Tracy City News

Mayor Mike Price and the Tracy City council held their monthly meeting on June 10 at 6:30 p.m. at city hall.

According to back issues of the Grundy County Herald, the last shooting death of a Grundy County Officer was reported in the May 28, 1953 edition.

Scrap metal thieves may have toppled a 360-foot tall cell tower in an attempt to secure a few pounds of copper.

TULLAHOMA - Service is not expected to be fully restored for another two weeks after a cell phone tower in Tracy City was pulled down in an apparent attempt by thieves to get copper.

The Grundy County Sheriff's Office was called to a residence on Shadrick Hill Road in Tracy City at approximately 11:30 p.m. last Wednesday due to a mobile home fire.

My heart goes out to the family, friends and colleagues of Grundy County Sheriff's Deputy Shane Tate who was gunned down on June 5 while attempting to serve a warrant in Tracy City for probation violation.

Shawn Landolt is charged in the death of 30-year-old Jeremy Meeks, whose body was found in his burned trailer on Shadrick Hill Road in Tracy City late Wednesday night.

The funeral was a quiet gathering of family and friends for a man authorities say was the gunman who killed a Grundy County Sheriff's deputy last week.

' The suspect in the killing of one officer and the shooting of another this morning has been eluding police for several months on a separate charge, authorities said.

Authorities have locked down a neighborhood and are using dogs in the search for Kermit Bryson, a suspect in the shooting of two officers overnight.

' A man suspected of killing a sheriff's deputy and wounding another officer has died after authorities say he shot himself at the end of a daylong manhunt, a hospital supervisor said.

One officer with the Grundy County Sheriff's Department was shot and killed this morning and a fellow officer was shot and injured by a lone gunman.

This, I hope, is the beginning of a genealogy research journey via the newspaper that will lead my husband Foster Aubrey Hale to some of his Tifton relatives. via Tifton Gazette

“It's plain and simple, as far as I'm concerned”

' The solution to the South Cumberland Plateau's water supply is running downhill to the Tennessee River. via Chattanooga Times Free Press

“It saves people money, which is needed with the economy being bad right now. It gives them a break. I'd love to see the tax-free holidays continue.”

Even with rain showers moving in, the crowds were steady Sunday at Stones River Mall as the tax-free weekend drew to a close. via DNJ.com

The Towns of Monteagle and Tracy City each held mayoral and aldermen elections on Tuesday, April 8. After several days of much needed rain, clear skies and warm temperatures created a pleasant trip to the polls ... via Grundy County Herald

“The weather was nice, so that wasn't a factor.”

Incumbents carried six of eight posts in Monteagle and Tracy City municipal elections on Tuesday. via Chattanooga Times Free Press

“Power concedes nothing without a demand, it never did and it never will”

On April 2nd, TCASK members from across the state convened in Nashville at the state capitol to voice their opinions on the death penalty to Tennessee legislators. via Tcask

“In the short time he has been here, Ron has really gone above and beyond to ensure all our newspaper subscriptions are mailed with 100% accuracy.”

Ron Corley, Postmaster of Tracy City, has won the 10th annual Benjamin Franklin Community Newspaper and Postal Service Partnership Award of Excellence sponsored by the National Newspaper Association for ... via Grundy County Herald

WIMZ invites you to the Thunder on the Rock Motorcycle Rally & Concert! May 23rd thru May 26th Memorial Day Weekend in Monteagle, TN. via WIMZ-FM Knoxville