The Daily Newspaper of the Upper Cumberland Herald-Citizen www.herald-citizen.com Cyber Monday Titans break nine-year losing Hacking Retailers have high hopes streak in Indianapolis for more holiday shopping FBI knew, but kept silent A win! Page B1 Page A8 Page A4 115th Year | No. 280 | MOnday, november 27, 2017 | Cookeville, Tennessee 50¢ TTU gets Man in the charged holiday in three spirit shootings BY KATE COOK BY KATE COOK [email protected] [email protected] Tennessee Tech is getting A Smith County man faces into the holiday spirit. an attempted murder charge For the first time ever, following three shootings, in- Grounds Director Kevin cluding one with officers, Tucker and his crew began over the holiday weekend. decorating TTU’s Quad a few Stacye Lee Nash, 55, of weeks ago. That’s the huge, Gordonsville, was charged grassy space between Memo- with one count of criminal rial Gym, Derryberry Hall, attempt to commit first de- Jere Whitson Hall and Bell gree murder. He was booked Hall. into the Smith County Jail on “It’ll be a few buildings a $150,000 bond. this year, and eventually According to the Tennessee we’ll decorate the whole Bureau of Investigation, offi- Quad,” Tucker said. cers were called to Gor- The Quad is now home to donsville Saturday after five Christmas trees made of Nash reportedly shot his lights, four 20-foot trees and wife, Dora Nash. one 45-foot tree. Six natural He then went to his wife’s trees have lighted icicles son’s residence nearby, got dripping from them. There’s into an argument with his also wreaths and decora- stepson and his girlfriend tions on Jere Whitson Hall and opened fire. The stepson and Derryberry Hall. Two received minor injuries, eight-foot tall nutcrackers while the girlfriend called 911 guard an archway of lights and hid in the woods until leading into Memorial Gym. law enforcement arrived. Tucker said it took the When officers arrived on crew about two weeks to in- scene, Nash reportedly fired stall all the lights. at them, striking several ve- Tucker said First Lady hicles but no officers. The of- Kari Oldham thought deco- ficers returned fire, striking rating the campus would be Nash. No officers were in- a great idea, so they got to jured. work. Dora and Stacye Nash were The official lighting will each transported to a hospi- take place beginning at 5:30 Kate Cook | Herald-Citizen tal for treatment of their in- p.m. Tuesday on the quad, TTU grounds crewman Steve Ewing attaches the lighted star to the top of the tallest juries. District Attorney Tucker said. The community Christmas tree on the university’s Quad. The official lighting event will begin at 5:30 General Tommy Thompson is welcome to attend. p.m. Tuesday. Another photo on page A2 today. asked the TBI to investigate. I’d Like To Know: What about the old pecan tree on Willow and 7th? FROM STAFF REPORTS In March 2016, a reader asked about Answer: TTU Communications and moved by them. However, Pearson said the fate of the old pecan tree at the Marketing Director Buddy Pearson sometimes when construction projects corner of Willow and 7th. The tree, said construction for the new recre- remove very old things, artists at the For our first in the new edition of and questions about its fate, are still ation center is going on nearby but the university use the item to make some- “I’d Like to Know,” we decided to bring there. A few weeks ago, a reader called university doesn’t have specific plans thing, so the item is always present. back an old question that’s still being to ask if Tennessee Tech’s construc- to remove the tree. If TDOT widens asked. tion will damage the tree. Willow Avenue, the tree may be re- See KNOW, page A2 Airport expansion may come at no cost Company offers to build, lease five needed hangars BY JIM HERRIN “We’ve been looking at leases with to pay back his initial cost,” Selby [email protected] RC Air. He’s proposed that he will said. “He’s doing it strictly because build five box hangars. He pays for he’s a pilot here. He wants one of Officials with the Upper Cumber- all of the construction cost and the hangars, and the rest of them land Regional Airport are dis- everything. He would lease them he wants to lease out.” cussing the possibility of getting and we would get five percent of the Selby said such arrangements are some new hangars built — at no rent.” not uncommon. cost to the airport. Selby said RC Air wants a 30-year “This is happening at several air- “As many of you know, we don’t agreement with the airport to go