Pikeville/Bledsoe news
This year, as part of the 20th Annual Law Enforcement Challenge, the Tennessee Highway Safety Office will offer “Tennessee’s Best-Looking Cruiser Award” to recognize the law enforcement agency with the coolest cruiser photo. All law enforcement agencies in Tennessee are eligible to participate. See below to review the rules. The deadline to vote is Friday, June 28, by 4:00 …
Attention Sequachee Valley Electric Cooperative members in the northern part of Bledsoe County and the southern portion of Cumberland County, Please be advised that SVEC will be performing a system upgrade on Wednesday, June 12th, weather permitting. This upgrade will necessitate a power outage affecting a section of the service area in the northern part …
We wanted to remind everyone about a change in phone service that we first reported in April. To ensure new telephone numbers are available, the Tennessee Public Utility Commission has approved the addition of the new 729 area code to the geographic region served by the 423 area code. This process is known as an …
In the early morning hours of Saturday, June 1, Collegedale police stopped a vehicle after witnessing it traveling carelessly through the construction zone in the 10000 block of Apison Pike. The officer made contact with a Pikeville, Tennessee female identified as 23-year-old Lara Kate Peterson. While speaking with Peterson, the officer noticed a firearm on …
Early Thursday morning at 5:09 AM May 23, 2024, the Dunlap Fire Department was dispatched to a structure fire off East Valley Road near the Bledsoe County line. The structure was an unoccupied single wide mobile home that had been vacant for a long time. The fire was not noticed until it was total loss. …
Each of Tennessee’s 95 counties recorded lower unemployment rates in April, and each came in at or below 4.1%, according to newly released data from the Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Bledsoe County had the second-highest jobless rate at 3.9%, which was 0.3 of a percentage point lower than the rate it recorded in …
Late Wednesday evening, May 15th, The Butter Dish was burglarized in Pikeville. Then on Saturday evening, May 18th, an attempted burglary was reported. If anyone has any information regarding this burglary, please contact the Pikeville Police Department via phone at 423-447-2585, email at DavidDeckerPPD@Bledsoe.net or complete the Tip Sheet located on our website (https://pikevilletn.com/police/).
Special agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation have arrested and charged a former deputy of the Bledsoe County Sheriff’s Department in connection to the sexual assault of an inmate in his custody. At the request of 12th Judicial District Attorney General Courtney Lynch, agents began investigating the allegation on October 31st. During the investigation, agents …
The Whitwell Lady Tigers defeated the South Pittsburg Lady Pirates on Wednesday for the Region Championship. Whitwell host Jo Byrns on Friday in the sectional round. The Lady Pirates travel to Gordonsville, also on Friday in Class 1A. The winners earn a berth into next week’s TSSAA State Tournament (Spring Fling) in Murfreesboro. In the …
Blood Assurance urgently needs donors following the severe storms that swept through parts of Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia on Wednesday night into Thursday morning. The non-profit saw a number of appointments and blood drives canceled over the last 24 hours because of the weather. To replenish the supply, Blood Assurance is requesting donations from all …
