SCAM ALERT: Fake FedEx Delivery Messages Law enforcement officials are warning citizens about a new scam circulating in the state. Victims are receiving text messages or emails that appear to be from FedEx® Ground, claiming a package delivery attempt was made and asking you to reschedule using a suspicious link. Example of the message: “We …
On the evening of Saturday, September 13, 2025, during the Small-Town America Festival at Harris Park, a citizen notified Dunlap Police Officers of the presence of a known registered sex offender, Joseph Jeremiah Walley. Officers located Walley at the park and confirmed his identity. Upon contact, Walley acknowledged he was a registered sex offender. Officers …
Saturday morning at 8:57, the Dunlap Fire and Police departments responded to a single-vehicle accident on Hwy 127 south of Rabbit Farm Road. The vehicle ran off the highway approximately 35 feet down an embankment below the road on its top. One person in the vehicle could self-extricate himself and crawled up the embankment to …
A TBI investigation involving agents with the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force has resulted in the arrest of a Sequatchie County Man, charged with sexual exploitation of a minor. In May, TBI agents began investigating a cybertip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) regarding child sexual abuse material (CSAM). …
Last week, the Tennessee Highway Safety Office, a division of the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security, announced $33.5 million in federal grant funds from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to be distributed statewide for the 2025–2026 federal fiscal year. Below is a list of local recipients. Kimball Police Department Police-Traffic Services (Multiple …
Members of the TBI Sex Offender Registry Unit assisted the Dunlap Police Department and the United States Marshals Service in a sex offender compliance operation named “Operation Sequatchie Sweep.” The two-day operation began on August 26. Law enforcement teams conducted compliance checks on 25 registered sex offenders. Of those, 22 were in compliance. Three were …
On Monday afternoon, the Dunlap Police Department and the Sequatchie County Sheriff’s Office, in cooperation with the Sequatchie County Schools, conducted their first Bus Blitz this school year. They were looking for vehicles that did not stop for school buses loading and unloading children. A Dunlap Police officer also rode one of the buses, watching …
At 9:32 PM Saturday, August 2, 2025, the Dunlap Fire Department responded to Cedar Lane off Old Union Road for a vehicle fire. The vehicle was a 1980 Corvette being driven when the fire started in the engine compartment and then spread to the passenger compartment. There were no injuries to the occupants in the …
As part of its ongoing commitment to the safety and well-being of the residents, partners, and community, NHC Healthcare Sequatchie has announced an active shooter drill scheduled for August 5, 2025, beginning at approximately 9:30 AM. NHC Healthcare Sequatchie understands that drills of this nature can be distressing for residents and their families. They want …
Just before 7 PM Friday, July 25, 2025, the Dunlap Fire Department was dispatched to assist with a 2-vehicle head-on collision on Hwy 127 at the intersection with Sprouse Ridge and Old Union roads. The occupants were out of the vehicles before Engine 3 and Rescue 1’s arrival, so firefighters assisted with traffic on Hwy …
