Putnam County Juneteenth Food Drive This Week
Putnam County Democratic Party, Cookeville-Putnam NAACP, and Helping Hands of Putnam County have teamed up for a Juneteenth food drive this week. Helping Hands will be taking donations of canned food goods through Friday. Helping Hands of Putnam County Director Becca Duncan said the food drive will help them donate more to families in need. […]
Cookeville Council Allocates $5,000 To Help Fund Cold-Weather Shelters
Cookeville City Council allocated $5,000 to Helping Hands of Putnam County with funding emergency winter shelters. With this week’s winter weather, shelters have been much more heavily populated than normal. Vice Mayor Luke Eldridge said he was excited to see the city help get shelter for those in need over the cold months. “I’m glad […]
