Bledsoe County News

State Department of Correction officials are meeting with contractors and engineers to answer question on a $160 million state prison project in East Tennessee.

Submitted by Amy Katcher on July 1, 2009 - 5:50pm. Health Bledsoe County News Grundy County News Hamilton County News Marion County News McMinn County News Meigs County News Rhea County News Sequatchie County News Van Buren County News Tennessee ranks fourth when it comes to adult obesity.

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

J.C. Lamb has an important piece of Sequatchie Valley history stashed away at his Ooltewah home.

MEMPHIS a ' A West Tennessee woman has been charged in connection with a scheme to mail drugs and cash into at least two state prisons, according to a news release.

The former owner of a two-year-old American Hairless Terrier is defending her care after a Knox County dog rescuer says she saved "Jazz" from neglect.

Dispatchers from the Bledsoe County Sheriff's Department confirm there's been a stabbing somewhere in the county.

Approximately nine children missed school today in Bledsoe County, because they are trapped in their homes.

Four Bledsoe County men charged with the February beating death of a Cumberland County man were to appear in court last week but a hearing on the murder charges was postponed because DNA tests are still being conducted at the state crime lab, the Chattanooga Times Free-Press reported.

Effie Kauffman admits being arrested for aggravated assault and kidnapping, but now says she wants her gun back that deputies took away.

Tonya Hinch, of Don Hinch & Associates LLC of Crossville, was the recipient of the Community Service Award presented by the Crab-Orchard Chapter DAR of Crossville.

Submitted by Amanda Odom on April 23, 2009 - 5:46pm. Government & Politics Bledsoe County News A A A A A Pikeville man receives a reply to a letter he wrote to President Obama.

Pikeville resident Jamie Johnson planned to go fishing Wednesday, but rocks got in the way.

The Hamilton County school system received another $7.8 million in stimulus aid from the federal government, this time to be used for poor students, officials announced Thursday.

A rock-slide shut down both lanes of a highway near Chattanooga, Tennessee. Dispatchers said a call came in around 2:45 a.m. about huge boulders blocking Highway 30 West in Bledsoe County.

PIKEVILLE, Tenn. a 'A A rockslide in Bledsoe County has shut down part of Highway 30, according to the Bledsoe County Sheriffa TMs Department.

Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris says he's concerned about growing debt in the governor's budget.

The Tennessee Valley Authority has invited anglers to participate in surveying the sport fish population in the Tennessee River.

A man apparently living in a motel who suffered a serious laceration to his arm was arrested Thursday when police responding to the call ended up arresting the victim on outstanding warrants from another county.

After just one year, Grundy County football coach Jim Swafford has resigned his coaching and teaching positions effective immediately.