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As students begin school in Bledsoe County next week, BTC Fiber has set up WiFi hotspots around the county and in neighboring Sequatchie, Van Buren, and Rhea Counties to assist students in the event schools need to move to a hybrid or remote learning plan. BTC Fiber General Manager Charlie Boring said he has been…

As the rise in cases of COVID-19 has taken hold in rural areas of Tennessee such as Bledsoe, Tennessee’s Commissioner of Health Dr. Lisa Piercy said she expected deaths in rural areas to rise as well. That prediction came true last Tuesday, August 11, as the Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) reported the first death…

The annual Give A Child A Chance Day event which provides free school supplies and other back to school services for students will be held via drive-thru at Bledsoe County Fairgrounds this year due to COVID-19. The event is this Friday, August 21, from 9:00 a.m. to noon at 234 Allen P. Deakins Road. For…

The 101st Bledsoe County Fair is going to be held August 13-15, although with certain restrictions as recommended by the Tennessee Association of Fairs (TAF) and Governor Bill Lee due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Because of social distancing regulations, the Fair will be scaled back, but just as fun and memorable,” Board members said in…

UPDATED: Bledsoe County Schools will open their doors to students on August 25 for the first time since March 13, after schools across the state and nation were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The first day of school was set for August 4, but was pushed to August 25 in order to give the…

Results of the AUGUST 6, 2020, Bledsoe County General Election and State/Federal Primaries are below. Note, these are BLEDSOE COUNTY RESULTS ONLY, and do not necessarily represent the state winner. These results have not yet been certified. More details on the vote will be in the AUGUST 13 issue of The Bledsonian-Banner. ELECTION RESULTS  [BOLD…

A 64-year-old Pikeville man was indicted last week by the Bledsoe County Grand Jury on a charge of child rape, according to court documents. Bruce Michael Maddox was arrested in Titusville, Florida on the charge of Child Rape, according to Bledsoe County Sheriff’s Department Investigator George Hodge. Hodge said Maddox is set to be extradited back…

After an animal cruelty case in Northwestern Bledsoe County garnered much attention last August, the homeowner, Caroline R. Atdkins, 57, of Pikeville, has been indicted on 14 counts of cruelty to animals by the Bledsoe County Grand Jury. Grand Jury documents allege the cruelty to have taken place between June 1 and August 12, 2019…

Former Bledsoe County EMS Director Will Angel was indicted by the Bledsoe County Grand Jury on multiple charges of rape, sexual battery, and attempted rape of two females employed by the ambulance service. The Grand Jury handed down Angel’s indictments, plus indictments in many other cases presented on Monday, July 27. Angel, 29, was arrested…

A project for future widening/improvement along the U.S. Highway 127/SR-28 corridor in Bledsoe and Sequatchie Counties is in development by the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT), but still years away from coming to fruition. The US-127/SR-28 project corridor goes from where the road narrows on the north side of Dunlap to where the road widens…