The National Cornbread Festival will hold registration for their annual pageant this Saturday, March 29, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. CST. Registration will be held at 221 S Cedar Ave, South Pittsburg, TN. If you’re looking for a pageant that gives contestants a chance to showcase their natural beauty and personality on stage, then …
On Sunday afternoon, authorities in Sequatchie County reported they were fighting a large fire on Daus Mountain. Fire crews responding: Dunlap Southend West Valley Luminary Crossroads Fredonia Mountain Altamont Palmer Pikeville Whitwell Whitwell Mountain Lusk The Fredonia Volunteer Fire Department issued an evacuation order for the Bluff View area and the Fredonia Mountain Nature Resort. …
Sunday morning, the Grundy County Sheriff’s Office recovered human remains in a wooded area of Fiery Gizzard Recreation Area inside the South Cumberland State Park. The remains have been positively identified as those of Tyler Curtis, a resident of Tracy City who was reported missing in late February. This remains an active investigation. While foul …
Clean-up operations are ongoing in Grundy County following the powerful storms that swept through the area over the weekend. The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency has completed a damage assessment, with 13 confirmed residential structures affected. Numerous other buildings, including outbuildings and carports, were damaged or destroyed. According to the National Weather Service, straight-line winds reaching …
Intense storms pounded the area from late Friday night through Saturday evening. Heavy rainfall was felt throughout the region. Flash flooding occurred, and strong winds caused damage. The National Weather Service confirmed that straight-line winds were measured at 90mph in the Grundy County town of Palmer. The Palmer Fire Department thanked the fire departments that …
The Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) announced a special operation on Friday targeting all of Interstate 24 in the state. Operation Impact I-24 launches at 12 a.m. Friday and runs through 11:59 p.m. Friday to reduce traffic deaths. Other agencies will join THP to target enforcement on I-24 from the Kentucky state line to the Georgia …
Due to predicted weather, on Saturday, March 15, TVA is postponing performing maintenance on its transmission line to the SVEC Brush Creek substation. The outage will now take place on Saturday, March 22, from approximately 12:30 AM to 4:30 AM, weather permitting. They anticipate this will cause an outage that will impact most of Sequatchie County and parts …
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 …
Sequachee Valley Electric Cooperative and Grundy County emergency personnel responded to the scene of a vehicle crash in Gruetli-Laager near 10th Ave Sunday night around 10 p.m. The minivan driver lost control and ran off the roadway, striking a main three-phase pole. This caused a power outage for the area, which SVEC worked several hours …
The Miracle on the Mountain Play Outside Park groundbreaking was held Thursday in Grundy County. The organizers are so grateful to those who donated, volunteered, supported, inspired, and started the process many years ago so that the children of this county can enjoy this dream park. Miracle on the Mountain Play Outside Park, located at …
