The Tennessee House of Representatives has another new bill to debate. The bill would make it a crime for an adult to help a pregnant minor get an abortion without parental permission. The crime is called ‘abortion trafficking of a minor’ and would be a class C felony. It also provides that a person who …
The suspect charged with fatally shooting a Blount County deputy and injuring another was apprehended on Tuesday in Knoxville after nearly five days on the run, U.S. Marshals confirmed. A U.S. Marshals spokesperson confirmed that 42 was arrested on Tuesday. The Blount County Sheriff’s Office said he was apprehended in Knoxville. Warrants were obtained charging DeHart with first-degree murder, …
The U.S. CDC plans to drop its five-day COVID-19 isolation recommendations under new guidance prepared by the agency, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday. People with mild and improving symptoms would no longer need to stay home if they have been fever-free for at least 24 hours, the report said, citing CDC officials familiar with …
The Marion County Sheriff’s Department has reported that a 2019 Polaris 1000 turbo dynamic S was stolen on Saturday night from the Aetna Mountain area. If you have any information as to the whereabouts or who took the ATV, please contact Marion County Sheriff’s Department at 423-942-2525.
Area Tennessee county registered voters are reminded that the Presidential Preference Primary and County Primary Elections are March 5. Early voting begins February 14 and runs through February 27, 2024. The deadline to request Absentee Ballots has also been set for February 27, 2024. Contact your local election commission office for times and locations for …
This year’s Songwriter Festival will be held on June 22 in downtown Dunlap. In addition to the music, there will be a focus on heritage crafts – basket weaving, quilting, cross stitching, crocheting, knitting, woodworking, iron working, knife making, hat making, walking sticks, spinning, pottery, jewelry, soap making, weaving, canning, jams and jellies, baking or …
Special agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation have obtained indictments charging two people in connection to a 2023 homicide. On February 9, 2023, at the request of 12th Judicial District Attorney General Courtney Lynch, TBI agents joined the South Pittsburg Police Department in a vehicle fire investigation off a steep ravine in the 1300 block …
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 last year, SValleyNow.com (Sequatchie Valley Now), along with parent company Tennessee Valley Broadcasting and WEPG and WSDQ radio is proud to …
WRCB Channel 3 TV personality David Carroll will host a book signing for his two most recent books, “I Won’t Be Your Escape Goat” and “Hello Chattanooga,” on Saturday, February 10th, at Food City’s newest store at 570 Main Street, in Kimball from 12 to 1 p.m. central time. David Carroll is also a former …
Tennessee needs at least $68 billion worth of public infrastructure improvements during the five-year period of July 2022 to June 2027—a $5 billion (9%) increase from the year before—according to a new report by the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations. Total estimated costs for current infrastructure needs fall into six general categories: Transportation and …
