Cookeville Exploring Surfacing Options For Cane Creek Courts
Engineers have discovered unsuitable soil around the Cane Creek Pickleball and Splash Pad projects, leaving Cookeville City Council with decisions. Cookeville Leisure Services Director Rick Woods told the Council during a Monday work session both projects were designed to have asphalt. But the soil is not dry enough. Contractors offered a $150,000 estimate for hauling […]
Five Cookeville Police Officers Receive Life-Saving Medals
Five Cookeville Police Officers received life-saving medals for work in saving a driver who a suffered cardiac event last August. Cookeville Police Chief Randy Evans said the man crashed his vehicle while driving on North Washington Avenue. Evans said officers responded and administered CPR and deployed an AED. “Of course, our officers, just by virtue […]
Cookeville Council Allocates Some $190,000 Of Opioid Money To CRMC
Cookeville will use some $190,000 in Opioid Abatement money for an Addiction Navigator Service at Cookeville Regional. Cookeville Mayor Laurin Wheaton said the navigator will be able to track how fast patients are getting into treatment facilities and compare that to how the process worked before. Wheaton said the addiction navigator will not only help […]
