Cookeville News

Not even the pastor could keep the tears in. It was a ceremony the two gay couples had always thought about but never expected to see realized.

Carter wide receiver Hank Black gets past Gibbs defensive back Brendan Wilson to score on a 25-yard touchdown pass on Friday, Aug. 23, 2013, at Gibbs High School.

A man who "just wanted his belongings back" is facing violation of bond conditions, shortly after posting bond on aggravated assault charges from the previous night.

The county may do away with using state inspectors and hire its own to perform electrical inspections within the community.

At a time when most kids are thinking about the latest toys and electronic gadgets they want for Christmas, others are wishing for something simpler.

All the paperwork regarding the next - and possibly biggest - phase of construction of the Central Tennessee Heritage Rail Trail is now in the hands of the Tennessee Department of Transportation.

Holiday shoppers are making their rounds at local stores and police continue to take reports of shoplifting incidents.

A rezoning request that took two tries to pass through the planning commission was stopped dead in its tracks after failing during Thursday night's Cookeville City Council meeting.

ANSWER: "Yes, there are plans to pave it next spring," said Greg Brown, director of the Cookeville Public Works and Engineering Department.

In this world today you'd be forgiven for thinking of roots music as the homogenized overalls-and-handclaps folk singing of Hollywood dilettantes, but that's certainly not the vision of the folks at Muddy Roots Music Festival.

The local emergency management agency is one step closer to becoming a county department after the Cookeville City Council decided to give up city authority over the entity.

Firefighters working for both the City of Baxter and the county have been asked to refrain from using their county turnout gear during both jobs.

Heather Wheeler, 12, hugs her second place trophy that she won at this year's riding show at Manna's Hanna Riding Center, while her horse is led by Paul Abell.

Mitchell Brown of Cookeville has played bass and sang backup for more than half of the members of the Grand Ole Opry and has traveled somewhere between one and a half to two million miles while performing gospel and country music on the road.

The cold rain falling in Cookeville Friday comes nowhere near dampening the spirits of Union City senior defensive lineman Justice Walker as he hoists the Class 1A state championship trophy at Tennessee Tech's Overall Field Friday.

A woman was recently arrested on a methamphetamine manufacturing charge, according to the Cookeville Police Department.

Ongoing AGLOW: What is AGLOW? Aglow International is a dynamic, global organization, made up of women and men with a single purpose: to see God's will be done on earth as it is in heaven, through prayer, local groups, events and outreaches.

It'll be a winter wonderland, complete with snowflakes, elves and lots of festive goodies.

The Cookeville Community Band will present its annual Christmas andHoliday Concert today, at 3 p.m., at the Cookeville Performing Arts Center , 10 E. Broad St., in Cookeville.

This weather radar image shows a massive storm front crossing North America, bringing ice from Mexico all the way into Quebec on Friday, Dec. 6, 2013.