Search On For 2nd In Trooper Shooting
The Tennessee Highway Patrol continues the search for a second suspect in Friday night’s shooting of a Cookeville-based officer. Authorities with the Kentucky State Police arrested Braze Rucker Saturday near Princeton, Kentucky. Rucker was the identified passenger in the car Friday night. Rucker was transported to the Hopkinsville Police Department. The driver of the vehicle […]
Cookeville Trooper Shot On I-40
A Cookeville-based Highway Patrol Trooper shot during a traffic stop Friday evening near Interstate 40 mile marker 288. The interstate down to one lane in the eastbound direction as of 9:15pm as the investigation continues into the shooting. The Highway Patrol said it is searching for two suspects in a white Kia Forte. The car’s […]
Drugs, Cash Seized In I-40 Traffic Stop Monday
A traffic stop Monday near Interstate 40 exit 290 netted nearly 50 grams of drugs, paraphernalia and cash. Putnam County Sheriffs Department stopped Melinda Sharma driving a U-Hail. She was wanted on outstanding warrants in another county. Deputies found approximately 18 grams of suspected methamphetamine, approximately 20 grams of suspected marijuana, approximately 7 grams of […]
Road Conditions Improved Tuesday, Extreme Caution Urged Until AM
Sunshine showed its power Tuesday though temperatures never got much about 18 degrees across the Upper Cumberland as the dig out begins from the Sunday-Monday storm. “We’ve actually been pretty pleasantly surprised today with the thawing that we’ve seen on the main roads,” Putnam County Emergency Management Director Brandon Smith said. “A lot of the […]
New Features Move Monterey Wastewater Treatment Plant Completion Date
Monterey’s updated wastewater treatment plant will not be completed until May, but the extension will allow for new features. Cultural Administrator Rafferty Cleary said supply chain delays have backed up projects across the county, and this one is no different. Cleary said the plant is one of the most important developments for Monterey in some […]
Mills Cautions Much Work Ahead, But T-DOT Funding Will Impact City
Cookeville City Manager James Mills said he is excited about the $322 million in road improvements set to be funded by T-DOT for Cookeville and Putnam County. But Mills said T-DOT has not shared the specifics of the plan released Monday. The project list released Monday an upgrade to the Interstate 40/Jefferson Avenue interchange. Mills […]
Porter: I-40 Truck Lane Biggest Citizen Request In Transportation Arena
Putnam County Mayor Randy Porter said the T-DOT addition of a Monterey Mountain climbing lane to its ten-year project plan means improved safety. Porter said congestion and danger on that stretch of Interstate 40 was the number one response on a citizens survey sent out by the Putnam County Transportation Committee. “We have so many […]
Monterey Truck Lane Included In New T-DOT 10-Year Plan
T-DOT included a $193 million project to build an Interstate 40 truck climbing lane between Cookeville and Monterey in its new ten-year plan, announced Monday morning. Work on the project would begin in 2029. T-DOT chose the project to “add capacity, address safety concerns, and serve freight movement to a section of rural interstate that […]
Cookeville Applies For Modernization Grant For Congested Intersections
Cookeville hoping for new T-DOT money to help modernize traffic signals along South Jefferson Avenue and a more coordinated traffic flow from Interstate Drive to Bunker Hill Road. Community Development Director Jon Ward said the stoplights at the intersections are currently connected through copper loops. The new system would allow the area to be monitored […]
Gilbert: Cookeville Road Project Project Would Be A “Game Changer”
The idea of creating a new north-south roadway over Interstate 40 could help Cookeville get ahead of its increasing traffic problems. Cookeville City Council Member Chad Gilbert said a new Walnut Avenue overpass could give the city a needed option for north-south traffic. The idea presented by city officials to T-DOT leadership recently got Gilbert’s […]
