Altamont News

With it, came heavy rain and even prompted both Severe Thunderstorm warnings and flood advisories.

Although Tony Holloway wasn't directly affected by Good Friday's tornadoes, he's well aware of the extent of damages.

The Cumberland Plateau features communities nestled into the many coves that cut into the rocky outcropping.

The Cumberland Plateau is a vast tableland of sandstone and shale that rises 1000 feet above the Tennessee River Valley and stretches across eastern Tennessee from Alabama north into Kentucky.

Despite continued volatility in the housing market and tightening of credit, affordable home loans are still available to many families and individuals in rural areas, according to Rural Development Area Director Rickey Hickman.

Opening thought: But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.

ALTAMONT, Tenn. - Grundy County football coach James A. Swafford has quit following a discovery that North Carolina revoked his teaching license due to his sexual relationship with a female student.

Alex Ferro always enjoyed studying about Germanya s valleys and mountains in his geography class.

ALTAMONT, Tenn. a ' Prosecutors say Shannon Marie Comeau was indicted by the Grundy County grand jury Monday on charges of first-degree felony murder and aggravated child abuse in the death of her 7-week-old ...

How will we we remember the George W. Bush Years?: History will appreciate him better than we do now.

Tyler Brown of Coalmont and Angie Burnett of Pelham were recently bestowed the honor of receiving the Governor's Volunteer Stars Award at a statewide awards banquet in Nashville.

This week's edition of the Grundy County Herald reflects back on the last six months of 2008 in a summary report and in pictures.

In 1969, the decade ended on a tragic note for The Rolling Stones when a fan at one of their concerts was killed with a knife at the hands of the Hell's Angels security squad.