Cookeville Chronicle
Summaries of Cookeville reporting, plus events and the latest forecast — always credited to the original publishers.
Newest summaries first, with source links on every story.
In brief: Cookeville Chronicle tracks 11 recent stories from Cookeville, Putnam County and the Upper Cumberland. Most recent: 'Tech Goes Pink' returns for cancer awareness (Tennessee Tech News).
Tech's third annual campaign includes the Oct. 17 Pink Out football game against Eastern Kentucky and an Oct. 22 quad exhibit and luminary walk.
Source: Tennessee Tech News (opens original story in a new tab)
Cookeville's city council will consider buying four more Currux Vision camera systems, covering Bunker Hill and I-40 eastbound on Jefferson and the Spring and Broad Street intersections on Willow.
The council is set to formally approve buying right-of-way (about $35,500 plus closing costs) so TDOT can build a northbound left-turn lane, easing traffic near Park View Elementary.
Source: Upper Cumberland Now (opens original story in a new tab)
The expansion adds space for crisis stabilization and substance-use treatment, planned for up to 76 beds when complete. A Chamber ribbon-cutting is set for Oct. 22.
Source: Upper Cumberland Business Journal (opens original story in a new tab)
Tech's Center for Manufacturing Research will run free metal casting bootcamps, the first starting Oct. 24, with K-12 and community college outreach.
Source: Tennessee Tech News (opens original story in a new tab)
The Putnam County Rescue Squad responded to a kayak incident near Burgess Falls.
City, county and state officials joined company leaders for the grand opening of the new Home Depot off South Willow Avenue. The company says a typical new store adds about 200 jobs.
Source: Upper Cumberland Now (opens original story in a new tab)
The best-selling author credits her English studies at Tennessee Tech with shaping her writing.
Source: Tennessee Tech News (opens original story in a new tab)
All Putnam County School System schools are closed for fall break through Oct. 16.
Source: Putnam County School System (opens original story in a new tab)
The council unanimously passed on first reading an RS-10 rezoning along Dogwood Circle and Forrest Road. Residents raised traffic and flooding concerns; a final vote is still to come.
Source: Upper Cumberland Now (opens original story in a new tab)
The upper lot is closed while a new visitor center goes up, and RV/trailer parking isn't available. The park suggests weekday or early visits.
Source: Tennessee State Parks (opens original story in a new tab)
Cookeville Chronicle is a free local news digest for Cookeville, Tennessee. It publishes short summaries of reporting from Putnam County and Upper Cumberland news outlets, government sites and Tennessee Tech, and every summary links to and credits the original source.
From publicly available reporting and announcements by established local sources such as the Herald-Citizen, Upper Cumberland Now, the Upper Cumberland Business Journal, Tennessee Tech, WCTE, the City of Cookeville and Putnam County government. The source is named on every item.
The events calendar lists upcoming Cookeville and Putnam County events by date, with time, location, cost and a link to the organizer's listing. Check the Events page for the full schedule.
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