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On Monday afternoon, the Dunlap Police Department and the Sequatchie County Sheriff’s Office, in cooperation with the Sequatchie County Schools, conducted their first Bus Blitz this school year. They were looking for vehicles that did not stop for school buses loading and unloading children. A Dunlap Police officer also rode one of the buses, watching …
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 – …
All 3 Marion County high school football teams will participate in the annual Jamboree at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga on Friday night. All times are central. 5:30 Sale Creek vs. Marion County 6:30 Whitwell vs. Silverdale 7:30 McCallie vs. Tyner 8:30 South Pittsburg vs. Hayesville NC Admission is $10, with tickets available from participating …
Almost 7 inches of rain fell in a short time period Tuesday evening around East Ridge and northwest Georgia, causing enough flooding to close Interstate 24 and dozens of roads across Hamilton County. The event forced Mayor Weston Wamp to declare a “State of Emergency.” Overwhelmed waterways caused widespread flash flooding throughout East Ridge and the …
The Chattanooga Lookouts have announced that they will play their first home game at the brand-new multi-use venue in the South Broad District, Erlanger Park, against the Montgomery Biscuits on April 14 of next year. Before opening up at home, the Lookouts will play their first game of the 2026 season on the road against …
U.S. News and World Report released its ranking of the best regional hospitals in the U.S.; several from Tennessee made the list. Regional hospitals are general hospitals, as opposed to specialty hospitals, that have earned high-performing ratings in at least nine procedures and conditions. According to U.S. News and World Report, Tennessee’s best regional hospitals …
A hiker died after experiencing a snake bite at Savage Gulf State Park in Grundy County last week. Emergency responders arrived at the Savage Gulf trailhead off 55th Avenue in Gruetli-Laager on Friday around 12:30 p.m. Grundy County Emergency Management reported that the individual was found about half a mile down the trail. Medical staff …
It’s official: In Princeton Review rankings released on Tuesday, the University of the South, better known as Sewanee, has been named the No. 1 Most Beautiful Campus in the nation. This confirms what our students, alumni, and visitors have always known: There’s no other place like it. No other Tennessee, Alabama, or Georgia university or …
A Grundy County man was granted over $750,000 this week in Coffee County Circuit Court stemming from an alleged physical assault by a Southern Inn employee and guest last year in Manchester, TN. Court documents say Robert Luna of Grundy County was living at the motel to be closer to his job driving to Murfreesboro …
