The Sequatchie County School system will have an abbreviated school day on Wednesday, October 23, 2024. This abbreviated day will allow staff to partner with local law enforcement to plan and review important safety practices. Car Rider Loading Time: 11:20 a.m. Bus Loading Time: 11:30 a.m. Please arrange your child’s pick-up and communicate any changes …
AÂ Sequatchie County constable and his wife have been indicted on child abuse and neglect charges. The indictment says County Constable Justin and his wife, Tonya Higgenbottom, face 2 counts of child abuse and neglect and 1 count of false imprisonment. Justin Higgenbottom was also indicted on an official misconduct charge. The indictment says they ‘confined’ …
The Tennessee Highway Safety Office (THSO) has announced $33.5 million in federal grant funds from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to be distributed statewide for the 2024–2025 federal fiscal year. Pikeville Police Department High Visibility Enforcement 9,999. Jasper Police Department High Visibility Enforcement $10,000.00 Kimball Police Department Police Traffic Services (Multiple Violations) $25,000. Marion …
On September 20, 2024, at around 1:30 PM, the Dunlap Fire Department was dispatched to a farming Combine on fire in a bean field off of Old York Highway near the Sequatchie River. Dunlap Fire and personnel from the Dunlap Police Department, Sequatchie County Sheriff’s Office, and Sequatchie County Emergency Management responded to the scene. …
Press Release: High School faculty, S.R.O’s, and deputies of the Sequatchie County Sheriff’s Office responded quickly to threats of violence made against our High School. Due to everyone’s actions, the threat was quickly eliminated, and there was never any danger on or near the school campus. This investigation has resulted in the arrest of a …
At 12:50 a.m. Saturday, the Sequatchie County Rescue Squad to a report of a missing person. The Rescue Squad, along with EMA and the Sequatchie County Sheriff’s Department, entered the woods at Blue Hole going up Cagle Mountain at approximately 1 a.m. A male, approximately 30 years of age, was reported missing by his mother, expecting …
At 7:52 AM Saturday, the Dunlap Fire Department responded to a structure fire off Old Union Road. A resident smelled smoke and discovered a fire on the home’s back deck. The family evacuated the residence, and a male occupant used a water hose on the fire, which saved the home. Firefighters arrived and moved the …
On Tuesday, August 20, 2024, the Dunlap Fire Department was dispatched to a 2-car motor vehicle accident at the intersection of SR 399 and SR 8/111. Firefighters used Jaws of Life to remove the driver’s side door and extricate one victim. Two victims were transported by Puckett EMS to an LZ and were flown to Erlanger …
The Sequatchie County Sheriff’s Office has received three new S.R.O. vehicles, one for each of the three schools in our school system. The vehicles’ wrapping has been designed to honor the county’s rich Native American heritage. The county got its name from the Sequatchie Valley, which was named by the Cherokee tribes occupying this valley …
In Dunlap just before 6:30 Wednesday morning, a dump truck loaded with debris overturned due to a mechanical failure and losing its brakes. The police report indicates that the truck, driven by Roger Vaughn, took the northbound Highway 127 on-ramp from Highway 111 North to avoid hitting a tanker truck. EMS took Vaughn to the …
