staff with their training in human trafficking. It led to the arrest of a Livingston man accused of sex with an underage girl. Rana Zakaria is Community Educator for the Community Coalition Against Human Trafficking. Zakaria said training healthcare workers, school staffs and hotels on […]
Hotel Human Trafficking Arrest, Most Cases Start at Home
A Livingston man was arrested with a child after a human trafficking investigation at a hotel in Springfield, Tennessee. Community Coalition Against Human Trafficking Community Educator Rana Zakaria said rural parts of Tennessee can be high risk areas because of geographic isolation and less job opportunities. However, Zakaria said abduction is not the most common […]
Livingston Fire At Value Pet Supply Friday
A Livingston pet store suffered minimal damage from a warehouse fire Friday. Fire Chief Rocky Dial said dispatch received a call at 7 a.m. from a Value Pet Supply employee after detecting smoke in the building. “Upon arrival we found that a sprinkler system had been activated,” Dial said. “Once the personnel made sure the […]
35th Annual Roller Coaster Yard Sale Starting
The 35th annual Roller Coaster Yard Sale got underway Thursday and will continue through Sunday. This will be 150 miles of yard sales creating a loop from Cave City, Kentucky to Celina. Clay County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Doug Young said he expects more yard sales than usual after a hot and slowed down […]
Fall-O-Ween Cancelled for Overton, Movie Night Scheduled
The biggest event in Overton County is cancelled due to COVID-19. Fall-O-Ween brings in as many as 7,000 people into downtown Livingston for this completely free event. Livingston-Overton Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Shannon Cantrell said she knows it’s an unpopular decision but said she had to put the community’s safety first. “We were just […]
Overton, Livingston Searching for Kentucky Double Murder Suspects
The Livingston Police Department and Overton County Sheriff’s Department are following leads on two suspects in a Kentucky double homicide on Sunday. The two suspects have been identified as 29 year old Edward Whiteledge of California and 28 year old Kayla Spivey of the Hillman community of Clay County. The two could be driving a […]
UCEMC Crews Heading to Hurricane Sally
Electric line workers from Carthage and Livingston are on their way to Gulf Shores, Alabama to help with Hurricane Sally. Crews set out Friday morning after getting their 24 hour notice. UCEMC General Manager Jimmy Gregory said the bond between line workers is about stepping up when disaster strikes. “It’s the human thing to do, […]
New Executive Director for Livingston-Overton Chamber of Commerce
Shannon Cantrell is the new Executive Director for Livingston-Overton Chamber of Commerce. Cantrell said coming in during the pandemic has been a complete change in the chamber’s day to day routine. Cantrell said she has been running the chamber like an information center to help answer the community’s needs. “We had people constantly calling everyday, […]
