Gainesboro officials received a progress report from consulting engineers on ongoing and upcoming water infrastructure improvement projects. Consulting Engineer Nathaniel Green said engineers are about 75 percent done with the design of the new water treatment plant. Green said engineers are still working out the detai...

Cookeville officials will utilize a newly developed heat risk assessment map to target future tree plantings in vulnerable neighborhoods. Public Works Director Mary Beth Elrod said the Tennessee Department of Agriculture Division of Urban and Community Forestry selected Cookeville as one of eleven municipalities with p...

A Tennessee Tech Mental Health Counselor advising students to monitor their behavior and utilize campus resources to combat seasonal affective disorder during the transition to spring. Masters in Behavioral Science Counselor Seressa Spencer provides mental health services to the university population through a new stat...

Gainesboro Aldermen want to clean up the cluttered signage at the lone traffic light on Grundy Quarles Highway. Alderman Tom Goetz said the intersection has become a maze of signs. "Some of them are old, and some of them are new election signs and everything, but surely there is a way we can just clean [...]

The Putnam County School Board has awarded a new bid for athletic trainer services, marking a return to a previous provider. The school board awarded the bid from STAR Physical Therapy for an estimated $309,000. Director of Schools Corby King said Cookeville Regional Medical Center had offered the services essentially ...

A rezoning request moving forward in Baxter to allow a new medical facility on Main Street. Ascend Pediatrics presented the application to the Baxter Municipal Planning Commission. The rezoning will transition the property at 420 Main Street from low-density residential to a central commercial district. "We would ...

The Gainesboro Board of Aldermen voted Thursday night to seek bids to repair multiple leaks on the Elk Mountain waterline. The town has had significant water loss due to leaks the past two months. Alderman Tom Goetz said if the Elk Mountain leaks are known, then the town needs to make the repair as soon [...]

Student Advisory Committee members shared mixed feedback on the use of metal detectors in the Putnam County Schools at Thursday's monthly school board meeting Thursday. Upperman High School Student Abby Brown said students understand why some residents want the detectors. "Out of the students that supported the me...

Prosecutors ruled a fatal December shooting on a DeKalb County roadway involving a Middle Tennessee State University professor self-defense. District Attorney General Bryant Dunaway finalized the decision after receiving the autopsy results for 41-year-old Ashleigh McKinzie. "Ultimately, yesterday was the final pi...

The Baxter Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved an $88,865 bid for a new sludge truck for the wastewater plant Thursday. Engineer Tom Bennett said the city will utilize leftover money from a previous wastewater project. Bennett reviewed the proposals to ensure the purchase aligned with federal funding requirements. &qu...