Kimball News covers breaking stories, schools, sports, traffic, government, and community updates in Kimball and Marion County, Tennessee and surrounding communities including Battle Creek.
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen for the Town of Kimball met on Thursday night, August 3, 2023. The first order of business was to swear in a new police officer Michael Trace Condra to serve the town. The board approved the police chief to spend up to $50,000 on a new patrol unit. They …
The Marion County Highway Department has completed several paving projects recently. Just some of the roads that have a new surface include Condra Road, Red Hill Cemetery Road, Pine Street in Sequatchie, McGowan Road, Hillside Drive, and Dawson Springs Road on Jasper Mountain. The Marion County Highway Department has also installed floodgates on Teague and …
At 6:14 on Thursday morning, Haletown Volunteer Fire Department responded to a truck fire on I-24 westbound at mile-marker 163. The semi-truck was hauling granite gravestones. Haletown Engines 1 and 2 responded to the scene and quickly extinguished the flames. Jasper and Kimball Fire Departments were called in for mutual aid assistance and water supply. …
The beginning of the school year is finally here, and Bright Ideas Education Grants are now OPEN to SVEC-area educators for the 2023-2024 school year! SVEC is once again pledging up to $10,000 to our area educators to fund creative, hands-on classroom projects. Go to svalleyec.com/bright-ideas to learn more and apply.
With the Hwy 127 yard sale in full swing this weekend, the Dunlap Police Department wants to remind citizens in the area that the event usually also brings counterfeit money to the area. The police department would recommend purchasing a marker to check for counterfeit bills, or you’ll need to pay extra attention to the …
Tennessee Corrections Institute (TCI) sent a letter to Marion County Sheriff Ronnie “Bo” Burnett on July 18, 2023, concerning a July inspection of the jail. Corrections Institute shows the facility was deficient in multiple areas. The areas noted as deficient were: Square footage is out of compliance for female inmates due to overcrowding. Toilet and …
The Town of Kimball will conduct its regular board meeting of the Mayor and Aldermen on Thursday, August 3, 2023, at 6 PM. You can view the meeting live by going to The River 104.9 Facebook page.
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) recently announced 131 grants totaling $299,228,167 from the state’s American Rescue Plan (ARP) fund, part of which TDEC is administering in the form of drinking water, wastewater, and storm water infrastructure grants. Marion County, in collaboration with the Town of Jasper, the Town of Kimball, and the …
The seasonal impacts on employment, such as school breaks, continued to have an impact on Tennessee’s county unemployment numbers in June, according to newly released information from the Department of Labor and Workforce Development. The June 2023 data showed unemployment rates increased in each of Tennessee’s 95 counties. Bledsoe County’s unemployment rate in May was …
A new Tennessee law now in effect adds new requirements before a student can receive corporal punishment at school. The law establishes a process for school officials, including teachers, to screen for disabilities before handing out any corporal punishment. Under this law, before any kind of corporal punishment can happen, teachers are required to: Have …
