Tienda Coataneca holds grand opening

South Maple Business Center currently sits on property off 111 in Cookeville. Cookeville – Seek Ye First Ministries, whose board of directors independently owns and operates Highland Rim Academy, closed on the purchase of 1000 England Avenue in Cookeville, TN on Thurs. Jan. 27, according to sources. The property...

Cookeville – What is Valentine’s Day without chocolate? This Feb. Cookeville businesses are joining Jamie’s Eat’s and Sweets (JES) in celebrating with the inaugural Cookeville Chocolate Festival. The event will be held Feb. 11 from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Chocolate festival – Pick up chocolate...

Fentress, Warren and Clay County Fairs also honored. Cookeville – Tennessee fairs were presented with top honors at the 101st Tennessee Association of Fairs Annual Convention held Jan. 19-21, 2023 in Murfreesboro. The Tennessee Department of Agriculture and Tennessee Association of Fairs presented awards to the best county, regional and state agricultural fairs of the 2022 season.

Pictured above, from l. to r.: Curtis Brown, Shiner and Gretchen Waterman. Through the decades and a battle with cancer, Cindy Shiner has stood the test of time. Cookeville – 35 years ago Microsoft had only been public for two years, George Bush Sr. was nominated president and INXS topped the charts with the song “Need You Tonight.” In Cookeville, Cindy Shiner took a job at Wilson Sporting Goods (WSG).

$5M total will send helping hand to Tennessee volunteer fire departments in 2023. Upper Cumberland Fire departments receiving grants are:. NASHVILLE – 147 Tennessee volunteer fire departments will receive grants in 2023 as part of the historic $5M Volunteer firefighter Equipment and Training Grant Program. Created through legislation overseen...

The U.S. Presidential Scholars Program was established in 1964. Cookeville –Maddox Beaty was chosen as one of the Tennessee Department of Education’s (TDOE) nominees for the U.S. Presidential Scholars program. Beaty is one of 20 (10 males/10 females) selected and carefully reviewed by experts across the TDOE as a candidate for the Presidential Scholars program.