Update: "At approximately 5:20 p.m. Wednesday, Gladys Marie Melton turned herself back into the Putnam County Sheriff's Office," according to a post from the Putnam County Sheriff's Office. "Melton ha ...

A Gallatin woman is facing felony theft and worthless check charges after trying to purchase a vehicle from a Cookeville auto ...

The Putnam County Sheriff's Office is seeking an inmate who escaped Wednesday while she was being treated at Cookeville Regional Medical Center.

A Kentucky man is facing two drug charges following his arrest during a traffic stop over the weekend.

Tuesday night's storms downed a few trees in Putnam County, but no injuries or structural damage were reported.

I never dreamed I’d be writing two columns about cicadas in less than a year, but here we are.

2016 got off to a rough start. But let’s be honest, if you’ve read just a handful of my columns you know that every year gets off to a rough start. It was the end of February, around my birthday. I ...

A federal Prohibition agent named Plaxico had received information that whiskey was being run along the Putnam-Jackson County ...

When we are born, we are given the gift of time. Nobody is quite sure how long the gift will last although there are things we can do to extend ...

The Cookeville Community Development Department mailed 357 letters earlier this month to residents in an area proposed for ...

It's been just under a year since the Putnam County Commission authorized the creation of a work release program for some ...

A preliminary hearing date has been set for a former Ohio police academy recruit who has been charged with solicitation and ...