ports. Lebanon has got a similar Jim Herrin | Herald-Citizen have enough hangars right now,” forward with the project. arrangement to this,” he said. “I see airport manager Dean Selby told “By giving us five percent, it A jet sits on the tarmac at the Upper Cum- the airport board this month. takes him almost that full 30 years See AIRPORT, Page A3 berland Regional Airport. Index Obituaries, A5 Opens Friday 2 Sections — 14 Pages Harold Haney Marilyn Brown Art exhibit Abby A6 Living A6 Kenneth Norrod Carmen Bumbalough begins public Calendar A4 Sports B1 Gary Holman James McCormick showing Classified B4 Sudoku A7 at TTU Friday. Comics A7 Weather A2 Page A6 Crossword A7 A2 — HERALD-CITIZEN, Cookeville, Tenn. — www.herald-citizen.com — Monday, November 27, 2017 LOCAL READER Several Arrested Over Thanksgiving weekend SERVICES BY PAIGE STANAGE gional Medical Center, Court. [email protected] so no sobriety tests Lastly, 35-year-old were administered but Brandy Reed of Bunker A man was arrested a search warrant to ob- Hill Road in Cookeville Contact us: over Thanksgiving tain a blood sample was arrested for theft of Address: weekend for possession from Winkler was property over Thanks- 1300 Neal St. of methamphetamine granted. giving weekend. after shopping at Wal- Murphy Winkler Smith Reed Winkler will appear The affidavit states Cookeville, Tenn. mart in Cookeville. in Putnam County Gen- Reed was shopping at Thirty-two-year-old ounces of white voked license, accord- eral Sessions Court for Kohl’s when she went to Mailing Address: Joe Murphy of Oak Hill methamphetamine on ing to the warrant for a hearing on the a dressing room and hid P.O. Box 2729 in the Rickman commu- his person during the Winkler’s arrest. charges. merchandise under her nity was shopping at time of his arrest. Deputy Patrick Short Also over the week- clothes. The merchan- Cookeville TN 38502 Walmart when Officer According to the ar- of the Putnam County end, 45-year-old Sonya dise was valued at Colby Fox of the rest warrant, Murphy’s Sheriff’s Office re- Smith of Tunnel, Geor- $137.47. Cookeville Police De- offense is possession of sponded to a traffic gia was arrested for The affidavit also Phone: 931-526-9715 partment recognized methamphetamine with crash where Winkler driving on a suspended states Reed had said she Fax: 931-526-1209 Murphy, according to intent to manufacture, was the driver involved or revoked license and had been put on proba- the affidavit. A com- deliver or sell. in the accident, the war- improper display of tion in White County Email: puter check showed Also over the Thanks- rant states. Deputy registration. for shoplifting and has News there was a warrant for giving holiday... Short noticed an odor Deputy Chris Ealey had multiple failure to [email protected] Murphy’s arrest. After • Sixty-one-year-old of alcohol from Win- conducted the traffic appears in Putnam Sports Murphy’s identity was Edward Winkler of kler, red watery eyes stop on the ramp going County. Reed is set to [email protected] confirmed, he was Cookeville was arrested and several bottles of toward I-40 west, ac- appear in the General Advertising placed into custody. The for driving under the alcohol in the vehicle. cording to the affidavit. Sessions Court. [email protected] warrant states he was influence and driving Winkler was trans- Smith will appear in Living also found to have 2.85 on a suspended or re- ported to Cookeville Re- General Sessions [email protected] Circulation [email protected] Business News [email protected] Church News KNOW: What [email protected] School News was impact of [email protected] Lights at TTU Classified Ads [email protected] the eclipse? From Page A1 Letter Guidelines Pearson said if the tree is re- All letters to the editor must moved, the wood could be in- be signed and include the corporated into a piece of art. writer’s name, address and Question: What was the phone number. Letters are economic impact for subject to editing and/or re- Cookeville and Putnam jection. A strict 400-word limit will be enforced. Send letters County from the August to the mailing address listed eclipse? above, or email to Answer: “A specific num- [email protected]. ber for economic impact is usually somewhat difficult to pinpoint for an event such as Order a Photo this due to the broad reach,” Every photograph taken by a Her- said Zach Ledbetter, Vice Pres- ald-Citizen photographer and ident of Visitor Development published in the paper is available for the Cookeville-Putnam for purchase.