Area News

The main discussion among the Bledsoe County Board of Education at their December meeting revolved around the upcoming semester which begins in January and whether to reopen the virtual school program to new students or keep it closed. The virtual school program is the completely online option that was given to students at the beginning…

Due to the increase in Bledsoe County’s COVID-19 cases, the December special called meeting of the Bledsoe County Commission has been cancelled, per County Mayor Gregg Ridley. On the agenda for the meeting was appointing a Trustee to fill the unexpired term until the August 2022 election, after the winner of the recent election notified…

Sequachee Valley Electric Cooperative announced an emergency power outage on Friday, December 11, starting at 10:00 p.m. in order to make repairs related to an unplanned outage the previous day. The majority of the outage will impact Sequatchie County, although SVEC said portions of southern Bledsoe County would be affected. The outage is expected to…

Bledsoe County reported 115 active cases of COVID-19 as of Monday, December 14, according to data from the Tennessee Department of Health (TDH). Of those active cases, approximately 10 were inmates at Bledsoe County Correctional Complex (BCCX), according to the latest data from the Tennessee Department of Correction released on December 13. The sixth death…

Indictments handed down by the Bledsoe County Grand Jury in November range from Attempted First Degree Murder to Child Rape. David Wayne Angel, 53, of Pikeville, was indicted for attempted first degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon for an incident on June 30. In a separate case, he was indicted for attempted first degree murder, aggravated assault, and vandalism $1,000 or more for…

Bledsoe County High School senior Emilee Tabor has signed to play softball at Tennessee Wesleyan University (TWU). Tabor has played softball and basketball while attending BCHS and has played softball for eight years. Emilee said she plans on studying to become a special education teacher while at TWU and eventually coaching softball herself. For more see the December 10 issue of The Bledsonian Banner.

The United States Post Office in Pikeville is temporarily closed after a car drove into the front door and glass on Wednesday evening, December 2.  A sign on the boarded up section of the front glass from management states the office is “temporarily closed” and will be “open soon.” An additional sign advises those with…

The Magic of Christmas rolled through downtown Pikeville in the 24th annual Christmas Parade. This was one of the smallest parade’s in its history, but it was memorable all the same. For more see the December 3 issue of The Bledsonian Banner.

Nothing can stand in the way of true love…not even a pandemic. A few weeks before the coronavirus caused the closing of nursing home facilities across the nation, Alice Hale became a resident of Bledsoe County Nursing Home. She and her husband, Herbert “Herb” had never been apart during their 75 years of marriage. For…

by Chloe McHone, Jasmine Reed and Payton Warren  BCHS environmental science class Students in Environmental Science at Bledsoe County High School, taught by Mrs. Bridgett Loyd, went on a trip to the Sequatchie River and tested water quality at different points. In light of the recent pandemic, precautions were taken such as hand sanitizer, masks…