The Daily Newspaper of the Upper Cumberland Herald-Citizen www.herald-citizen.com Bald eagle saved Season’s over for Tennessee Round two Young injured eagle rescued, Tech basketball treated in Pickett County Storm knocks power out Done: Page B1 Page A10 Page A2 116th Year | No. 57 | thuRSday, March 8, 2018 | Cookeville, Tennessee 50¢ Sign of spring? DirecTV still not showing WCTE BY KATE COOK make it happen, the signal [email protected] needs to be picked up and trans- mitted by AT&T. WCTE is still waiting on Di- That’s happening, Magura recTV to begin carrying its sig- said. WCTE’s signal is making it nal. inside the DirecTV building, but WCTE President and CEO that company is now saying Becky Magura said the station’s they need to test the signal. signal is being received by Di- “It’s really frustrating,” recTV, but officials there say Magura said. they need to test the signal. In the meantime, if you’re a Magura said DirecTV hasn’t DirecTV customer who’s miss- given her a time frame for how ing WCTE, you have some op- long the testing will take or tions. what kind of testing they’re Customers who live in doing. Cookeville or within 60 miles Magura said DirecTV stopped can pick up WCTE’s signal with carrying WCTE’s signal Jan. 1. an indoor or outdoor antennae. Basically, WCTE has to send You’ll need to provide your own its signal to Nashville to be antennae, but if you need help picked up by satellite TV serv- setting it up, give WCTE a call ices DirecTV and Dish Network. at 528-5222. DirecTV moved its offices Jan. Magura recommends cus- 1, meaning WCTE’s signal has tomers call DirecTV to com- to go even farther. In order to plain. TDOT stresses public input for road projects BY JIM HERRIN met with members of the Coun- [email protected] tywide Transportation Commit- tee to talk about a variety of Representatives of the Ten- transportation issues. nessee Department of Trans- “We’ve done a lot of work to- portation (TDOT) stressed the wards what we hope will be, in importance of community the end, a transportation plan input as they met with local of- for Putnam County,” Putnam Lindsay McReynolds | Herald-Citizen ficials Wednesday to talk about County Executive Randy Porter Some Upper Cumberland residents, including Putnam County, woke up to a prioritizing future road proj- said. “We’ve been trying to dusting of snow Thursday morning, and parents woke up to the news that ects. school would be starting two hours late. Another photo on A3. Half a dozen TDOT officials See TDOT, Page A3 Putnam physicians join legislators on the hill Opioids, TennCare discussed BY LAURA MILITANA episodes of care program, promo- [email protected] tion of sudden infant death syn- drome awareness, ways to Local physicians spent Tuesday increase rural healthcare access in Nashville talking with legisla- and banning tanning beds for mi- tors about a variety of medical nors,” Batson said. “Our legisla- topics. tors were very receptive and Retired physicians Dr. Jim Gray appreciative of our input and we and Dr. Chuck Womack attended learned a lot from them, espe- the Tennessee Medical Associa- cially about the process of getting tion’s Doctors’ Day on the Hill, bills through the legislature.” along with pediatricians Dr. TMA’s Day on the Hill gives Leslie Treece and Dr. Jim Batson, physicians a chance to share their pediatric hospitalist Dr. Apryl expertise with lawmakers who Hall, orthopedic surgeon Dr. make important public policy de- Craig Saunders, family practice cisions affecting the delivery of physicians Dr. Jamie Cates and healthcare in Tennessee. Dr. Steve Flatt, and primary care According to Batson, approxi- physician Dr. Barbara Ebel. mately 300 physicians and med- “We discussed several bills re- ical students from around the garding opiate overprescribing, state attended the annual event. Retired urologist Dr. Chuck Womack speaks to a Tennessee Medical Association preventing neonatal abstinence To find out more about TMA’s official (not pictured) while Dr. Jim Batson, Dr. Craig Saunders, and (back to camera) syndrome with pre-conception legislative priorities, visit Dr. Apryl Hall, Dr. Jim Gray and Dr. Leslie Treece, listen during TMA’s Doctors’ Day birth control, halting TennCare www.tnmed.org/legislative. on the Hill Tuesday. Another photo on Page A2. Index Obituaries, A7 It’S Bacon! 2 Sections — 16 Pages Jo Britnell Kevin Ferris Drucilla makes Abby A8 Living A8 Hilda Search Thomas Templeton onion rings Calendar A6 Opinion A4 William Cartwright Charles Teeter wrapped in Classified B3 Sports B1 Avery Newberry Judith Landis bacon Comics A9 Sudoku A9 Iris Wheeler Page A8 Crossword A9 Weather A2 A2 — HERALD-CITIZEN, Cookeville, Tenn. — www.herald-citizen.com — Thursday, March 8, 2018 LOCAL/STATE READER Cookeville man charged with meth possession SERVICES BY PAIGE STANAGE baggies, methamphetamine. His Scott Fox, 54, of Her- paige.stanage@herald- scales and bond is $5,000. mitage, was arrested citizen.com money In other recent ar- Thursday for driving Contact us: was found rests: under the influence. Address: A man is suspected in James Price, 47, of His bond is $750. 