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The Bledsoe County Board of Education approved moving forward with interviewing three finalists as recommended by the Tennessee School Board Association at a meeting on Tuesday, May 26.  The three candidates to be interviewed in no particular order are: James Ellis, Principal, Pikeville Elementary School; Thomas “Preston” Caldwell, Principal, Lake County High School, Tiptonville; and Selina…

Bledsoe County Nursing Home now has one confirmed case of COVID-19, according to Sue Trujillo, Director of Nursing at the facility. She said the resident is asymptomatic and will be quarantined for 14 days. Other residents and staff have been tested and were negative, she added. The Bledsoe County Nursing Home will continue to follow all Centers…

Recommendations from the Tennessee School Board Association (TSBA) regarding the search for a new Bledsoe County Director of Schools will be heard by the Bledsoe County Board of Education on May 26. The Board will hear TSBA’s top three candidates, but will be able to select from beyond those three if necessary. A total of…

The rebuild of the Inn at Fall Creek Falls State Park is on schedule, according to Communications Director David Roberson with the Tennessee Department of General Services. Roberson said the estimated completion date is the fall of 2021 and all major milestones have been met by the contractor thus far. For more, see the May…

Four years ago, Bledsoe County High School’s Valedictorian Peyton White closed out his graduation ceremony by taking a selfie with his class behind him and giving a few remarks. “Our future is what we make of it,” he said to his classmates at the time. “The Class of 2016 is a force to be reckoned…

Although a proposal to make the Old C.C. Road a Bledsoe County Natural Trail Park piqued the most interest from those in attendance at a special called meeting of the County Commission on Tuesday, May 5, the proposal didn’t even make it to a vote. Around 25 people were in the audience, meeting spread out…

A Pikeville man and woman were killed in an accident near the intersection of U.S. Highway 127 North and Nine Mile Crossroad on Tuesday, May 12, according to a report by Tennessee Highway Patrol.  Michael “Blake” Lee, 50, of Pikeville and Tara Rasdall, 37, of Pikeville both died in the accident. A man out of…

An 78-year-old inmate at Bledsoe County Correctional Complex (BCCX) who was positive for coronavirus has died, according to the Tennessee Department of Correction East Region Spokesman Robert Reburn. He died on Thursday, May 7, Reburn added, and the exact cause of his death is pending official determination from the medical examiner. Five other inmates at…

The Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) announced Thursday, May 7, 580 of 586 inmates who tested positive for the coronavirus at Bledsoe County Correctional Complex (BCCX) have recovered and been reintroduced into the general prison population. The agency lists six active cases and three pending test results. Of the six remaining cases, two are hospitalized and…

Bledsoe County Trustee Deanna Hankins Rains [D] is set to retire at the end of August, according to a letter she wrote announcing her early resignation. “Serving as Trustee has been a blessing to me and my family, and I will always feel honored to have served in this very trustworthy position,” Rains wrote. “Much…