Jasper News covers breaking stories, schools, sports, traffic, government, and community updates in Jasper and Marion County, Tennessee and surrounding communities.
‘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 …
The Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) has announced they are currently hiring troopers across the state. The new starting pay for the rank of Trooper Cadet is $65,004 / year, with the new salary going into effect as of July 1, 2023. The application deadline to apply for the position of Tennessee State Trooper is July …
South Pittsburg, Tenn. – Today, Tennessee Valley Broadcasting, WEPG and WSDQ radio (The River 104.9 FM in Marion County and Country Roads 93.3 FM in Sequatchie County) officially announce the launch of SValleyNow.com as a new local online newspaper; naming one of the Southeast’s most experienced and recognized broadcasters, play-by-play sportscasters and journalists, Lucky Knott, …
The Jasper VFW Auxilary Post 6362 is hosting a Back to School event for area students. The event is scheduled for this Saturday, July 15th, from 10 AM until 12 Noon at the post’s location at 102 Pine Avenue in Jasper, TN. They will offer free food along with free school supplies for area students. …
Dates and games for the annual High School Jamboree at Chattanooga’s Finley Stadium have been announced. This year’s event will feature twenty-one teams from across the region including teams from Marion, Hamilton, and Bradley counties, as well as Ringgold High School from Catoosa County, Georgia. BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee is the presenting sponsor for the …
