Area News

The third annual SETHRA-CASA benefit rodeo will continue as scheduled with safety precautions related to COVID-19 in place. The rodeo is set for June 5-6 at the Sequatchie County Fairgrounds off Heard Street, beginning at 7:30 p.m. with gates opening at 6:00. “Many measures are being taken to allow for social distancing,” said SETHRA-CASA Program…

A mobile home, heavily damaged by a fire on Sunday, May 17, was completely destroyed by a separate fire on Wednesday, May 20. Southend Volunteer Fire Department Chief Ken Herron said the blaze does seem suspicious. “We were at this same location on Wiggly Loop in Cartwright on Sunday,” Chief Herron explained. “That call came…

Kevin Reid, coaching Sequatchie County Middle School at a state tournament game, has been announced as the new head girls basketball coach at Sequatchie County High School. Reid’s teams at SCMS won several consecutive conference tournament titles and have won nearly every game against local rivals recently. For more, see the May 28 issue of…

Though graduation and prom are being scheduled, pending health and safety conditions, the Sequatchie County High School Class of 2020 have had to make a number of adjustments in the last half of the school year due to COVID-19 concerns. In Sequatchie County, parents, volunteers, and business partners have worked together to make the seniors’…

  Sequatchie County High School has scheduled graduation ceremonies for July 24. For more on graduation, see the May 21 issue of The Dunlap Tribune.

The number of testing for COVID-19 in Sequatchie County continues to increase, but the number of confirmed cases has grown only slightly. In further good news, all six of the cases listed by the Tennessee Department of Health (TDOH) as of May 10 for Sequatchie County were classified as recoveries. For more see the May…

Sequatchie County Clerk Charlotte Cagle (center) and assistant clerks Marissa Waters (left) and Lana Waters (right) are nearly ready to greet customers at the county courthouse. For more see the May 14 issue of The Dunlap Tribune.

Nathan Miles Gannaway was accused by a woman of injecting her with an amphetamine, the Dunlap Police Department reports. For more see the May 14 issue of The Dunlap Tribune.

A Senior Cruise to honor Sequatchie County High School 2020 graduates is scheduled for Friday, May 15, beginning at 6:00 p.m. The cruise is to run north to Cherry Street, with some street entrances to Rankin Avenue temporarily closed.