Monterey News

BELLIARD was found to have a suspended license. BELLIARD will be released on citation when sober.

This time last year, a certain bulldozer was causing a big stir in Monterey. And in the center of the controversy was the former police chief, Kevin Phillips, who had the city-owned equipment delivered to his property in Overton County.

The report also said the chief and the town's former mayor signed a back-dated lease agreement for the machine after citizens questioned why it was there.

The state comptroller's office said the former police chief of Monterey kept a city-owned bulldozer on his property.

It's a way to check on the elderly. To make sure they're doing okay. All it takes is a phone call, which is something Monterey city court clerk Pam Phillips, who mans the front desk at the Monterey Police Department, enjoys doing anyway.

Two Monterey men were arrested here Sunday after being caught with methamphetamine items in the gazebo at an apartment complex, police said.

A Cookeville man is in trouble with the law after a Facebook post made his boss fear for his life.

The wetland area in front of Monterey High School will "remain a wetland area." That was the clarification made by Director of Schools Jerry Boyd concerning the small piece of property on the corner of East Commercial Avenue and Wildcat Memory Lane that the Putnam County Board of Education sought to acquire from the City of Monterey in a $10 ... (more)

What's the plan? That's what the state comptroller's office wanted to know regarding the Town of Monterey's repayment of funds to its water department.

She went in wearing a pink shirt but left in an orange fleece jacket - a jacket she didn't pay for.

A Michigan man wanted in that state for evading arrest was arrested here for the same offense and a string of other charges, police said.

To take responsibility for a wetland area may be an unusual request, but it's one the Putnam County Board of Education is making to the City of Monterey.

For the past several months, the Cookeville-Putnam County Clean Commission has been working to try and alleviate the problem of illegally dumped garbage, especially tires, throughout the county.

With one of her best friends battling a life-threatening disease, a Putnam County native is organizing a special youth beauty pageant to raise money to help cover medical costs.

On Monday, May 20th, Monterey High School students, teachers, community members and emergency crews will participate in the "Shattered Dreams" program.