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Raising money for local scholarships, the annual American Business Women’s Association (ABWA) Tour of Homes is Sunday, December 7. Tickets are $15 for the tour with participants traveling to each location from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Refreshments are available until 5:00 p.m. at Dunlap First Baptist Church, 12 Church Street. For more see the December…

Meeting standards and demonstrating growth, Sequatchie County High School has been designated as a Tennessee Reward School by the Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) for 2024-25. Schools are recognized as a reward school when they demonstrate high levels of performance and/or improvement in performance by meeting objectives across performance indicators and student groups, and the…

The Sequatchie County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a homicide taking place on Dandy Road on Signal Mountain November 17. The suspect, Johnny Queen, was shot and killed during a confrontation with law enforcement later in the evening. Sheriff Bill Phillips said witnesses reported Michael Huckabee, 47, was shot and killed by Queen, who then led…

Three homes and a local landmark are the stops on this year’s American Business Women’s Association (ABWA) Tour of Homes. The event is being held Sunday, December 7, to raise funds for local scholarships. ABWA President Rhia Huth explained tickets are $15 for the tour, with participants traveling to each location from 2:00 to 4:00…

The Sequatchie County Historical Association, a non-profit group managing the Dunlap Coke Ovens Park for nearly 40 years, has received a $100,000 grant for park improvements, said Association President Hugh Jordan. “This grant award is for the expansion of the Museum Performance Hall and exhibit space within the existing museum pavilion,” Jordan said. “It allows…

For nearly three decades, the City of Dunlap’s annual Christmas parade has been a part of celebrating the holiday season locally. This year’s parade is Saturday, December 6 with the event starting at dusk, around 4:30 to 5:00 p.m. The parade route runs from Sequatchie County Schools onto Highway 28 and then U.S. Highway 127/Rankin…

Evelyn Land, at 103, is the oldest living Veteran in Sequatchie County. Land said she joined the Army Air Corps, now the Air Force, during World War II because it was the right thing to do. Born in Rochester, New York, on April 10, 1922, Land was the youngest of five siblings. After high school…

Two farms owned by the Boyd family are the latest to be recognized as Sequatchie County Heritage Farms, one near the Sequatchie River near East Valley Road and the other, on Fredonia Mountain. Larry Boyd explained his great-grandfather, Cam Boyd, purchased the valley farm in the 1920s. Cam Boyd was a school teacher on Fredonia…

Dozens of residents heard further details on the Rankin Avenue road project scheduled to take place in coming years, with a “peanut” roundabout and bridge expansion among the specifics. The Tennessee Department of Transportation hosted the information meeting at Sequatchie County High School on October 23. Michael O’Donnell, director of Project Management for TDOT Region…