Area News

An audit released by the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office claims the Bledsoe County Nursing Home improperly billed medicare for amounts totaling nearly $60,000. The audit report, released on Wednesday, October 23, states the nursing home “improperly billed Medicaid $51,964 for 332 days while operating below 85 percent capacity” and “inappropriately” charged patients for services covered under…

Karim and Rahim Sadruddin, the brothers who promised two years ago to bring 1,000 jobs to Bledsoe County, have been indicted by the United States Government on separate charges of wire fraud, mail fraud, and money laundering, according to documents filed Tuesday, October 22, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of…

Tennessee first lady Maria Lee brought her service initiative to Bledsoe County on Friday morning, October 18, delivering Meals on Wheels to senior citizens and handing out Operation Gratitude care packages to members of the Bledsoe County Rescue Squad. Friday’s visit marks the third time Lee has visited Bledsoe County as first lady. Tennessee Serves…

Bledsoe County has one of the highest percentages of working people earning less than the basic cost of living out of all of Tennessee’s counties, with households in the City of Pikeville faring even worse percentage-wise than the County as a whole. ALICE is an acronym for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed, which are households…

Pikeville and 65 other Tennessee communities were recently approved to receive a portion of $26.7 million in Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) from the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development. The $525,000 grant will be used to construct a new wastewater treatment plant for the Pikeville sewer system, Pikeville Mayor Philip Cagle said. The…

Fred’s Pharmacy in Pikeville officially closed its doors on October 16 and patient accounts were transferred to Walgreens in Dayton after the company bought out 185 stores across the south earlier this year. The retail portion of the store closed late this summer. For more, see the October 17 issue of The Bledsonian-Banner.

Two parents and a soccer player addressed the Bledsoe County Board of Education about the “need for a playing field specifically for soccer” and to approve a support group for the team at the Board’s regular meeting at Mary V. Wheeler Elementary on Monday, October 7. Soccer player Aylee Angel said she would love to…

Bledsoe County Middle and Pikeville Elementary schools have received a Fuel Up to Play 60 grant to revitalize cafeterias and paint walking track games, according to Bledsoe County Coordinated School Health Supervisor Michelle DeBord-Rains. For more see the October 10 issue of The Bledsonian Banner.

The lack of rain for Pikeville is causing City officials to be cautious and ask residents to cut back on usage with a mandatory water restriction after the City had one of its driest Septembers on record.  The restriction applies to lawn and landscape watering and vehicle washing commercially and domestically, according to a notice…

For twelve-year-old Aiden Tabor, creativity comes naturally. He even hopes to put that creativity to good use in a career when he gets older. As of this summer, he has an early resume builder with his first place win at the Tennessee State Fair for his original Lego model. The Lego model Aiden built revolved…