Blue Sky and Bloomers Annexed Property to Stay Farm by MEGAN TROTTER HERALD-CITIZEN Staff
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The Daily Newspaper of the Upper Cumberland Herald-Citizen www.herald-citizen.com Exemption Patriots pull out unlikely win gop AlArmed Lawmaker wants churches over Falcons in overtime play Trump praises Putin free of campaign law Stunner: Page B1 Page A3 Page A4 115th Year | No. 31 | mondAy, February 6, 2017 | Cookeville, Tennessee 50¢ Monterey considers alcohol ordinance tonight By LINDSAY McREYNOLDS The mayor and aldermen began cohol ordinance. for applications and permits. HERALD-CITIZEN Staff studying a draft ordinance to regulate He explained that the town’s ordi- That could get tricky. The issue is alcohol sales back in December after a nance would follow state law, but that the size of Monterey, which has an Monterey officials are expected to narrow approval of two referendums aldermen would have some flexibility area of about 4 square miles. However, consider an ordinance to regulate the in the November election. in setting distances between busi- it has 17 churches, plus an elementary, sale of liquor and beer in the town’s Monterey Attorney Nolan Goolsby nesses that sell alcohol and schools regular monthly meeting tonight. had presented a 22-page draft of an al- and churches as well as a fee schedule See ALCOHOL, Page 2 ►BAXTER Blue sky and bloomers Annexed property to stay farm By MEGAN TROTTER HERALD-CITIZEN Staff A 40-acre farm at 6393 Nashville Highway has been an- nexed by Baxter. The process sparked concerns by some that the land would be developed. During a recent public hearing for the annexation, however, property owner Mary Halfacre put those fears to rest. “We’re remodeling the house, and it’s going to stay a farm,” she said. “There’s been all kinds of rumors going around that it’s going to be a school or a trailer park or a subdivision, but it’s going to be a farm. We’ve got a crew there that’s fencing it now with four strands of barbed wire. It’s for cattle.” The land was purchased by Terri Likens | Herald-Citizen her parents in 1951. After they, Daffodils glowed under blue skies Sunday near an old homestead at Cummins Falls State Park. Temperatures climbed for a taste of spring. Didn’t get outside? You may regret it. Rain is back in the forecast for the next few days. See BAXTER, Page 2 Three people, horse dead, another person injured in weekend crashes By TRACEY HACKETT reportedly crossed into the east- HERALD-CITIZEN Staff bound lane, and hit the tractor trailer head on, Mercer re- Three people and a horse ported. were killed and another person Both drivers were killed in was airlifted in three traffic the crash. crashes over the weekend in On Saturday night, a Tomp- Jackson and Clay counties. kinsville, Ky., man and a horse Two people were killed in a were killed in a wreck involving Sunday morning crash involv- a tractor trailer in Clay County. ing commercial vehicles in Joseph T. Phillips, 25, was Jackson County. It happened killed when the horse he was around 8 a.m. on State Highway riding along State Highway 51 53 when a van and tractor just before 9 p.m. likely became trailer collided head on. spooked by a passing semi. According to Tennessee High- “A horse and rider were trav- Ty Kernea | Herald-Citizen way Patrol Sgt. Ashley Mercer, eling southbound on the right who is investigating, a Chevy lane shoulder of the highway,” They’re here! van being driven by Ashley W. said Trooper Ruben Basaldua. Newberry of Lafayette was The driver of the tractor Girl Scout cookies are here. From left, Mady Lee, 5, Troop 100; Abagail Spahr, 8, westbound when the crash hap- trailer, who was not injured in troop 645; and Samantha Shaunessy,8, troop 100, prepare boxes to sell to the com- pened. the accident, pulled toward the munity. The three girls were top sellers on initial orders. Girls will be selling more A tractor trailer driven by center of the highway to go cookies at Cookeville shops such as Spring Street Market, Tractor Supply, Old Navy, James L. Meadows, of Gaines- Kroger and Lowes. Proceeds go to the Girl Scout program to teach the Scouts goal- boro, was eastbound. The van See CRASHES, Page 2 setting, decision-making, money management, people skills and business ethics. Index Obituaries, A5 Ads go poliTicAl 2 Sections — 14 Pages Geraldine Cawthon Superbowl Abby A6 Living A6 James Null advertisers walk Calendar A4 Sports B1 Larry King a fine line Classified B4 Sudoku A7 Page A8 Comics A7 Weather A2 Crossword A7 A2 — HERALD-CITIZEN, Cookeville, Tenn. — www.herald-citizen.com — Monday, February 6, 2017 LOCAL READER Woman reportedly used