Emma Grace Love had $500 to spend and a brand-new Target to explore. But even with a shopping spree of her own, her students were on her...

For Cookeville High School junior Levi Detwiler, a nighttime race in Huntsville, Alabama, became a moment to remember.Competing against 334 runners...

A quilt can begin with a favorite color, a treasured piece of fabric or a pattern passed down through the family. By the last stitch, it may hold...

Kerry Ledbetter is a man of faith and public service, and he loves serving the community where he was born and raised.A 1989 graduate of Cookeville...

This week’s Smile of the Week belongs to Cookeville’s Tracy Fisk, whose smile comes with a story of family, flexibility and finding new ways to...

Sometimes the sweetest smiles grow from the simplest things: a handful of seeds, a family working side by side and a bouquet bright enough to...

This week’s Weekly Smile goes to the men and women who quietly make Election Day possible: our poll workers.Long before the first voter walks...

Putnam County farmers markets, from the Walnut Street Market and Cookeville Green Market to the Algood Farmers Market and Cookeville Farmers...

This week’s smile goes to Austin Dodson, a responsible, dependable leader who understands the importance of serving with integrity and putting...

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

When you go to the Cookeville Farmer’s Market this weekend, stop by and say, “Good Morning,” to local grower Bill Davis of Bill Davis Produce....

Luke Eldridge still remembers the Cookeville of his childhood — when Walmart sat where The Bend Church is now, the mall meant the arcade, toy store...

This week’s smile comes from right here at home as we welcome Tammy Younger back to our team as Office Manager.Tammy previously worked with us and...

This week’s Weekly Smile shines on someone many readers have welcomed into their homes for years through her recipes, stories and words of...

A life of leadership, faith, service, and staying connected to the communityIn a community like Cookeville, it doesn’t take long to recognize the...