Area News

Local and state officials held a ceremonial groundbreaking for the new $30 million Fall Creek Falls State Park inn, restaurant and conference center on Tuesday, January 15. “This is a pretty big day in the history of Fall Creek Falls and the history of Tennessee State Parks,”said Brock Hill, Deputy Commissioner of the Tennessee Department…

The dream of 1,000 new jobs for economically distressed Bledsoe County by Textile Corporation of America is hanging in the balance, as the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) investigates possible “misuse of grant funding” by the company. TBI began their investigation into alleged mismanagement of $3 million grant funding last June at the request of…

After the City of Pikeville and its Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) denied Gregg Ridley’s request to rezone his personal property within the city limits from residential to commercial, Ridley and his wife, Becky, filed a lawsuit against the City of Pikeville and its Zoning Board in Bledsoe County Chancery Court. The Ridley property is…

Dewayne Tabor, a Bledsoe County native, has been hired as the new head football coach for the BCHS Warriors after a year of leadership by interim coach Kris Frady.   “One of the reasons I’ve decided to come back and work in Bledsoe County is because the community takes great pride in their school and…

Information about a stolen Harley Davidson motorcycle led to the finding of the stolen bike and the arrest of James Duckworth on December 23. For more, see the January 3 issue of The Bledsonian Banner.

Debbie DeBord has been appointed the new Clerk and Master of Bledsoe County by Chancellor Melissa Blevins-Willis, following the retirement of former Clerk and Master Greg Forgey in December. For more, see the January 3 issue of The Bledsonian Banner.

Riley Clowers, a kindergarten student at Cecil B. Rigsby Elementary, won the annual Christmas card contest for the Care Center in Dayton. She used her artistic talents to draw a picture of the manager scene where baby Jesus was born many years ago in Bethlehem. For more, see the November 29 issue of The Bledsonian…

After being banned from all school property as the result of a public censure (or reprimand) for breaking Board of Education policy, Board member Vince Pendergrass asked his fellow Board members to show him a “little mercy” and consider revising the censure’s sanctions at the latest Board meeting. For more, see the November 29 issue…

On a cold and rainy Monday morning under the Pikeville Farmers Market pavillion, a crowd gathered to pay tribute to local men and women who have served and those who died while fighting for freedom. The keynote speaker was Gulf War veteran Tony Britt. Britt began by speaking of the weather, and how the rain…

The state says they have corrected an issue where the City of Pikeville was missing out on sales tax revenue from several businesses within the city limits such as McDonald’s, according to Tennessee Department of Revenue Director of Communications Kelly Nolan Cortesi. For more, see the November 15 issue of The Bledsonian Banner.