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“Carter was down there running when I got here at the start of the game, and he’s still running,” said a fan leaving a Sequatchie County High School baseball game during the season. The SCHS baseball field overlooks the track where athletes put in long hours of training, and the fan was referring to Carter…

Emmalee Higdon, a Sequatchie County High School graduate, was part of a team of Tennessee Tech University students discovering a rare plant species in-state, TTU announced.  The discovery took place in a wooded area surrounding the Appalachian Center for Craft, Tech’s satellite campus in Smithville, west of Sparta.  Higdon collected the plant to deposit in…

On May 30 and June 2, Piney and Dunlap volunteer fire departments assisted with rescues at Cane Creek Falls inside Fall Creek Falls State Park. Both incidents involved someone jumping off of Cane Creek Falls. The most recent happened when a 17-year-old male dove off of Cane Creek Falls approximately 85 feet into the swimming…

Missing teen sought: The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and Sequatchie County Sheriff’s Department are searching for Allie Marie Dunn, described as endangered due to medical issues. Sequatchie County Detective Jody Lockhart said Dunn, 15, left a note for family but it did not state where she was going. Dunn was last seen in Graysville on…

Emily Beavers, a rising junior in the MTSU Fermentation Science program, is the second recipient of the Brewing Education Scholarship awarded by Athens, Georgia-based Terrapin Brewing Co. Beavers, 20, who is from Dunlap, recently learned she would be the 2022 beneficiary of a $10,000 award during a Zoom session with Terrapin and MTSU representatives. For…

Five members of the Sequatchie County High School track team competed at the Spring Fling, the TSSAA’s spring sports festival in Murfreesboro on May 23. The group shined brightly, taking seven top five finishes including another gold medal for senior Carter Bradford.  For more see the June 2 issue of The Dunlap Tribune.

Taking what he learned from an old man who made moonshine to support his family, Travis Faucett and his wife, Emily, are making the first legal alcohol in the Sequatchie Valley. Currently based at an undisclosed location in Dunlap is Rolling Oak Distillery.  A realtor, Travis anticipating the real estate market is not going to…

A $100,000 grant from the Tennessee Department of Transportation will provide much needed service to the south and downtown traffic lights in Dunlap, Mayor Clint Huth announced May 19 during the City Commission meeting. Several other topics were discussed. “We received $50,000 for each light, at Rankin Avenue and Cherry Street and for the Highway…

Members of the Tennessee State Fire Marshal’s Office visited several fire departments around Southeast Tennessee May 13, including the Southend Volunteer Fire Department in Daus.  Gary Farley, Assistant Commissioner of Fire Prevention from the State Department of Commerce and Insurance, said the visits allow the State to hear directly from those volunteering.  For more see…