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Bledsoe County High School senior football players look forward to the challenge of winning their game Friday night against the Sequatchie County Indians. The winner gets the bragging rights to the challenge trophy sponsored by First Farmers and Commercial Bank in Pikeville and Mountain Valley Bank in Dunlap. Senior players are (kneeling, left to right)…

After nearly 4 hours of testimony/discussion School Board reaches decision School Board member Vince Pendergrass has been banned from all school property for the remainder of the school year due to an altercation during a middle school football game between him and coaching staff. The Board made the decision late Monday evening after a four-hour…

School Board member Vince Pendergrass has been banned from school property for the remainder of the school year following an altercation that took place during a middle school football game between him and coaching staff in August. The board made the decision late Monday evening. Pendergrass can only be on school grounds during school board…

Cannon Creek, an extremely popular local bluegrass band that has had a tremendously successful year, is no longer going by the name of Cannon Creek. The band, in an effort to trademark their name and expand their fan base, came up with the unique sounding “Track 145” as their new name. For more, see the…

The future of the new Bledsoe County Health Department is not as set in stone as once thought, after Mayor Gregg Ridley made a plea to the Bledsoe County Board of Education to exchange a piece of land on Frazier Street for the Board’s land adjacent to the Barnyard Playground on South Main Street. For…

The 40th annual Mountaineer Folk Festival at Fall Creek Falls State Park begins Friday, September 7 and lasts through the weekend. For more, see the September 6, 2018 issue of The Bledsonian Banner.

Female students at Mary V. Wheeler Elementary were surprised by some new inspirational quotes painted on the walls and stalls within the girls’ restroom. For more, see the September 6, 2018 issue of The Bledsonian Banner.

Mitchell Hunter Oakes was found not guilty on all charges by a jury on Friday morning, August 31, according to David Cooper, one of Oakes’ attorneys. Oakes was accused of planting a bomb in his estranged wife’s car outside of an assisted living facility in Franklin in 2016. “We are extremely pleased with the verdict and…

The Bledsoe County Board of Education is responsible for annually evaluating Director of Schools Jennifer Terry, but only two members turned in their evaluations to the school system by the June 30 deadline. Three board members submitted their evaluations past the deadline, and two others failed to do so as of August For more, see…

Bledsoe County authorities made a traffic stop on Lee Station Mountain Road on August 18, which resulted in the arrest of Derek Smith, 26, of Pikeville. For more, see the August 30, 2018 issue of The Bledsonian Banner.