🌱 Why John’s Place is being honored at Friday’s Cookeville Christmas Parade
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In today's newsletter:
- Why John’s Place is being honored at Friday’s Cookeville Christmas Parade
- How one Cookeville couple lost $270,000 to a pop-up scam
- How a Cookeville clinic helps power White County’s spay-neuter success
Also on today's calendar: It's A KILLER BEAZ New Year's Eve and 3 more events.
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Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: A morning shower in places, with a high of 51 and low of 38 degrees.
- Thursday: Windy with rain and a t-storm, temps: high: 58, low: 26.
- Friday: Colder; breezy in the morning, with a high of 38 and low of 26 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• John's Place is the 2025 Christmas Parade Community Heritage Honoree (ucbjournal.com) — Cookeville’s beloved John’s Place has been named the 2025 Community Heritage Honoree for this Friday’s Cookeville Christmas Parade, recognizing its decades as a welcoming local landmark. The McClellan family’s 1949-founded restaurant is praised for its faith-rooted hospitality, Tennessee Tech game-day gatherings, and role in shaping Cookeville’s strong sense of belonging. 
• Scam leaves Tennessee couple without retirement savings (newsnationnow.com) — Cookeville residents are being warned after a Putnam County couple lost nearly $270,000 in retirement savings to an elaborate computer pop‑up scam that led them to convert their money into gold coins. Deputies say the suspect, from Antioch, spoofed a bank’s phone number, then personally came to the couple’s home to collect the coins before being identified and arrested. Investigators urge locals to be skeptical of pop‑up warnings and unsolicited financial instructions.
• News from the White County Humane Society (spartalive.com) — White County Humane Society reports funding over 1,000 spay/neuter surgeries this year, including dozens done at the Major Mike Shipley Clinic in Cookeville. The group details recent fundraising successes, new grants, and ongoing help for residents needing low-cost pet sterilization, while inviting new volunteers and members to support their mission.
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It's A KILLER BEAZ New Year's Eve
2121 Event Ctr Dr, Cookeville
7:00 pm
Wednesday December 31
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Other local events
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Auditorium - Band Christmas Concert
Cookeville High School Auditorium Cookeville, TN 38506
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2nd Annual Snowball Classic
Bowling World , 545 Neal St , Cookeville
10:00 am -
The upper Cumberland Christmas Light show
155 Fairground St , Cookeville
11:00 pm -
Christmas Eve Pajama Party
Bowling World , 545 Neal St , Cookeville
9:00 am -
Killer Beaz New Year's Eve!
Putnam County Convention Center | Jessica Rector Clark Welcome Center & Fairgrounds (new Expo Center under construction) , 2121 Event Ctr Dr , Cookeville
7:00 pm
Thursday December 18
Saturday December 20
Wednesday December 24
Wednesday December 31
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Southside Lions Club
BB's Bistro , 4 E Main St , Gordonsville
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Auditorium - Band Christmas Concert
Cookeville High School Cookeville, TN 38506
7:30 pm -
Heartsaver First Aid, CPR and AED
Cookeville Regional Medical Center , Cookeville Reg'l Medical Ctr , 1 Medical Center Blvd , Cookeville
9:00 am -
2nd Annual Snowball Classic
Bowling World , 545 Neal St , Dodson Branch
10:00 am -
Sugar Lime Blue @ BB's Bistro
BB's Bistro , 4 E Main St , Gordonsville
7:00 pm -
Christmas Eve Pajama Party
Bowling World , 545 Neal St , Cookeville
9:00 am
Thursday December 18
Saturday December 20
Wednesday December 24
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💬 Chatter
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🗞 Nearby News
Sparta
- American Red Cross hosts blood drive at Sparta Civic Center (spartalive.com)
- Joint choir performances are highlight of Christmas season (spartalive.com)
- Help Center has moved to old middle school property (spartalive.com)
Gordonsville
- State officials tout $6.6B investment by Korean company (blackchronicle.com)
- Obit – Mr. Mark A. Aquino (carthagecourier.com)
Carthage
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