Pikeville/Bledsoe news
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On Sunday afternoon around 12:30 Piney Volunteer Fire Department and Fall Creek Falls Fire Department received a call of a person injured at the base of Cane Creek Falls / Cable Trail area. Fall Creek Falls State Park rangers arrived to find the patient in the water at the base of the falls. The patient …
This Saturday, June 22 Tennessee State Parks will hold work events at 33 parks across the state for Tennessee Promise students to fulfill their community service hours. Details can be found online at tnstateparks.com. All participants must register on the website. The parks also accept help from any other volunteers who wish to participate. Participants …
There are currently a few different scam calls being directed to Sequachee Valley Electric Cooperative members. One of which is saying that the member has been overcharged and to press #1. This is just an example of one of the scams. SVEC does not call our members to demand money over the phone. They encourage …
On Saturday afternoon (6-15-24) at 5:02 PM Dunlap Fire Department responded to a mutual aid request from Bledsoe County for a side-by-side Razor that was on fire on Smith Mountain. Due to a long response distance the side by side was destroyed. There were no injuries to the driver or firefighters. Pictures by firefighters Snyder …
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. …
