The former director of a Cookeville senior living complex will serve 18 months in federal prison and must repay $300,000 for embezzling money to build luxury housing for herself and her daughter, ...

She insisted she was not guilty, but Wendy Askins -- the woman at the center of the scandal involving the Upper Cumberland Development District in Cookeville -- appears ready to change her plea. That ...

She was once living the dream, but now Wendy Askins is a convicted felon. Late Tuesday afternoon, the former head of the Upper Cumberland Development District in Cookeville pleaded guilty to federal ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The former head of the Upper Cumberland Development District has pleaded guilty to federal theft charges. Media outlets report that 55-year-old Wendy Askins entered her plea ...