Area News

The Bledsoe County Health Department has a new home on Frazier Street in downtown Pikeville, just two blocks from the Bledsoe County Courthouse. The modern facility officially opened to the public last week and was celebrated with an open house on Thursday, March 4. The 5,000-square-foot facility has a much more modern feel, with large…

  Every year as graduation nears for high school seniors around the country, those who went above and beyond during their high school career academically are recognized for their hard work with a spot in the Top Ten. The Bledsoe County High School Class of 2021 Top Ten is no exception, filled with a hardworking…

At four-and-a-half years old, Rhett Skiles is a typical young boy who loves hunting, camouflage, his sister, baseball, his dirtbike and so much more. “He’s all boy,” his mother, Brandi Skiles Smith, said. “He loves to be outside. He will talk your ear off about hunting.” When he has to be indoors because of weather, he likes to watch YouTube kids…

The better angels among us inspire us to do good and fill needs when they arise. Jennifer Kleymeer saw a need and brought an idea she had observed in the Smyrna/Murfreesboro area, where she resides part of the time, near to her local residence in northwestern Bledsoe County. Kleymeer said she was aware of “Blessing…

Open House at the new Bledsoe County Health Department, located at 334 Frazier Street behind the Bledsoe County Courthouse, is being held Thursday, March 4, from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. For more see the March 4 issue of The Bledsonian Banner.

If trees could talk, they would likely tell stories of the weather, local wildlife, human interaction, stolen kisses and wedding bliss. Stories that perhaps the most famous tree in Tennessee, maybe beyond, could have gathered over its 130-plus years’ existence. During February’s winter storm, the iconic tree at Buzzard’s Roost in Fall Creek Falls State…

The Holmes family was not sure why people were suddenly showing up at their farm on East Valley Road wanting to take pictures of ducks swimming on their pond. It wasn’t usual for ducks to be swimming around, but they found out there were a couple of rare Alaskan ducks on the pond. (photo by…

Attorneys for the Estate of Chad Songer, the man who died after his arrest by Bledsoe County deputies and K9 Orton on January 31, have written a notice of spoliation to representatives of Bledsoe County, the City of Pikeville, and Bledsoe County Sheriff’s Department deputies Chase Roberts and Matt Brock, instructing them to preserve evidence…

Aviagen, the company behind the under-construction feed mill off the U.S. 127 bypass in Pikeville, is planning a meeting alongside the Tennessee Department of Agriculture (TNAg) and the University of Tennessee Extension Office. The meeting pertains to sourcing corn from farmers in Pikeville for the mill. “Aviagen is interested in setting up supply agreements with…

Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway has been designated as a new National Scenic Byway. The new byway stretches from Marion County to Sequatchie County to Bledsoe County where the scenic byway begins. To learn more about the designation see The Bledsonian-Banner’s February 25 edition.