Pikeville/Bledsoe news
Last week, the Tennessee Highway Safety Office, a division of the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security, announced $33.5 million in federal grant funds from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to be distributed statewide for the 2025–2026 federal fiscal year. Below is a list of local recipients. Kimball Police Department Police-Traffic Services (Multiple …
New data released by the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development show that the school break and other seasonal changes in employment increased unemployment rates in most Tennessee counties in July. While the statewide rate is adjusted to account for seasonal impacts on employment, county rates are not. Unemployment rates increased from June to …
MARION COUNTY SR-2 (DIXIE LEE AVE.) Utility Work both directions from LM 30.59 to LM 30.74: Flagger-assisted lane closures on SR-2(Dixie Lee Ave) at the Sullivan’s Landing TWRA Boat ramp. Motorists should reduce speed and be prepared to stop. Trucks, arrow board/message boards, flaggers, and barrels/cones will be present through Wednesday from 9 am – 2 …
Marion County 33, Brainerd 3. Mason Mays scored 3 times with a 30-yard punt return, a 3-yard run, and an 11-yard rushing TD. Ashton Martin scored on a 1-yard plunge, and Ashton Richards added a 2-yard rushing TD. The Warriors, ranked No. 1 in TSSAA Class 2A, will play at home on Friday as they …
Marion Co. at Brainerd. You can hear the game on The River 104.9. The Indians travel to Marion County. Bledsoe Co. at Sequatchie Co. Hear the game on Country Roads 93.3. Red Boiling Springs at Grundy Co. Huntland at Whitwell. Check out the Tigers broadcast on the Nickajack Radio Network on the live stream at www.theriver104.9.com. …
The Best in the Sequatchie Valley — the original reader’s choice awards for Marion County and the Sequatchie Valley are back for 2025, and voting starts soon! SValleyNow.com (Sequatchie Valley Now), along with parent company Tennessee Valley Broadcasting and The River 104.9/WEPG and Country Roads 93.3/WSDQ radio, is proud to announce the return of ‘The Best in …
Nine volunteer fire departments across Tennessee are each receiving $10,000 grants through the State Farm Good Neighbor Firefighter Safety Program, in partnership with the National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC). Pikeville, Tennessee’s Rigsby Volunteer Fire Department, is one of those recipients. Volunteer firefighters make up nearly 65 percent of the U.S. fire service, and many rural …
Tennessee First Lady Maria Lee’s initiative, Tennessee Serves, provides new backpacks to every student in Tennessee’s distressed counties. Since 2021, Tennessee Serves has provided more than 32,443 new backpacks to students across Tennessee. This year, 12,711 students in distressed counties received a backpack from the First Lady’s initiative. Students in Bledsoe and Grundy counties were …
MARION COUNTY SR-2 (DIXIE LEE AVE.) Utility Work both directions from LM 30.59 to LM 30.74: Flagger assisted lane closures on SR-2(Dixie Lee Ave) at the Sullivan’s Landing TWRA Boat ramp. Motorists should reduce speed and be prepared to stop. Trucks, arrow board/message boards, flaggers, and barrels/cones will be present through 08/20/25 from 9 am – …
A man who submitted a falsified high school diploma to obtain employment as a law enforcement officer has pleaded guilty to the offense. Former Grundy County deputy and Pikeville Police officer Brandon Patterson had been scheduled for a jury trial on July 30, facing four charges: (1) falsifying education and academic records; (2) official misconduct; …
