Cookeville News

By MEGAN TROTTER HERALD-CITIZEN Staff COOKEVILLE - This Friday, Putnam County will honor its World War II veterans in the Pearl Harbor Remembrance Ceremony at 11 a.m. at the Veterans Memorial Building, located at 90 E. Spring St. Attendees will hear a welcome from Quartermaster Chuck Mateyka of VFW Post 6296, watch a video of President Franklin D.

A public hearing and first reading to rezone properties located on North Jefferson Avenue and East 8th Street will be held during tomorrow night's Cookeville City Council meeting.

The Family Life curriculum used by the school system will be available for review at a public hearing Thursday.

A hearing has been set for the property tax appeals that came out of a state investigation last year which determined over 200 properties in Putnam County had been severely under-assessed.

Although we often show our appreciation for our military service veterans while they are in uniform, we often forget that many have difficulties -- both physical and emotional -- once they return home.

The county is reportedly not planning to share a $1.4 million bond that Cookeville has taken to build the new Cookeville-Putnam County Animal Shelter.

A man wanted on three drug indictments was arrested Saturday as he visited someone at the Putnam County Jail.

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. A Putnam County couple has been accused of stealing from an area hospital after police said the incident was caught on surveillance cameras.

Park View Elementary third graders are preparing for the school's annual production of "The Nutcracker."

An extra reason to celebrate came this past holiday weekend with the announcement of the full schedule for the 2014 Muddy Roots Music Festival , coming up Aug. 29-31 at the Junebug Boogie Ranch in Cookeville, Tenn.

Officials are investigating the cause of a fire that occurred just after 9 a.m. Sunday.

Floats are being decorated in the holiday spirit and Santa is practicing his "ho, ho, ho," - Christmas parades in Putnam County are this week.

A stigma of shame stalks government health care for the poor and could affect the education children receive in school.

Members of the Friends of White Plains, from left, are Charlene Dickinson, Chuck Johnson, Jackie McMurray, Tracey Duncan, Judy Roberson, Eunetta Jenkins, Mona Copeland, Mark Dudney, Sarah Johnson, Jeff Jones and Chuck Womack.

He never set out to become a judge. But that's exactly what Leon Burns became. Turned out he liked the view from the bench.

When most people think of the police, they think of the law. But the Cookeville Police Department has another side to it, a life-saving one - often the first on the scene of an emergency, it is also a first responding unit.

"Every Christmas Story Ever Told " returns to the Wesley Theatre this year. It was first brought to Cookeville several years back by previous artistic director, Charles Long, and now, current artistic director Rob Wheeler has decided to bring the show back.

It's once again time for retailers to relish in a yearly tradition known as Black Friday with sales on numerous items.

Police believe road rage could have been the root of an assault that left one man beaten and confused Tuesday.

A man who fled from police and jumped out of the stolen vehicle he was driving was tracked and caught Friday with the help of a K-9 unit.