The Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) and the Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation (TSAC) has announced one final extension of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) deadline for the Tennessee Promise scholarship program. The FAFSA deadline will be extended to Thursday, August 1 for students wanting to remain eligible for the TN Promise scholarship. …
In the early morning hours of Saturday, June 1, Collegedale police stopped a vehicle after witnessing it traveling carelessly through the construction zone in the 10000 block of Apison Pike. The officer made contact with a Pikeville, Tennessee female identified as 23-year-old Lara Kate Peterson. While speaking with Peterson, the officer noticed a firearm on …
Attention all vendors! The Town of Jasper needs you for their annual Big Boom celebration! Show off your products or your tasty food. Call the town hall to get signed up, 423-942-3180. The event will take place from 4 PM-9 PM on July 6. Also, get ready to Rock with the band Legacy beginning at …
A grant has been awarded to the Town of Tracy City for $10,000. The grant will be used to repair and refurbish the “old fair barn.” They will repair the roof and finish the seating area. In the next phase of the project, the concrete floor will be repaired and levelled, to assure safety and …
On Friday, May 31, 2024, just before 2 PM the Haletown Volunteer Fire Department, Jasper Fire, Kimball Fire, Puckett EMS, Life Force, and Marion County Sheriff deputies responded to Highway 41 near Sullivans Landing in the Riverside community for a motorcycle crash with serious injuries. Emergency personnel found the motorcycle driver, Steve Melton from Tracy …
The Marion County Sheriff’s Department reports that 34 year-old Kisha Tozier of South Pittsburg is missing. Tozier is a black female and was last seen on May 16, 2024. Kisha has multiple tattoos on her body; back, chest, both ankles, left hand, left arm, abdomen and right hip. If you have seen or had contact …
The TBI continues to investigate the death of a man that was in custody last Wednesday (May 29) at the Grundy County Jail in Altamont, Tennessee. According to officials with the TBI, 53-year-old Ronnie Glenn Ledbetter of Decherd, TN was found to be unresponsive when he arrived at the jail on Wednesday morning after being …
A federal lawsuit filed against Erlanger in 2021 has been made public following a court order that was handed down in earlier this month on May 8th, 2024. The lawsuit claims that in April of 2013, Erlanger started offering and paying unlawful kickbacks to doctors who referred patients to the hospital. The lawsuit also claims …
The Marion County Sheriff’s Department in cooperation with our local schools in the area awarded selected students in each school with a “Kindness Award” this school year. School staff and the School Resource Deputy chose a student within each school in the county to be recognized. Recipients must have exhibited friendliness to all, generosity, and …
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed a bill that would require a court to order domestic violence offenders to wear a GPS device in the state. HB2692/SB1972 would require the offender to wear the GPS device unless they no longer pose a threat to the alleged victim or public safety. The bill was signed by the …
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