A sentencing hearing for a White County man convicted of wire fraud and money laundering will take place May 14th. Jeff Gentry was supposed to be sentenced today, but the court rescheduled the hearing for unknown reasons. In February, Gentry’s sentencing hearing was rescheduled for April 26th due to the number of victims in the case and potential forfeiture and restitution ... Read More »

If Pickett County wants to sever ties on the joint E-911 district, it will first need to go through a lengthy process. Tennessee Emergency Communications Board Executive Director Curtis Sutton said state law allows the county to create a communications district through a public referendum, however, the state board would have to approve that referendum based on two determinations. “Number ... Read More »

Jackson County School officials expressed excitement Tuesday night about the possibility of a future Satellite TCAT campus. Director of Schools Joe Barlow said the project will be moving forward with plans to construct the building next to Jackson County High School. “It would be the first higher ed campus that this county has ever had in the history of Jackson ... Read More »

Tennessee Farm Bureau Chief Administrative Officer and Executive Vice President Rhedona Rose will be the newest Tennessee Tech Board of Trustees member. The Tennessee General Assembly has confirmed her nomination. She will replace Millard Oakley who retired from the board earlier this month. Rose’s term on the board will expire in 2020. “Tennessee Tech University is a jewel for the ... Read More »

The 31st Judicial District has opened an investigation into the Overton/Pickett E-911 Communication District. The office of District Attorney General Lisa Zavigiannis confirmed the investigation Wednesday morning, but declined to provide any additional details. The Tennessee State Comptroller’s Office released a report Tuesday that found nearly $85,000 in questionable expenditures made by the district. Overton County Executive Ben Danner said ... Read More »

Pickett County Executive Richard Daniel plans to request current Overton/Pickett County E-911 District board members to resign and that Director Chris Masiongale be terminated. His request follows the release of a state comptroller’s investigation report Tuesday that found some $85,000 in questionable expenses made by the district last fiscal year. “Any board that would allow this type of behavior to ... Read More »

Jackson County High School Principal Kristy Brown will be the next director of schools. The Board of Education voted to hire Brown during Tuesday night’s regular scheduled meeting. “I know that the prosperity of a community depends greatly on the level of education of its citizens,” Brown said, “I want to work relentlessly until I know that opportunities have been ... Read More »

Van Buren County has received $200,000 in state funding to help handle the demolition of the Fall Creek Falls inn and conference center. County Mayor Greg Wilson said the funding will be recurring until the completion of the new inn and conference center. “The county will be losing a lot of revenue from that through the hotel/motel tax,” Wilson said. ... Read More »

A Fentress County resident being called a hero for placing a 911 call that led to the capture of the Nashville Waffle House shooting suspect. Lydia French and her husband Bryan working at a construction site Monday when they spotted 29-year-old Travis Reinking walking through a field not far from the shooting scene and the suspect’s apartment complex. “He was ... Read More »

Jackson County Board of Education members meet tonight to interview the lone applicant for the Director of Schools position. “Mr. Barlow had been there for right at 15-years. He did a great job.” Brown said. “We’re looking for somebody to lead our county, our school system, and our kids. Somebody to come up with all the programs and guidelines to ... Read More »