Area News

The 30th annual Pikeville-Bledsoe County Fall Festival comes to downtown Pikeville this weekend, Friday, October 4, and with the main festivities on Saturday, October 5. For more see the October 3 issue of The Bledsonian Banner.

Two Bledsoe County men plead guilty to Second Degree Murder and were each sentenced to 15 years in prison on Monday morning, September 30, according to the Bledsoe County Circuit Court. Marcelino Leal, 23, and Kieven Bundy, 31, both of Pikeville, plead guilty to the charges in the April 2018 murder of Thomas Rogers of…

Bledsoe County, the City of Pikeville, Pikeville Police Officer Ricky Hodge and Bledsoe County Sheriff’s Deputy Chase Roberts are all the subject of a lawsuit by a local resident claiming excessive force by the two officers.  The lawsuit, filed on September 21 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, claims the…

The annual Dentistry from the Heart event by Dr. Fred Lee and Pikeville Family Dentistry helped over 106 patients at the fifth annual event last Friday, September 20. This year’s event saw the dentist office give out 36 fillings and 82 extractions as part of the annual free dental care event. For more see the…

Bledsoe County High School’s senior football players are prepared to lead their teammates to victory on Friday night, September 27 as they play Sequatchie County in Dunlap.Sequatchie County has maintained possession of the challenge trophy for the past six years. This challenge has been sponsored for over 25 years by First Farmers and Commercial Bank…

In the early 1970s, Chris Schultz had a hobby of recording music with his own 4-track analog recording studio in Maryville. After retiring from a career in stone imports and moving to Pikeville, Schultz is again working on his hobby in a big way with the creation of Schultz Recording Studios in the Sequatchie Valley…

A letter written to Bledsoe County Circuit Court Clerk Michael Walker from County Mayor Gregg Ridley late last month asks Walker to take necessary steps to contract with a collection agency to recuperate uncollected fines and court costs. Walker responded, stating circumstances are out of his control concerning collections. “I ask again that you take…

After being halted due to a $11 million budget overage, the State of Tennessee will begin rebuilding the Fall Creek Falls State Park Inn and Conference Center later this month, according to Department of General Services Communications Director David Roberson. Roberson said the state issued a notice to their contractor, Bell Construction, to proceed with…

In a special called meeting of the Bledsoe County Commission in which Puckett EMS was set to give a presentation about privatizing local emergency services— the company did not present any proposals to the commission, after being asked not to speak by County Mayor Gregg Ridley. Rather, county officials heard from several local residents about…

A new Tennessee Music Pathways sign in downtown Pikeville directs travelers following the statewide trail through the area and leaves a little bit of Bledsoe’s own musical history with visitors. The sign, located on the sidewalk in front of the Main Street Stage, honors Pikeville born gospel music publisher and hymnodist Robert Emmett (R.E.) Winsett.…