Jim Herrin

It was called "Operation Spring Cleaning" — a months long investigation into drug activity in and around the Bloomington Springs area of southern Jackson County — and it led to the indictment this week of 12 people on drug charges.

Despite the passage of a bill this week permitting Tennessee teachers to carry concealed weapons, teachers in Putnam County will not yet be allowed to do so.

The Putnam County Emergency Communications District Board Thursday approved the first reading of the proposed 911 budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year.

BY JIM HERRIN HERALD-CITIZEN "It's affecting every state across the nation, and we're not different."

Putnam County experienced what labor department officials called "a slight uptick" in its unemployment rate in March.

The first draft of the proposed County General budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year includes $2,814,896 in additional expenditures, including requests for four new full-time and two additional part-time employees.

BY JIM HERRIN Let's have a little history lesson today, shall we?

At the top of a spreadsheet detailing potential increases in spending for next year's Putnam County budget is a line item related specifically to the county commission.

Public health officials will be starting a concerted effort later this year to improve the overall health of the residents of Putnam County.

After years of resisting a trend toward the use of credit cards, the executive director of Highlands Residential Services, Cookeville's public housing authority, has now relented.