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The former head of the Upper Cumberland Development District has failed in her effort to get more of your tax money. More>>
An agency that's supposed to create jobs and help the poor in 14 Middle Tennessee counties now finds itself under state investigation. That follows questions raised by NewsChannel 5 Investigates. More>>
A four-month NewsChannel 5 investigation has uncovered a government-subsidized project like you've probably never seen. It now has some folks asking whether the woman behind it is living the dream. More>>
There are new questions about how some documents disappeared from a Cookeville-based government agency, while someone created bogus ones for NewsChannel 5 Investigates. More>>
NewsChannel 5 Investigates has uncovered even more incredible spending at the Upper Cumberland Development District. It's spending that does nothing for the people who really need the help. More>>
Lawmakers are now promising a full investigation of what some are calling a full-blown scandal involving the Upper Cumberland Development District. It follows an exclusive NewsChannel 5 investigation. More>>
A report by state regulators raises some serious questions about potential conflicts of interests with that million-dollar Living the Dream facility near Cookeville. More>>
The controversy over the Upper Cumberland Development District took a new turn Friday as the head of that agency took to a radio station to defend herself, but her answers raised even more questions. More>>
UCDD executive director Wendy Askins gave a radio interview on Friday, Feb. 17, to Cookeville talk show host Dwight Henry of WHUB-AM. Here are some of the claims made by Ms. Askins. More>>
Less than a week after the first stories aired, the board of the Upper Cumberland, Development District has called an emergency meeting to figure out what to do next. More>>
A NewsChannel 5 investigation has discovered that the Upper Cumberland Development District that was supposed to be helping the poor may have also been helping the family of the woman who runs it. More>>
State lawmakers want to know who paid for Living the Dream. Questions about that million-dollar house in Putnam County came up Wednesday at a budget hearing. More>>
A lot of eyes will be on the Upper Cumberland Development District Friday morning. That's when its board meets in emergency session to deal with the fallout from an exclusive NewsChannel 5 investigation. More>>
The head of the Upper Cumberland Development District, along with her top assistant, were suspended Friday -- with some of the agency's board members demanding that she be fired.
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People from across Middle Tennessee crammed into a small meeting room to see how the board would react to the spending uncovered by NewsChannel 5 Investigates. More>>
The board that oversees the Upper Cumberland Development District is pointing the finger at their own auditor. They want to know how he missed all the misspending uncovered by NewsChannel 5 Investigates. More>>
On Friday, the UCDD board suspended its longtime executive director and voted to report its own auditor for a possible state investigation. But where was the board when all this was going on? More>>
NewsChannel 5 Investigates has uncovered yet another questionable transaction involving the controversial head of the UCDD. But this time, instead of a mansion, it involves a gazebo. More>>
Cookeville's DA has asked for a special prosecutor to decide whether criminal charges should be brought over allegations surrounding the Upper Cumberland Development District. More>>
NewsChannel 5 has learned that investigators from two federal agencies are now taking an interest in the UCDD scandal. And the woman at the center of that controversy has now hired a lawyer. More>>
The scandal involving the Upper Cumberland Development District now has lawmakers considering a special legislative committee to investigate other agencies that were also set up help the poor. More>>
NewsChannel 5 Investigates has uncovered even more questions about checks written to UCDD executive director Wendy Askins' family and about furniture that no one can find. More>>
Wendy Askins resigned Tuesday morning as executive director of the Upper Cumberland Development District following a series of reports by NewsChannel 5 Investigates. More>>
A lawyer for the Upper Cumberland Development District had some bad news today for the board that oversees the Cookeville-based agency. More>>
Wendy Askins resigned as she faced an investigation into the mismanagement of UCDD funds. Now she has filed for unemployment pay, claiming that she was the victim of a hostile work environment. More>>
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