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In an effort to keep a long-standing tradition in the area alive that started with the former Jasper Journal and South Pittsburg Hustler newspapers and continued most recently with the Marion County News before it ceased publication earlier this year;Â SValleyNow.com (Sequatchie Valley Now), along with parent company Tennessee Valley Broadcasting and WEPG and WSDQ …
The seasonal impacts on employment, such as school breaks, continued to have an impact on Tennessee’s county unemployment numbers in June, according to newly released information from the Department of Labor and Workforce Development. The June 2023 data showed unemployment rates increased in each of Tennessee’s 95 counties. Bledsoe County’s unemployment rate in May was …
Courtney Lynch, District Attorney General, 12th Judicial District, has announced that Detective Drake Brown with the Bledsoe County Sheriff’s Department arrested Kenny Lee Rogers, 40, of Pikeville, on July 17th, 2023. Lynch says that Rogers was in possession of multiple amounts of drugs, drug paraphernalia, cash, and a gun. He was charged with the following: …
Another sales tax holiday begins this week. On Tuesday, August 1, 2023, at 12:01 am and running through October 31, 2023, at 11:59 pm. Tennesseans will save on grocery bills during the state’s Food Sales Tax Holiday. Tennessee defines food and food ingredients as liquid, concentrated, solid, frozen, dried, or dehydrated substances that are sold …
A new Tennessee law now in effect adds new requirements before a student can receive corporal punishment at school. The law establishes a process for school officials, including teachers, to screen for disabilities before handing out any corporal punishment. Under this law, before any kind of corporal punishment can happen, teachers are required to: Have …
The Sequatchie County Commission will conduct a public hearing on July 31, 2023, at 5 PM. This hearing will be about a proposal to raise the county’s property tax rate. This public hearing will be held at 22 Cherry Street, Dunlap, TN. The state-certified tax rate is $1.5566 per $100 of assessed value. The County’s …
As we reported on Wednesday afternoon, one person was killed in a Jasper, TN, accident. We can update you that Jasper Police reports that a tractor-trailer hauling corn crashed into a car and two homes. The truck driver says his brakes went out, leading to the accident on Hwy 150 around 3:30 PM. Jasper Police …
As we reported on Wednesday afternoon, one person was killed after an accident in Jasper. Jasper Police reports that a tractor-trailer hauling corn crashed into a car and then into a home. The driver of the truck says his brakes went out, leading to the accident that took place on Hwy 150 around 4:30 PM. …
Last week we reported that most of the New Hope Volunteer Fire Department members had quit. Some stated say they left the department after disputes with Mayor Mark Meyers. On Wednesday, it was announced that Cory Comstock has been named as the new fire chief for New Hope.
We have an update on a story we reported yesterday. On Wednesday at 12:42 PM the Haletown Volunteer Fire Department responded to I-24 eastbound near mile-marker 144 near the foot of Monteagle Mountain and the Martin Springs exit for a car hauler on fire. Haletown received mutual aid from Jasper Highlands, South Pittsburg Mountain, and …
