Area News

The National Weather Service (NWS) in Morristown has issued a Flood Watch for Bledsoe County and the area could see up to 6 inches of rain this evening through Sunday, February 18. The Flood watch is in effect through Thursday morning, with NWS anticipating multiple rounds of moderate to heavy rainfall tonight and again Wednesday evening,…

The second in a series of three books, “In Case You Haven’t Thought About It” trilogy, by local author Mike Stanifer has been published. He recently released his latest entitled, “Stay Out of the Boat.” For more see the February 14 issue of The Bledsonian Banner.

Students have been increasingly learning with technology over the years and now their visit to the nurse’s office is getting a high tech addition as well. Bledsoe County Schools (BCS) has partnered with Children’s Hospital at Erlanger and a program through the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Chattanooga to improve the health and well-being…

School Board Member Vince Pendergrass is suing the Bledsoe County Board of Education, alleging the Board lacked legal authority to censure him last September and violated his due process rights in the process, according to Bledsoe County Chancery Court documents filed on January 14. Board members Andy Billingsley, Vincent Boring, Stacy Farmer, Jacob Frady, Don Snow…

Several members of the community showed up bright and early at the historic Dr. James A. Ross House and museum on Tuesday morning, February 5, to voice concern over the idea of selling or tearing down the building that came up at the most recent Bledsoe County Commission meeting. For more see the February 7…

Hard work and determination earn students a spot in the Top Ten every year, and this year’s Bledsoe County High School Class of 2019 Top Ten is no exception. Keslin Moore leads the Class of 2019 as its Valedictorian. Andy Mills is the Salutatorian and Ben Norton is the Historian. The other top seven seniors,…

Being manufactured by Textile Corporation of America Bledsoe County resident Mechelle Campbell is testing out the waters as a businesswoman after coming up with the idea of a new product and working the past few months to manufacture it and get it to the market. For more, see the January 31 issue of The Bledsonian-Banner.

The Bledsoe County Historical and Genealogical Society was “blindsided” after the fate of the Dr. James A. Ross House and Museum became the topic of a new committee formed at the commission meeting on January 22 to study the feasibility of keeping the historical building. The house is now a Bledsoe County history and medical…

Fall Creek Falls Utility District (FCFUD) is offering customers a new way to protect against unexpected costs caused by water leaks through two new service line protection programs. The ServLine Program, which offers water leak protection for $2.45 a month, will cover qualifying water leaks occurring on the owner’s property up to $1,000 once every…

*Map photo is of current Zoning map and does not reflect upcoming changes* Prior to a lawsuit filed by Gregg and Becky Ridley against the City of Pikeville and its Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA)/Planning Committee that seeks to nullify the entire Zoning Ordinance, City Mayor Philip Cagle said the ZBA had already been hard…