A couple from Dunlap, Tennessee, was arrested on March 14 in Polk County, Florida, for vehicle theft and drug possession. Polk County deputies were conducting a traffic stop and discovered that the 2009 white Nissan Murano had been stolen. The occupants were identified as Aaron Waters and Brooke Leon. The Nissan had been reported stolen …
A bill allowing interest rates to increase to 36% at certain money-lending places is now headed to Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s desk. The bill would allow any amount of $100 or more to have an effective annual interest rate of 36%. The bill passed in the Senate along party lines, but in the House, a …
A proposal to lower the minimum age requirement from 25 to 21 for school bus drivers in Tennessee has been rejected by the state’s General Assembly. Tennessee maintains some of the strictest age requirements for bus drivers in the country, with neighboring states like North Carolina and Georgia allowing individuals as young as 18 to …
Special Agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, working alongside deputies from the Marion County Sheriff’s Department and members of the 12th Judicial Drug Task Force, have arrested a Whitwell man in connection to a homicide. At the request of 12th Judicial District Attorney General Courtney Lynch, special agents began investigating the death of Danny Durham …
TVA will try once again to perform maintenance to the transmission lines serving Sequachee Valley Electric Cooperative’s (SVEC) Brush Creek substation this weekend. Weather permitting, the planned outage will take place between 12:30 AM to 4:30 AM on Saturday, March 22, 2025. This will result in an outage for most of Sequatchie County, parts of …
Several roads in Marion County remain closed on Tuesday due to flooding as a result of this past weekend’s storms. According to officials with the Marion County Highway Department, Mt. Calvary Road, Teague Road, and Ketner Mill Lane in the Whitwell area remain closed due to flooding along the Sequatchie River. The department did, however, …
Following the announcement from Volkswagen of voluntary layoffs and productions cuts last week, representatives with the UAW are levying charges against the automaker in a NLRB complaint. In the complaint, the union alleges that VW has violated federal law by making those sweeping changes without consulting them and going directly to employees. The state, “In …
A new bill introduced in the State House aims to lower the age requirement for school bus drivers in Tennessee, reversing a law passed following the deadly Woodmore bush crash in Chattanooga in 2016. While some support the age restriction, lawmakers argue that it has contributed to the state’s ongoing school bus driver shortage. The …
On the night of March 9, an unidentified person stole the front benches at Cates Street Pharmacy in Dunlap. The Dunlap Police Department requested the public’s help in identifying a person of interest, and they responded with valuable tips. On Monday, the Dunlap Police and Sequatchie County Sheriff’s deputies took Billy Joe King into custody …
Clean-up operations are ongoing in Grundy County following the powerful storms that swept through the area over the weekend. The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency has completed a damage assessment, with 13 confirmed residential structures affected. Numerous other buildings, including outbuildings and carports, were damaged or destroyed. According to the National Weather Service, straight-line winds reaching …
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