The weather has slowed progress somewhat this week, but the Putnam County School Board was told Thursday that construction of a new Park View School on Lee Seminary Road and
With more and more people choosing to vote early rather than on election day, the Putnam County Election Commission voted Wednesday to eliminate four voting precincts — consolidating them with
Two Tech faculty members suing the university’s provost filed a motion for a preliminary injunction earlier this year, requesting the court to restrain the enforcement of sanctions imposed upon them. However, the provost’s attorneys argue that such an injunction is not necessary.
The federal laws
COOKEVILLE, Tennessee This small university town about 80 miles east of Nashville has joined the legion of other municipalities in the U.S. facing the issue of Native mascots used by school sports teams. On a pleasant Saturday afternoon, May 1, several dozen demonstrators led by Chiricahua Apache and Sayota Knight marched from the campus of Tennessee Tech University to the Putnam County Courthouse to hold a rally demanding the removal of the mascot name “redskins” by local Algood Middle School from its football and other athletic teams.
On their way to the courthouse, the marchers chanted, “Hey, hey, ho ho, that racist mascot’s got to go,” “No hate in our state,” and “Change the name.”