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With the Hwy 127 yard sale in full swing this weekend, the Dunlap Police Department wants to remind citizens in the area that the event usually also brings counterfeit money to the area. The police department would recommend purchasing a marker to check for counterfeit bills, or you’ll need to pay extra attention to the …
Adam Braseel, the Grundy County man who served 12 years in prison for a murder he did not commit, has received great news from the Tennessee Board of Claims. The Board awarded Braseel $1 million for his wrongful imprisonment/exoneration claim. Braseel was exonerated after many years of battling to prove his innocence after being initially …
Tennessee Corrections Institute (TCI) sent a letter to Marion County Sheriff Ronnie “Bo” Burnett on July 18, 2023, concerning a July inspection of the jail. Corrections Institute shows the facility was deficient in multiple areas. The areas noted as deficient were: Square footage is out of compliance for female inmates due to overcrowding. Toilet and …
The Town of Kimball will conduct its regular board meeting of the Mayor and Aldermen on Thursday, August 3, 2023, at 6 PM. You can view the meeting live by going to The River 104.9 Facebook page.
After nearly one hour of public comment on the proposed tax levy of 1.8366 per $100 of assessed value, The Sequatchie County Commission approved the tax levy in a vote of 15-2. Commissioners voting against the tax levy were Chester Shell and Michael Hudson. Commissioners were given a state-certified tax rate of $1.5566, but to …
‘The World’s Longest Yard Sale’ takes place Aug. 3-6 along Hwy 127. Many people have already started setting up tents and nabbing spaces for the 2023 edition. Stretching from Addison, MI, southward to Gadsden, AL, the 690-mile route reaches Fort Payne, AL, to Signal Mountain, Lookout Mountain, Dunlap, Pikeville, Crossville, and other communities in Tennessee. …
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) recently announced 131 grants totaling $299,228,167 from the state’s American Rescue Plan (ARP) fund, part of which TDEC is administering in the form of drinking water, wastewater, and storm water infrastructure grants. Marion County, in collaboration with the Town of Jasper, the Town of Kimball, and the …
According to a Tennessee Highway Patrol preliminary report, a 91-year-old man was fatally hit walking across Pikeville’s Main Street late Friday night. Eston C. Angel, 91, was crossing the street around 11:13 PM when he was struck by a 2006 Chevrolet Equinox. No information was given if any charges would be issued.
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 …
