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Moving back one day due to the calendar, this year’s Independence Day celebration in Dunlap offers a parade, a music festival, and the traditional fireworks show. Saturday, July 3 will see thousands line the streets of Dunlap for the parade, before many head to Harris Park for a day of music, fun, games, concessions, games,…

Chart-topping country music singer Mark Wills, a member of the Grand Ole Opry, will help Sequatchie County celebrate Independence Day this year. Wills is the featured performer at free July 4 events at Harris Park in Dunlap, being held this year on Saturday, July 3. For more see the June 10 issue of The Dunlap…

Local volunteer and musician Ed Brown received a ceremonial Key to the City from Dunlap Mayor Huth on June 5 as part of events taking place at the 34th Dunlap Coke Ovens Bluegrass Festival. For more see the June 10 issue of The Dunlap Tribune.

Sequatchie County High School had a pair of high finishers in the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Tennessee State Leadership Conference competitions, held virtually this year. Placing first was Landry Carbaugh while Autumn Sims took third in her event. Carbaugh, a sophomore, was the top finisher in the Introduction to Business Presentation Category. For…

Putting in countless hours of work throughout the year has paid off with a state championship for Sequatchie County High School junior Carter Bradford. The track standout earned SCHS’s seventh state title in individual or team sports with his 1600-meter performance May 25, while also earning two other medals for high finishes. The son of…

The necessity of having more than one liquor store in Dunlap was discussed by local business owners and Dunlap City Commissioners during the Commission’s regular monthly meeting May 20. The meeting was the first for new Mayor Clint Huth, who conducted proceedings. Himanshu Patel operates an existing liquor store in Dunlap. He said the former…

Most high school seniors anticipate their graduation night for years, as it marks a conclusion and as a continuation into the world. Sequatchie County High School graduate Kendal McGuffee was unable to do so, her mother says, due to excessive requirements on graduation practice. Her mother, April Davis said beginning in February, she began having…

Taylor Brent Farley, 20, has been charged with second degree murder in the 2020 death of Garrett Layne Castle, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) announced May 25. Farley was indicted on the charge by the Sequatchie County Grand Jury May 24. Castle’s cause of death was determined to be fentanyl toxicity, the TBI reported,…

The final two years for Sequatchie County High School seniors were sometimes difficult, but perseverance paid off for approximately 150 receiving diplomas May 14. Graduation ceremonies were held at the SCHS football stadium with a large number of family members and other supporters attending. For more see the May 20 issue of The Dunlap Tribune.

Goals and methods of reaching those goals, specifically for bicycling and pedestrian traffic in Dunlap, were discussed at a well-attended meeting in Dunlap May 13. The event was held by HNTB, an engineering and planning group from Atlanta, as part of a planning grant received by the City of Dunlap. For more see the May…