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Local fire crews battled a garage fire in the 100 black of College Street in Jasper on Tuesday morning, which closed several neighborhood streets during morning drive-time hours while fire crews worked. Jasper Volunteer Fire Department worked quickly to extinguish the flames in a garage structure attached to the home by a breezeway. While the …
Voters across Alabama went to the polls Tuesday, August 26, to choose mayors, city council members, and school board leaders. Here’s some of the races and most recent poll results from Jackson County. Bridgeport Mayor Precincts Reporting 100% Candidate Votes Percent Winner David Bubba Hughes 493 78.00 X Leon Dave 137 22.00 Bridgeport City Council …
Starting on Labor Day, the Tennessee Highway Patrol will have sobriety checkpoints throughout the month in many nearby Tennessee counties. Here is a current list of THP checkpoints for September: Bradley County September 26 – Eureka Road at River Bridge. Hamilton County September 1 – 2015 Ooltewah/Ringgold Road. September 5 – Cherokee Boulevard at motel. …
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Nobody Trashes Tennessee, the Tennessee Department of Transportation’s (TDOT) official litter prevention campaign, has received six awards from the Public Relations Society of America’s (PRSA) Nashville Chapter. The 39th Annual Parthenon Awards brings together Middle Tennessee’s public relations professionals to celebrate outstanding work, honor the top PR campaigns and tactics, and recognize …
A student at Scottsboro High School in Jackson County, Alabama passed away on Wednesday. Scottsboro City Schools Interim Superintendent Jason Hass says guidance counselors along with the mental health service coordinator, a social worker, community resources, and members of the district crisis team will all be available on campus to provide support for students and …
Organizers of this year’s Whitwell Labor Day Celebration say this year’s event will offer more for those who plan to attend this year than recent years past, beginning the evening of Friday, August 29th, with events going on for the entire holiday weekend and on Monday. The annual celebration’s origins date back to 1956 when …
The Alabama Department of Public Health confirmed that a child under the age of five in North Alabama has the measles. It’s the first case of measles confirmed in the state since 2002. Officials say the unvaccinated child contracted measles while traveling outside the United States. According to ADPH, the child wasn’t attending daycare or …
An undercover joint operation by special agents with TBI’s Human Trafficking Unit, the Tennessee Human Trafficking Task Force, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Collegedale Police Department, the Cleveland Police Department, The Bradley County Sheriff’s Office, the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office, the 10th Judicial District Attorney’s Office, and the 11th Judicial District Attorney’s Office has …
Here’s a recording of the Marion County Commission’s monthly meeting for August 2025. You can view this meeting and others from our area by following us and subscribing to our SValleyNow YouTube Channel.
In Tennessee, a three-judge panel struck down two gun laws on Monday. This will make it legal to carry a firearm in a public park, and it does away with the “Intent to go Armed” law. The judges at the Gibson County Chancery Court ruled these two laws unconstitutional, saying they violated the 2nd Amendment. …