trained dog to attack elderly man SERVICES By TRACEY HACKETT Chris Melton said he re- Melton said Dyer claimed the Although Dyer claimed HERALD-CITIZEN Staff sponded to Dyer’s home elderly man had originally at- only she would know the around 10 p.m. on Saturday tacked her with a knife and dog’s attack command, the Contact us: A Cookeville woman who night and found a 71-year-old that her trained dog, Blue, victim told police he recog- reportedly used her trained man covered in blood. had defended her. nized it when it was used. He Address: dog to attack an elderly ac- “He was sitting in a chair The bleeding man gave a said he had previously asked 1300 Neal St. quaintance has been ar- and bleeding profusely from different account of the inci- Dyer what it was, authorities rested. wounds on his arms and dent. He told officers that he said. Cookeville, Tenn. Sharon Dyer, 51, of East hands. Blood had pooled has to have a walker to get She was booked with a total Hudgens Street, was charged around the chair,” Melton around and that Dyer sicced bond of $9,000. Mailing Address: with aggravated assault and said. her dog on him. According to her arrest P.O. Box 2729 making a false report in con- Dyer had a little bit of “I found no knife whatso- warrants, her initial appear- nection with the Saturday blood on her blouse, the offi- ever,” Melton said. He also ance in Putnam County Gen- Cookeville TN 38502 night incident. cer reports. noted that Dyer had no cuts eral Sessions Court is set for Cookeville Police Officer During his investigation, on her clothes or body. March 6. Phone: 931-526-9715 Fax: 931-526-1209 Email: News CRASHES: [email protected] Sports Three people, [email protected] Advertising [email protected] horse killed Living [email protected] this weekend Circulation [email protected] From Page 1 Business News [email protected] around the horse and Church News rider. When it did, the [email protected] horse bolted into the pass- School News ing vehicle. [email protected] The tractor trailor came Classified Ads to a rest on the left side of [email protected] the road, where the horse also also lay. The rider was in the center of the Letter Guidelines road. Both the horse and All letters to the editor must rider were found dead at be signed and include the the scene, according to the writer’s name, address and trooper’s report. phone number. Letters are subject to editing and/or re- Details are still sketchy jection. A strict 400-word limit on an accident late Friday will be enforced. Send letters afternoon on South to the mailing address listed Grundy Quarles Highway above, or email to in front of the Gainesboro [email protected]. Dairy Queen restaurant. Ty Kernea | Herald-Citizen Witnesses said a car was turning left from the Order a Photo Prevention partner highway and to the Every photograph taken by a Her- restaurant when a pickup ald-Citizen photographer and Kristi Paling, the regional coordinator of the Upper Cumberland Commission of Children and truck behind it failed to published in the paper is available Youth, is awarded the Prevention Partner of the Month award from Bill Gibson, the director of stop. It rear-ended the car, for purchase. Go to www.herald- knocking it into oncoming citizen.com and click on “Photo Power of Putnam, a community anti-drug coalition. Gallery.” Also, many photos in- traffic, where the car then cluded in online stories are avail- collided with another able for purchase. pickup. All lanes of South Grundy Quarles Highway Subscriptions were shut down while To subscribe, call 931-526- emergency personnel re- 9715. Visa, MasterCard and One house damaged, sponded to the scene. A Discover accepted. helicopter ambulance Rates: landed on the highway to 3 mo 6 mo 1yr transport the driver of the Carrier or car to a regional medical Mail: 385 center for treatment of Zip Code $28 $54 $95 one destroyed in fires his injuries. Print & E-Edition $29 $56 $98 Officials from the Anywhere Only Gainesboro Police Depart- E-Edition $21 $42 $84 By TRACEY HACKETT of a chimney failure. The own- into the attic, where it was ment could not be reached Mail: Outside HERALD-CITIZEN Staff ers were in the process of fully involved, and had al- for comment. 385 Zip $49 $85 $143 working on a wall behind ready burned through the No further information Mail: Outside Separate weekend fires their wood stove, and that’s roof,” Brown said. could be obtained about Tenn. $82 $132 $220 damaged a house in where the fire originated,” Firefighters knocked down the condition of the in- Cookeville and destroyed a Putnam County Fire Chief the fire by saturating it with jured driver or details of house in Putnam County.