Join us for the Cookeville City Council Candidate Forum, an opportunity for voters to hear directly from the candidates seeking to serve on the...

Editor's Note: The following article is based on an approximately three-hour audio-recorded interview conducted in November 2025 between Highlands...

Editor's Note: The following article was originally published Sept. 18, 2025, as part of Highlands Insider's continuing coverage of concerns...

The tools we use have changed dramatically. The need for relationships has not.The first newspaper I ever published on my own was called Neighbor...

Welcome to week 2 of writing with Clarissa and Herbert Williams and their staff at The Highlands Insider.Today's treat will be one of my favorites...

Great leaders understand that failure is not the end of the road. Instead of blaming other people, bad luck, or difficult circumstances, they take...

From Granville to K-LOVE weekend, recent days have served as a reminder that God still gives joy, peace, and purpose even during difficult...

Let me begin by saying this clearly:I believe in technology.I have spent much of my professional life embracing it, investing in it and helping others adapt to it. As the...

📰 This Week in Highlands Insider – May 29 EditionFrom honoring our fallen heroes to celebrating new beginnings, this week's Highlands Insider is packed with stories that...

Hello and welcome to my kitchen (well it’s my daughter’s kitchen — I am in it today).I grew up cooking from Betty Crocker’s cookbook. Well, not...

Some weeks in community journalism feel especially full — not just busy, but meaningful. This has been one of those weeks.As I sit down to write...

One thing I’ve learned over the years is that too many people walk into the ballot box without really knowing who they are voting for. Local...

There is a poll making the rounds connected to the Cookeville City Council race, and honestly, it says less about the candidates than it does about...

There are some images that never leave a person.For Brett Knight, one of those images is a stack of laminated obituaries sitting inside his...

County officials explain the reassessment process as residents question future tax impacts, affordability and certified tax rates.For many Putnam...