Area News

On Friday evening, the Bledsoe County High School Warriors plan to come back home from Dunlap with Chief Roaring Eagle in their possession. For more, see the September 21 issue of The Bledsonian Banner.

The fifth annual Smoke in the Valley Barbecue Competition, hosted by the Bledsoe County Rescue Squad, is happening on Saturday, September 23 at the Bledsoe County Fairgrounds in Pikeville. For more, see the September 21 issue of The Bledsonian Banner.

2017 Bledsoe County Middle School Homecoming Court Maddie Reece (center) was crowned the 2017 Homecoming Queen for BCMS. She was escorted by Kai Payne. Watch the September 28 issue of The Bledsonian-Banner for more details.

Jerod Billingsley, a Pikeville native, was a part of several Tennessee strike teams that travelled to Florida on Saturday in order to provide assistance with Hurricane Irma. The hurricane battered Florida and other deep south states over the weekend and early this week. For more, see the September 14 issue of The Bledsonian Banner.

If you would like to donate to help the Griffith VFD purchase a truck, you can mail donations to: Griffith Volunteer Fire Department, C/O Leonda Smith, 2894 Bench Road, Pikeville. For more, see the September 14 issue of The Bledsonian Banner.

Due to the threat of severe weather Monday, September 11, the City of Pikeville has moved its monthly meeting to Monday, September 18 at 6:30 p.m. at the Pikeville Municipal Building.

     Remnants of Hurricane Irma are expected to move into Southeast Tennessee today, according to the National Weather Service.      Bledsoe County and surrounding counties are under a wind advisory from 1:00 p.m. Monday, September 11 through 10:00 a.m. Tuesday.      Winds between 15 and 30 mph are expected, with gusts up to 40 mph expected across the…

The smell of all of your favorite apple treats and desserts is overwhelming when you enter Oren Wooden’s Apple House on Rigsby Mountain. For more, see the September 7 issue of The Bledsonian Banner.

Chattanooga State’s Sequatchie/Bledsoe Campus is up for sale, according to Chattanooga State’s Vice President of Public Relations Nancy Patterson. For more, see the September 7 issue of The Bledsonian Banner.

The company will have an average minimum wage of $10.22 per hour for new positions, according to a letter from Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (ECD) Commissioner Bob Rolfe to the Tennessee Comptroller. For more, see the August 31 issue of The Bledsonian Banner.