Chattanooga Police responded to a shooting outside the Amazon Fulfillment Center near Volkswagen Drive. Reports of the shooting came in at approximately 4:33 am Wednesday when Chattanooga police responded to a person shot call on Discovery Drive. Upon arriving, they found a 19-year-old man with a life-threatening gunshot wound. Investigators believe this was a targeted …
The City of Dunlap Board of Zoning Appeals will be meeting on Thursday, August 17th, 2023, at 5:00 PM (C.S.T.) to discuss a request to operate a home occupation business at 1800 Main Street that is currently zoned Residential – Medium Density. The business would consist of the service and repair of outdoor power equipment, …
How would you like to own your very own jail? Well, there is one for sale in Bledsoe County. As of 2008, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Bledsoe County Commission voted in July to put the jail built in 1851 and closed 16 years ago up for sale. Interested …
Sequatchie Valley Now has learned that Marion County Election Administrator Kyra Inglis resigned from her position effective Friday, August 4, 2023. The Election Commission has chosen Deputy Administrator Nicole Wilemon to serve as the new Administrator. According to sources, Inglis has chosen to go back to school at ETSU to work on her master’s degree.
The current Mega Millions jackpot is estimated at $1.55 billion, which would make it the largest in the game’s nearly three-decade history. However, we won’t know for sure until we get closer to Tuesday’s drawing (Aug. 8); at this level, jackpots are hard to predict. The winning numbers on Friday, Aug. 4 — 11, 30, …
With the Hwy 127 yard sale in full swing this weekend, the Dunlap Police Department wants to remind citizens in the area that the event usually also brings counterfeit money to the area. The police department would recommend purchasing a marker to check for counterfeit bills, or you’ll need to pay extra attention to the …
After nearly one hour of public comment on the proposed tax levy of 1.8366 per $100 of assessed value, The Sequatchie County Commission approved the tax levy in a vote of 15-2. Commissioners voting against the tax levy were Chester Shell and Michael Hudson. Commissioners were given a state-certified tax rate of $1.5566, but to …
‘The World’s Longest Yard Sale’ takes place Aug. 3-6 along Hwy 127. Many people have already started setting up tents and nabbing spaces for the 2023 edition. Stretching from Addison, MI, southward to Gadsden, AL, the 690-mile route reaches Fort Payne, AL, to Signal Mountain, Lookout Mountain, Dunlap, Pikeville, Crossville, and other communities in Tennessee. …
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) recently announced 131 grants totaling $299,228,167 from the state’s American Rescue Plan (ARP) fund, part of which TDEC is administering in the form of drinking water, wastewater, and storm water infrastructure grants. Marion County, in collaboration with the Town of Jasper, the Town of Kimball, and the …
In an effort 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 this year;Â SValleyNow.com (Sequatchie Valley Now), along with parent company Tennessee Valley Broadcasting and WEPG and WSDQ …