1300 Neal St. of possessing metham- Kennedy’s Cookeville, was Byron Ledbetter Jr., phetamine after the room. The charged Monday with 45, of Cookeville, was Cookeville, Tenn. Cookeville Police De- Kennedy Price Ledbetter warrant bringing contraband arrested Wednesday for partment received a re- does not inside a penal facility, theft. According to his Mailing Address: port of an unconscious named as the suspect in name who the uncon- two counts posses- warrant, he stole an P.O. Box 2729 person at Alpine Lodge the arrest warrant. scious person was or of sion/casual exchange Xbox and an iPhone Wednesday. According to the war- their current condition. and possessing from an apartment on Cookeville TN 38502 Jordan Kennedy, 28, rant, 0.5 grams of Kennedy was ar- methamphetamine. His Locust Grove. His bond of Cookeville, was methamphetamine, rested for possessing bond is $20,000. is $2,500. Phone: 931-526-9715 Fax: 931-526-1209 Email: News Disaster Animal [email protected] Sports [email protected] Response Training Advertising [email protected] Living class coming up [email protected] Circulation BY PAIGE STANAGE ticipants are needed be- [email protected] [email protected] cause there are two Business News DART teams. The small [email protected] An upcoming Disaster animal team looks after Church News Animal Response Team animals such as cats [email protected] credentialing class will and dogs, and the big School News be offered at the Put- animal team takes care [email protected] nam County Emergency of animals like cows Classified Ads Services building in and horses. [email protected] early April for those in- There are also two terested in helping ani- types of participants, mals in times of crisis. those who are registered Letter Guidelines Putnam County Emer- volunteers and those gency Management who are credentialed re- All letters to the editor must Deputy Director Sharon sponders. Womack said be signed and include the Womack said those who the volunteers can’t writer’s name, address and have an interest in the have hands-on contact phone number. Letters are welfare of animals, such with the animals, but subject to editing and/or re- as shelter volunteers they help move the ani- jection. A strict 400-word limit will be enforced. Send letters On the Hill and animal owners, are mals to new locations. encouraged to attend “Sometimes we have to the mailing address listed Physicians attending Tuesday’s Doctors’ Day on the Hill, from left, are above, or email to the class. Womack also to move them (the ani- [email protected]. Dr. Jamie Cates, Dr. Chuck Womack, Dr. Barbara Ebel, Dr. Steve Flatt, emphasized the class is mals) from one end of Dr. Jim Gray, Dr. Jim Batson, Dr. Leslie Treece and state Rep. Kelly free for participants. the county to the other. Keisling. “The credentialing And while the creden- Order a Photo program assures that tialed responders work Every photograph taken by a Her- individuals asked to re- with the animals, we ald-Citizen photographer and spond to a disaster inci- need people to help with published in the paper is available Tennessee panel won’t let Las dent will be properly moving supplies,” Wom- for purchase. Go to www.herald- trained and qualified in ack said. citizen.com and click on “Photo animal care,” states the An informational Gallery.” Also, many photos in- cluded in online stories are avail- Vegas shooting survivors speak release from Putnam meeting about the able for purchase. County Emergency DART class will be held NASHVILLE (AP) — A Ten- President Donald Trump has said Management Agency. 6-9 p.m., March 22 at the nessee legislative panel refused to he’ll use executive order to ban After class comple- Putnam County Emer- Subscriptions let two Las Vegas concert shoot- bump stocks, which allow guns to tion, participants will gency Services building. To subscribe, call 931-526- ing survivors testify Wednesday fire like automatic weapons. receive a photo I.D. There will be free food 9715. Visa, MasterCard and after Republicans delayed action Casada insisted it’s not an at- badge issued by the Ten- and drinks, according to Discover accepted. on a Democratic bill to ban the tempt to duck a vote, since the bill nessee Department of the press release. Rates: device used by that gunman in was placed on the agenda for the Agriculture identifying The class itself will be 3 mo 6 mo 1yr October.