Marion County News covers breaking stories, schools, sports, traffic, government, and community updates in Marion County, Tennessee and surrounding communities.
Marion County Sheriff Bo Burnett has announced that his department was called about a body being found at around 3:00 pm on Sunday in the area of Big Rock Road at Prentice Cooper State Forest. The location was temporarily closed to the public on Monday. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation identified the body as 66-year-old …
Weather permitting, on Saturday, March 15th, from approximately 12:30 AM to 4:30 AM, TVA will perform maintenance on its transmission line to the SVEC Brush Creek substation. They anticipate this will cause an outage that will impact most of Sequatchie County and parts of South Bledsoe, North Marion, South Van Buren, South Warren, and Western …
The Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) plans to conduct “checkpoint enforcement ” throughout March to promote safe driving. Some will be driver’s license checkpoints, and others will be sobriety checkpoints. Marion County March 7, 2025 SR 156 at SR 134 (sobriety) Sequatchie County March 28, 2025 Stone Cave Road at Highway 28
SVEC has been made aware of scams directed at its members. SVEC does not call our members to demand money over the phone. They encourage members to never give personal information to anyone they cannot completely identify. They also encourage members to hang up and call SVEC’s local number to inquire about any account concerns. …
At Monday night’s February County Commission meeting, local resident Mack Reeves addressed the commission over concerns about decreased water levels and flow in two rivers that dissect the Sequatchie Valley in Marion County — the Sequatchie River and the Little Sequatchie River. Reeves, a former schoolteacher who now works as Attendance and Transportation Supervisor for …
In a project that started back in 2019 that was tabled for a period due to the COVID-19 pandemic that came about a short time later, last night the Marion County Commission voted at their February meeting to approve a bid that will finally begin the expansion of the Marion County Jail. Of the five …
Marion County Road Superintendent, Cory Pickett, announced at the Marion County Commission’s monthly meeting on Monday night that the Highway Department will be paving a portion of Sequatchie Mountain Road soon. Pickett says crews will be paving from from the road’s intersection with Valley View Highway (next to the Sequatchie Food Market store) to about …
500+ young wrestlers represented Class A, AA, and Girls at the TSSAA State Wrestling Championships on Friday and Saturday in Franklin. Congratulations to Whitwell High School Senior Wyatt Davis, your TSSAA Class A 144-lb State Champion. His Coaches are TD Argo and Kyle Antal. The senior Tiger won 21-3 over senior Vayden Moore from Cascade …
“Sometimes, it’s like medicine, insurance premiums, or food.” – JoAnn Britt, Bledsoe Co. Senior Center Director. Statements like that put into perspective just how essential nutrition services are. The Southeast Tennessee Area Agency on Aging and Disability serving Bledsoe, Bradley, Grundy, Hamilton, Marion, McMinn, Meigs, Polk, Rhea, and Sequatchie counties has partnered with farmers at …
Blood Assurance of Chattanooga, the main blood supplier for local hospitals, is facing a severe donor shortage, jeopardizing its low supply. Recent flu-like illnesses have led to many canceled blood drives and missed appointments, worsening the situation for local healthcare providers. Blood Assurance needs at least 540 donations daily to meet hospital demands. All donors …
