Area News

Mary V Wheeler Elementary School students held a “Show the Love” red balloon release on Valentines Day, releasing 200 balloons to honor the life of the late Wanda Haston, who taught second grade at the school for decades before passing away late last year. For more, see the February 22 issue of The Bledsonian Banner.

A new sport may be coming to Bledsoe County if Michael Campbell and Isaac Youngblood have their say. Wrestling, that’s right, throwing down on the mats, could be an option for the youth of Bledsoe County later this year, as the two men seek to start the youth league. For more, see the February 15…

With aspirations to become a college biology professor and coach basketball in the future, Bledsoe County High School senior Whitney Brown plans to reach those goals by signing with Bryan College. She will be playing for the Lady Lions basketball team while working on her bachelor and master degrees there. For more, see the February…

Hard work and determination earn students a spot in the Top Ten every year, and this year’s Bledsoe County High School Class of 2018 Top Ten is no exception. Timothy Hawn leads the Class of 2018 as its valedictorian. Rachel Hale is the Salutatorian and Anthony Sullivan is the Historian. The other top seven seniors,…

Alleged racial slurs by a Bledsoe County High School student, which led to an altercation during school hours, was posted to social media. Since then, that incident has led to other posts including one with a photo of a noose that is under investigation by District Attorney Mike Taylor’s office. For more, see the February…

The Bledsoe County Fair Association received top recognition at the Fairs Merit Awards in Nashville for the 2017 Bledsoe County Fair. For more, see the February 1 issue of The Bledsonian Banner.

A near perfect season for the Bledsoe County Middle School Warriors came to an end with their first loss, after 17 basketball games, coming during the James C. Haile State Invitational Tournament in Murfreesboro over the weekend. They lost to Lipscomb Academy, 40-30. For more, see the February 1 issue of The Bledsonian Banner.

Gabe Boring, the all-star kicker of the Bledsoe County High School Warriors, has chosen to play football for the Mocs at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC). For more, see the January 25 issue of The Bledsonian Banner.

Genese Sapp, Deputy County Clerk under the late Carolyn Terry, was appointed as the new Bledsoe County Clerk by the Bledsoe County Commission at their Tuesday, January 15 meeting. For more, see the January 25 issue of The Bledsonian Banner.

Bledsoe County Schools continue being closed through Friday, January 19, due to secondary road conditions. Friday night’s high school basketball games have been cancelled.