Dunlap News

Jessica Brooke McMillan and Michael Edward Rollins announce their engagement and upcoming wedding on July 25, 2009.

Happy July 4 from WordDunlap

Mexican authorities say two professional wrestlers found dead in a low-rent hotel in the capital may have been drugged to death by female robbers.

Tennessee and Kentucky dealers shoot for Nashville Aug. 7-8 The Tennessee/Kentucky Tire Dealers and Retreaders Association will hold its annual Convention Aug.

This is in Dunlap area

Rocky Mountain spotted fever is the most severe tick-borne rickettsial illness in the United States. RMSF can infect humans and animals.

Zombies Suddenly Everywhere

"Rule 1 for zombies: You have to want to kill people," says horror screenwriter Kirsten Elms. "You have to want to rip someone's throat out — it doesn't matter if they are your mother or your wife or your dog."

Good For Tennessee

A Tennessee law that took effect in 2004 makes aggravated animal cruelty a class E felony.

"People are going to see animals at their neighbor's homes or animals in situations where they're being hurt or are going to hear about these stories and they're going to say, you know this state prosecutes these cases."

Submitted by Bill Mitchell on June 29, 2009 - 7:06pm. News WDEF ~The administration's energy bill has been passed by the house with a narrow majority, and it could change the way American industry does business.

Submitted by Kristen Johnson on June 22, 2009 - 6:50pm. News Crime Sequatchie County News A Sheriff's deputies arrest three men after stealing thousands of dollars worth of DVDs and video games from a Sequatchie County Wal-Mart. A Detectives say 30-year-old Joshua Simmons...22-year-old Christopher Brock and 25-year-old Justin Prater ...

Tampa police say Billy Mays, the television pitchman known for his boisterous hawking of products such as Orange Glo and OxiClean, has died.

Cities and counties across Tennessee are preparing this week to deal with the fallout from a raft of pro-gun bills recently signed into law in the state, where Republicans are flexing their new-found strength in the legislature.

A friend of the Cleveland, Tenn., missionary shot to death Tuesday in Africa said he will withhold judgment about the claim that terrorist group al-Quaida was responsible for the killing until it can be validated.

Submitted by Bill Mitchell on June 25, 2009 - 7:18pm. Bledsoe County News A Tennessee Wildlife officers Thursday morning had to euthanize a black bear that had been spotted in Dunlap recently.

Our Food is Contaminated Again

JBS Swift Beef Co. of Greeley has recalled about 41,000 pounds of its beef products because of possible E.coli contamination.

Putting his wanderlust aside, Aaron Simmons is returning to Dunlap. "Yep, I'm going back home finally," he said.

Most recently a graduate assistant for national NAIA power Lee University, Simmons will be teaching at Sequatchie County High School and coaching the Indians' baseball team.