Jasper News covers breaking stories, schools, sports, traffic, government, and community updates in Jasper and Marion County, Tennessee and surrounding communities.
The Haletown Volunteer Fire Department has announced that they have received a CSX Railroad grant of $5,000. These funds will be used towards cribbing and struts, giving the Haletown firefighters the rescue tools they need to provide vehicle extrication services.
A strong thunderstorm powered through the valley on Thursday afternoon, bringing high winds and heavy rain. Several communities lost power due to the severe winds and lightning. Outages occurred in Bledsoe, Marion, Grundy, and Sequatchie counties in Tennessee and Jackson County, Alabama. Flash flooding also appeared in several areas in the Sequatchie Valley.
A familiar name is returning to the sidelines for the Marion County Warriors. The school has announced that Coach Troy Boeck is back home. Boeck will be assisting with the DL/OL and Special teams. The high school football season kicks off on August 18. Marion County will begin the 2023 campaign with a home game …
Marion County Quilt Show for the benefit of Champion Recovery will be held on Saturday, August 19th from 10am-2pm at Jasper First Baptist Church — 108 W. 3rd Street, Jasper, TN. Admission is by donation. Meet other quilters, learn about quilting services, learn new techniques… If you have a quilt to exhibit or offer quilting …
‘Operation Southern Slow Down’ is underway across the area this week, as law enforcement officials in Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Florida and South Carolina aim to reduce speeding across the southern states. Departments from city and county level to state highway patrols in all of the aforementioned are voluntarily participating in the ‘Operation Southern Slow Down’. …
The Franklin County Department responded to a report of a stolen ambulance in Winchester on Monday night. Deputies were notified that the vehicle was traveling East on I-24, but units could not locate the vehicle. Later officers in Marion County located the ambulance, and the vehicle was stopped on Chasey Simpson Road on an interstate …
The Marion County Board of Education has a Special Called Meeting on July 24th to approve the addition of new teaching positions to address increased enrollment and ensure positions are posted and filled prior to the 2023-2024 school year starting.
Commuters traveling along the I-24 corridor between Marion County and Chattanooga this week can expect some traffic delays in the evening hours due to construction and road work. According to TDOT, contractors are working nightly to resurface the lanes of both I-24 East and Westbound from the Tennessee River Bridge at Nickajack Lake and mile …
A joint investigation by the Marion County Sheriff’s Office and the Sequatchie County Sheriff’s Office has led to the arrest of Cary Paradis for possession of methamphetamine and fentanyl with the intent to distribute. During the investigation, it was learned that Paradis picked up a large amount of meth in Atlanta, and intended to deliver …
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) along with the the National Weather Service (NWS) have issued an Air Quality Alert for Marion, Sequatchie, Hamilton, and Bradley Counties in Tennessee along with Dade, Catoosa, and Walker in North Georgia for Monday, July 17th. The ‘Code Orange’ Air Quality Alert is for particulate matter (meaning …
