Marion County News covers breaking stories, schools, sports, traffic, government, and community updates in Marion County, Tennessee and surrounding communities.
BLEDSOE COUNTY SR-30 and SR-443, the grading, drainage, stream relocation, widening, and resurfacing on Summer City Road:Â The contractor will be performing grade work and widening on Summer City Road in Bledsoe County. This work will narrow the lanes at LM 2.0 and LM 4.3 and will leave both lanes open to traffic. Please slow down …
In a case that is still open, Joshua David Day went missing from Grundy County, TN, on July 24th, 2020. Day was described as a 32-year-old white male, 5′ 9″ tall, 125 lbs, with brown hair and blue eyes. On July 24th, 2020, Josh went 4-wheeler riding around Raven’s Point in Grundy County with friends. …
On Thursday, January 23, 2025, at 8:34 AM, Haletown Fire and Rescue responded to an outbuilding fire on Scratch Ankle Rd. Sequatchie Volunteer Fire Department and Jasper Highlands Fire also responded to assist. Upon arrival, the building was fully engulfed and had caught the roof of the nearby home on fire. Firemen quickly extinguished the …
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency biologists have proposed a dramatic change in the regulations for smallmouth bass on Chickamauga, Nickajack and Guntersville (downstream from Nickajack Dam to the Alabama state line). Currently, in an effort to protect and encourage the number of trophy smallmouth bass, bass fishermen on those lakes are only allowed to keep one …
TVA has an Emergency Load Curtailment Program for when demand on the electric grid is at its highest. The ELCP ensures the stable operation of TVA’s generation and transmission. Most of the time, temperatures do not reach a level that impacts the public, but during the next 24-48 hours, there will be extremely low temperatures …
Due to the extreme cold, Marion County, Sequatchie County, Bledsoe County, Grundy County, and Richard Hardy schools are closed through Wednesday. Jackson County, AL, Schools will have a two-hour delay on Tuesday, Jan 21, 2025. This will allow buses and schools to check for issues and to warm up before students arrive in these cold …
Citizen’s Tri-County Bank is warning its customers to be aware of fake text messages (See picture below). THIS IS NOT COMING FROM CITIZENS TRI-COUNTY BANK. Please do not click on links, and DO NOT give out or type in personal information. Citizen’s Tri-County Bank will never send texts like this or ask you for personal …
Emma Bolton, a Marion County teenager who we announced as who went missing last week was located and returned home. Bolton has run away again. Details below.
The Marion County Sheriff’s Department is warning the public about a very sophisticated debit card scam. Here’s how it goes: I got a call, and the caller ID was my bank. The guy says he’s from the fraud dept, calling about my debit card ending in —-(the 4 correct numbers), and asks if I’d been …
MARION COUNTY SR-156 repair of bridge over Tennessee River, LM 15.2: The contractor will be setting up shoulder closures on the SR-156 bridge over the Tennessee River at LM 15.2 in South Pittsburg. Only one shoulder will be closed at a time. Once work is completed on one shoulder the other shoulder will then be …
