Lucky Knott is a longtime broadcaster, sportscaster, and news reporter, having worked in radio here in the Sequatchie Valley and in Coffee and Grundy County for many years. You can hear his news reports weekday mornings and afternoons on The River 104.9 WEPG in Marion County and Country Roads 93.3 in Dunlap/Pikeville. He is also Editor for SValleyNow.com - Sequatchie Valley Now.
Lucky Knott
Marion County, TN
Author's posts
Former Director of 12th Judicial Drug Task Force Headed to Trial
Cody Smith, former director of the 12th Judicial Drug Task Force, which serves Franklin, Bledsoe, Grundy, Marion, Rhea, and Sequatchie Counties, had his bond revoked on March 10. He was fired in 2021 amid a TBI investigation into drug and money seizures in Sequatchie County. As the Times Free Press reported, the Rhea County Sheriff’s …
Fire on Shellmound Road on Monday
Just before 3 Monday afternoon, Haletown Fire and Rescue responded to a brush fire on Shellmound Rd. While en route, they were informed that a camper and an outbuilding were in the path of the fire. Sequatchie and the Jasper Fire Department responded to the fire as mutual aid. Upon arrival, a parcel of the …
Prentice Cooper State Forest Closed After Deceased Male is Found
Marion County Sheriff Bo Burnett has announced that his department was called about a body being found at around 3:00 pm on Sunday in the area of Big Rock Road at Prentice Cooper State Forest. The location was temporarily closed to the public on Monday. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation identified the body as 66-year-old …
The Latest on Sequatchie County Homicide
As we reported, 41-year-old Jonathan Belk has been charged with criminal homicide after allegedly stabbing 18-year-old Billy J. Floyd of Jasper, TN, to death. Authorities report that Belk discovered Floyd with his wife, 31-year-old Jada Gholston, leading to a violent confrontation on Saturday morning in Sequatchie County. According to the sheriff’s office, the incident unfolded …
Scammers Posing as Law Enforcement Want Bitcoin as Payment
There have been reports of recent phone and internet scams involving Bitcoin machines. Scammers pose as law enforcement officers and tell victims that they have a warrant for their arrest. They then instruct the victims to go to a Bitcoin machine at a location of their choosing and deposit a predetermined amount of money or …
House and Woods Fire in Whiteside
On Friday night around 6:45, Haletown Fire and Rescue responded to a structure fire on Gouger Lane in Whiteside. Jasper Highlands Fire Department also responded for mutual aid. The house was engulfed upon the firemen’s arrival, and the surrounding woods were also on fire. The hard-working firemen quickly controlled the blaze. The unoccupied home had …
Jasper Middle School Enforcing School Car Tag Student Pick Up Rule
Jasper Middle School is enforcing the rule that you must have an actual school-issued car tag to pick up your student from campus. They will no longer load students into vehicles if the number is on a picture, written on a piece of paper, if you’ve memorized it, etc. If you don’t have your tag, …
UPDATE on Sequatchie County Homicide; Victim is 18 Year-Old from Jasper
The Sequatchie County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a homicide that is believed to have occurred early Saturday morning (March 8, 2025). Deputies were dispatched to the Emergency Room at Erlanger-Sequatchie on the report of a female with stab wounds that were determined to be non-life-threatening. Deputies determined the victim received the wounds at a residence …
Homicide in Sequatchie County
The Sequatchie County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a homicide that is believed to have occurred early on March 8, 2025. Deputies were dispatched to the Emergency Room at Erlanger-Sequatchie on the report of a female with stab wounds that were determined to be non-life-threatening. Deputies determined the victim received the wounds at a residence in …
Planned Power Outage
Weather permitting, on Saturday, March 15th, from approximately 12:30 AM to 4:30 AM, TVA will perform maintenance on its transmission line to the SVEC Brush Creek substation. They anticipate this will cause an outage that will impact most of Sequatchie County and parts of South Bledsoe, North Marion, South Van Buren, South Warren, and Western …
