Author Archives: Ronni Chase

The Morgan County Sheriff's Office reports a student was taken into custody Tuesday (11/18/2025) after allegedly assaulting another student at Wartburg Middle School. The victim was transported to the...

The Putnam County Local Emergency Planning Committee will be conducting a multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional training exercise in the area of Tennessee Tech in Cookeville on Thursday, November 20th at...

One person was killed and another badly injured Monday in a two-vehicle crash in Putnam County. It happened shortly before 5:30pm on Clarkrange Highway and shut down the road at Meadow Creek Road. Acc...

Cookeville Police Department Press Release: On November 18, 2025, at approximately 12:12am officers with the Cookeville Police Department responded to a reported shooting at the Waffle House on South ...

(Source National Park Service Press Release) A new mussel species, the slabside pearly mussel, has been discovered in the Obed Wild & Scenic River during recent monitoring by the National Park Ser...

On Monday (11/17/2025) TCAT Upper Cumberland celebrated the official ribbon cutting for the new Truck Driving and Diesel Powered Equipment & Technology programs at the North Campus on Interchange ...

Cumberland County officials reviewed a mixed but largely positive financial report for October during the recent County Commission meeting. The Codes Department generated $42,800 in fees for the month...

A Florida truck driver has been cited after Crossville Police linked him to months of diesel thefts at the 7-Eleven on Highway 127. 7-Eleven's corporate office reported the driver had repeatedly pumpe...

Lori Bowers has been appointed as Cumberland County Archivist after Joyce Rorabaugh stepped down from the position. Bowers will fill the remaining term until September 30, 2027.  

The Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) has received guidance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service to begin issuing full Supplemental Nutrition Assistanc...