Area News

For the first time since the Tennessee Press Association (TPA) and University of Tennessee partnered in 1940 to honor newspaper publishers, editors, writers and designers – The Bledsonian-Banner has won UT’s Edward J. Meeman Foundation award for public service. The series of articles, written and published by Sandy Dodson, about the IRT for Healthy Tennesseans…

Over 60 contestants, dressed in their finest, competed in the 2024 Bledsoe County Fairest of the Fair Pageant and Spectacular held Saturday, July 20 at the high School. Alissa Parsons was crowned the 2024 Fairest of the Fair and represent Bledsoe County at the state pageant in Nashville early next year. “This is such a…

Numerous property owners who could be affected by the widening of State Route 28/US Highway 127 attended a public design meeting held Tuesday, July 9 by the Tennessee Department of Transportation at the high school. This is the first phase of the widening of the road which is from Humble Cemetery Road northward to the…

The likelihood of a mare giving birth to twin colts and both surviving is 1 in 10,000. I’m a Lethal Lady aka Sunny became the 1 in 10,000 when she gave birth to a buckskin and white colt and then a black and white colt. Two months later, both colts are alive and well on…

The driver of this white pickup truck was injured when his truck ran off the roadway and struck a stone mailbox on State Route 30 west of Pikeville, near the three-way July 8. The truck appeared to be loaded with construction materials that were scattered across the roadway. For more see the July 11 issue…

A public meeting on the widening of US Highway 127/State Route 28 from Main Street southward to Humble Cemetery Road is being held Tuesday, July 9 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Bledsoe County High School. The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) is holding a Public Design Meeting for 3.1 miles from the 5-lane in…

Outlast Functional Fitness is not just another gym – they are a community fueled by passion and perseverance, according to owners/operators Billy and Rachael Akin. Their mission is to empower you to live your best life through fitness. Outlast Functional Fitness, one of the latest facilities opened in the Creekside Plaza, just off US Highway…

This week, Tennessee State Parks announced the availability of new all-terrain wheelchairs at Fall Creek Falls State Park and nine other state parks, enhancing accessibility for visitors and bringing the total of parks with all-terrain wheelchairs to 22. The new wheelchairs are the result of a collaboration between the parks and Sunrise Medical, which designs…

The Bledsoe County Commission  approved its July 1, 2024-June 30, 2025 budget without an increase in the property tax rate during a meeting Monday evening, June 25. The rate remains the same as last year at $2.063 per $100 of assessed value. That is broken down as follows: General Purpose Fund     $1.0814 Sold Waste/Sanitation Fund     $0.0995 General…

Seven high school students from the Sequachee Valley Electric Cooperative (SVEC) service area won the opportunity of a lifetime to spend a week in this nation’s capital as delegates of the 2024 Washington Youth Tour. Ella Boynton from Bledsoe County High School, Michael Kirby III from Grundy County High School, Nova McGill from Marion County…