With one of the members of the Monterey Civil Service Board announcing her intention to step down, the town's Board of Mayor and Aldermen Monday began discussions about who should ...

What a great idea, "The Folks Round Here." Justin Veals does a great job of spreading some good news about the community, as opposed to what we are used to ...

The Cookeville City Council will consider a 7-cent property tax increase when it meets Thursday. If approved by the council, Cookeville's property tax would go from 92 to 99 cents per $100 of assessed ...

John Reagan of Cookeville has been named to the Champlain College President's List for the Spring 2025 semester.

Tennessee Tech University welcomed its newest class of Golden Eagles to campus for the first Student Orientation, Advisement ...

The Tennessee Court of Appeals has vacated a ruling of Chancellor Ron Thurman in a Cumberland County child custody case because Thurman did not first rule on a motion for ...

The Cookeville Fire Department battled an attic fire late in the evening Sunday and into Monday morning.

A Bloomington Springs man was arrested on an attempted first degree murder charge Saturday after he allegedly stabbed another ...

Looking back in history, here were some of the happenings in the Cookeville area for the week of May 23-30 as recorded in the pages of the Herald-Citizen: ...

Considering the uniqueness of the situation, would it be easier for us to keep separate financial lives? I’ve got a feeling it’s going to be hard talking him into being more responsible with money at ...

There are times I find myself wondering if my sister is a real person. I don’t mean that literally. I just find it hard to believe that someone as wonderful ...

Much of my childhood was spent playing outside with my brother and the children in our neighborhood. Our backyard and the neighbors’ backyard joined, making our outdoor world seem endless.