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Harvey Buchanan, longtime councilman for the city of Jackson, died Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021 at the age of 64. Buchanan represented Jackson’s District 4 for 26 years, serving as vice mayor twice from 1997 to 1998 and again from 2010 to 2011. In addition to his public service with the city of Jackson...

Benton Young has been selected as the new chief of the Cookeville Fire Department. Young has been serving as the department’s interim chief since the retirement of previous Chief Daryl Blair in July. Young is a Cookeville native with 32 years of experience in the fire serving, showing the...