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Bledsoe County and Pikeville officials met with U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn [R] via zoom on Monday, November 22, to give a progress update on the happenings of Pikeville and Bledsoe County and express concerns about vaccine mandates for nursing home staff and other county employees. Bledsoe County Mayor Gregg Ridley sent a letter to Sen.…

Parade is Saturday, 5:00 p.m. The Christmas season in Pikeville has arrived with the decorating of downtown Pikeville going into overdrive this week. All the decorating is done with the 25th annual Pikeville Christmas Parade in mind, being held Saturday, November 27, beginning at 5:00 p.m. This year’s parade theme is Silver Bells with the…

The Brockdell Community held a special meeting last week at the old Dill School to discuss what organizer Clyde Holland referred to as new neighbors who came in “full steam ahead” destroying property and trespassing in the process. The new neighbors are owners of a 22-acre piece of land, what Holland referred to as the…

The magic of the Albert and Billy show is the banter between grandfather and grandson that makes those listening or watching feel like they are in on the conversation. The magic is appealing to many who tune in on radio, television or online to catch up with the duo every Friday. That magic has brought…

Bledsoe County students and faculty are no longer required to wear masks in school buildings as COVID-19 cases have declined within the school system and in the county. The decision was made at the Board’s meeting held Monday, November 8. At the time of last week’s monthly school board meeting, the district had not reported…

Students, faculty and teachers at Bledsoe County schools began receiving visits last week by members of the Bledsoe County Board of Education and Director of Schools Selina Sparkman. Director Sparkman said, while speaking to Pikeville Elementary teacher Sherri Deakins during a visit to the school on Thursday, November 11, the visit was the first of…

As Bledsoe County prepares to welcome Aviagen’s feed mill early next year, Pikeville Volunteer Fire Department is preparing for the mill’s opening. The department was recently awarded a grain bin safety tube and accompanying training from Nationwide. Nearly 400 grain entrapments have been recorded in the past ten years, according to Nationwide, with an estimated…

The Tennessee College of Applied Technology (TCAT) in Crossville will locate a campus in Pikeville, according to Bledsoe County Mayor Gregg Ridley and Pikeville Mayor Philip Cagle. The City of Pikeville Board of Mayor and Alderman voted to November 8 to approve transferring 1.72 acres  of property where the current playground is to TCAT. For…

A mobile home park in Pikeville long viewed as a public safety issue is being warned it is in violation of city property codes. This makes the second property to receive a letter this year, following a home on Birchwood Street, that was inhabitable and ordered to be cleaned up, was eventually condemned due to…

The annual honoring of local heroes who served in the military is being held Thursday, November 11, at the Bledsoe County Veterans Park downtown at 11:00 a.m. This year’s keynote speaker for the Veterans Day Ceremony is Josh Roe, a U.S. Marine Corp Reserves veteran. Roe served in the military from 1991-1999. For more see…