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Breaking News: Republican Primary Ballots Continue to Lead as Two-Day Early Voting Total Reaches 1,160; Early voting continues for the federal and state primaries, the Putnam County general election and municipal elections.
Breaking News: Republicans Lead First Day of Early Voting in Putnam County

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Faith, Family, Freedom and the Kind of Campaign We Deserve

This week’s column coincides with the beginning of early voting in Putnam County. In full disclosure, you, as my readers and followers, know that I...

How to read these numbers: This is a combined election featuring federal and state party primaries along with county and municipal general elections. The R and D figures indicate whether a voter selected a Republican or Democratic primary ballot. They do not show how that voter voted in the county or municipal general-election contests. Voters may also select a General Only ballot without participating in either party primary.

Republican Primary Ballots Continue to Lead as Two-Day Early Voting...

Putnam County recorded 261 early voters Saturday, bringing the county’s two-day early voting total to 1,160.A Highlands Insider count of the Putnam...

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Faith, Family, Freedom and the Kind of Campaign We Deserve

This week’s column coincides with the beginning of early voting in Putnam County. In full disclosure, you, as my readers and followers, know that I...

It’s All Good in Algood: A Homecoming on Wright Avenue

Exciting news! My kin are coming in from Dublin, Indiana.I overhear my dad and mom talking on the front porch. I run and tell my brothers, Billy...

Voting Is One Way We Love Our Neighbors

As Christians, we are called to do more than simply observe what is happening around us. We are called to be involved, to serve, and to make a...

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County News - Putnam

Law & Order Report Justice Snapshot: By The Numbers

The following information was gathered from the Putnam County Circuit Court Clerk’s Office and includes arrests from Algood, Cookeville, Baxter and...

TRAFFIC STOP ON I-40 LEADS TO MAJOR DRUG SEIZURE AND FOUR ARRESTS

PUTNAM COUNTY, TN— On July 6, 2026, Deputy Bryan conducted a traffic stop on Interstate 40Eastbound on after observing a White Chevrolet Traverse...

OPERATION PROTECTING PUTNAM

PUTNAM COUNTY, TN—Sheriff Eddie Farris announced today the successful launch of a countywide drug enforcement operation titled “Protecting Putnam...

School budget advances after cuts, reduced raises and fund-balance...

Changing state estimates reshape district proposal; county tax rate remains unresolvedPutnam County Schools would enter the next fiscal year with...

Father’s Day: Part 3 The Military Shaping of a Father

How do you tell someone about God as Father if they’ve never known a good father, a self-sacrificing father, an unconditionally loving father, a...

Law & Order Report Justice Snapshot: By The Numbers

The following information was gathered from the Putnam County Circuit Court Clerk’s Office and includes arrests from Algood, Cookeville, Baxter and...

How to read these numbers: This is a combined election featuring federal and state party primaries along with county and municipal general elections. The R and D figures indicate whether a voter selected a Republican or Democratic primary ballot. They do not show how that voter voted in the county or municipal general-election contests. Voters may also select a General Only ballot without participating in either party primary.

Republican Primary Ballots Continue to Lead as Two-Day Early Voting...

Putnam County recorded 261 early voters Saturday, bringing the county’s two-day early voting total to 1,160.A Highlands Insider count of the Putnam...

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Faith, Family, Freedom and the Kind of Campaign We Deserve

This week’s column coincides with the beginning of early voting in Putnam County. In full disclosure, you, as my readers and followers, know that I...

The Home Is Where Community Begins

I believe the strength of any community begins with the family.A community can have good roads, strong businesses, good schools, and active...

Faith, Family, Freedom and Why I’m Proud to Be an American

Have you ever sat in a room and felt the weight of the moment?Not because of one vote. Not because of one issue. Not even because of one...

How to read these numbers: This is a combined election featuring federal and state party primaries along with county and municipal general elections. The R and D figures indicate whether a voter selected a Republican or Democratic primary ballot. They do not show how that voter voted in the county or municipal general-election contests. Voters may also select a General Only ballot without participating in either party primary.

Republican Primary Ballots Continue to Lead as Two-Day Early Voting...

Putnam County recorded 261 early voters Saturday, bringing the county’s two-day early voting total to 1,160.A Highlands Insider count of the Putnam...

Republicans Lead First Day of Early Voting in Putnam County

Republican primary ballots accounted for the majority of votes cast on the first day of early voting in Putnam County.According to the Putnam...

TRAFFIC STOP ON I-40 LEADS TO MAJOR DRUG SEIZURE AND FOUR ARRESTS

PUTNAM COUNTY, TN— On July 6, 2026, Deputy Bryan conducted a traffic stop on Interstate 40Eastbound on after observing a White Chevrolet Traverse...

OPERATION PROTECTING PUTNAM

PUTNAM COUNTY, TN—Sheriff Eddie Farris announced today the successful launch of a countywide drug enforcement operation titled “Protecting Putnam...

Drucilla’s Little Helpers - Sharing the Blessings of the Garden

How are you, and how is your garden doing? I am doing well, especially since my son's garden is beginning to come in.I love it when I can gather my...

Drucilla's Little Helpers 7/3/26

Just how hot is it? It's so hot, chickens are laying hard-boiled eggs. It's so hot, the cows are giving evaporated milk. It's so hot, I saw a bird...

School budget advances after cuts, reduced raises and fund-balance...

Changing state estimates reshape district proposal; county tax rate remains unresolvedPutnam County Schools would enter the next fiscal year with...

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How to read these numbers: This is a combined election featuring federal and state party primaries along with county and municipal general elections. The R and D figures indicate whether a voter selected a Republican or Democratic primary ballot. They do not show how that voter voted in the county or municipal general-election contests. Voters may also select a General Only ballot without participating in either party primary.

Republican Primary Ballots Continue to Lead as Two-Day Early Voting...

Putnam County recorded 261 early voters Saturday, bringing the county’s two-day early voting total to 1,160.A Highlands Insider count of the Putnam...

Weekly Smile: Ali Bagci - Faith, Fatherhood and Service

This week’s Weekly Smile honors a familiar Cookeville face whose story reaches beyond public service and into the deeper places where character,...

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