Tennessee Department of Transportation crews continue to work on Rockfall Mitigation on I-24 near MM 137 westbound near Monteagle Mountain. The middle lane, right lane, and right shoulder have been closed. 2 Lanes of traffic have been shifted to flow on the left shoulder and left lane. All lanes will be reopened to traffic by …
The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance (TDCI) warns consumers about an increase in auto scams on Facebook Marketplace. Scammers pose as buyers, agree on a price, and provide fake payment (like phony wire transfers or cashier’s checks). Sellers hand over their vehicles only to find out later that the payment was fraudulent, and they …
 BECHTEL, KENTEN L Age: 23 Class: Race/Sex: W/M Intake Date: 03/06/2026 10:43 PM City: LYNCHBURG Arrested By Department: MARION COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE Arrested By Officer: MCSD RODERICK Release Date:  Charge Bond DOMESTIC ASSAULT 0  CLEVELAND, ROBERT A Age: 41 Class: …
Friday morning, law enforcement responded to a situation at the Griffith Elementary school in parking lot involving a parent. The individual was taken into custody along with another adult by local authorities. During the response, law enforcement discovered drugs and weapons inside the individual’s vehicle. Sequatchie County Sheriff Bill Phillips reports, it is reported that …
A brush fire ended up destroying an unoccupied trailer home off Big Fork Road in Sequatchie County on Thursday, March 5. Crews with the Lone Oak Volunteer Fire Department responded around 6:00pm to the scene, around the time the brush fire extended to the building. Firefighters immediately started fire suppression efforts to bring it under …
Beginning Monday, March 9, and continuing for five days, Tennessee Department of Transportation contract crews will perform subsurface investigations, including boring location checks, utility scanning, and general site assessment on SR 8 (Signal Mountain Road) between Palisades Road and the top of the mountain in preparation for an upcoming slope stabilization project in the area. …
We have a follow-up to an incident that occurred on Tuesday in Bledsoe County. The sheriff’s office began investigating a threatening social media post directed toward Pikeville Elementary School in Pikeville, Tennessee. Detectives quickly identified the individual responsible for the post and made contact as part of the investigation. The post has since been removed …
On Saturday morning Haletown Fire and Rescue held their monthly training. It was a demonstration of fire behavior in a structure fire. Later in the morning Haletown Fire and Rescue to a vehicle fire just below the entrance to Riverdance restaurant at River Gorge causing a disruption in traffic flow. Upon arrival the Jeep had …
Here’s a recording of the Town of Kimball’s City Meeting for March 2026. You can view this meeting and others from our area by following us and subscribing to our SValleyNow YouTube Channel.
It’s pop quiz time! Quick: tell me who was the first president. Did you say George Washington? Not so fast. Some historians say John Hanson. John who? That’s what I said! This makes absolutely no sense. All those textbooks and history teachers couldn’t have been wrong, right? According to a recent article in USA Today, …
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