The failure of a safety device caused a power outage for about 1,500 customers in Cookeville Wednesday morning. Cookeville Energy Department Director Carl Haney said that a "lightning arrestor failed causing our line to break." Please log in, or sign up f... See more
Following a recommendation from the state, Cookeville may abandon an eight-year-old grant for sidewalks along North Willow Avenue and West 12th Street that was never completed. The city council this week is considering an ordinance to abandon the grant th... See more
A man who was initially rescued from an apartment fire Friday in Cookeville has since passed away. Hollis Randall Flatt was in the apartment at 319 N. Franklin Ave. where the fire started early Friday morning. "He was a great husband and father, and I jus... See more
The Cookeville City Council is moving forward with a 280-acre annexation north of the city limits as well as several infrastructure improvement projects. The council Thursday approved a resolution to have a public hearing March 19 to annex the Dodson Bran... See more
Editor's Note: This story contains information about a death of a county employee at the Putnam County Solid Waste Transfer Station. Police body camera footage reveals more details about what happened in the December death of an employee with the Putnam C... See more
