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10/09/2025

Come see us at the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce Business Expo at Jefferson City Christian Church until 6 p.m. today! There are more than 15 businesses and organizations here to chat with you about the services we provide, plus refreshments, giveaways and door prizes. We’d love to meet you!

10/09/2025

Steel Warehouse donates to JCHS welding program

Jefferson County High School Welding Instructor Tim Epley has at least three ways of denoting the importance of Steel Warehouse’s recent gift of material to the Career and Technical Education program – weight, time and money. He says the 9 tons of plate steel – 18,077 pounds to be exact – do...

10/09/2025

Iowa family sues gaming app after girl’s abduction

The family of an Iowa girl who was found in Jefferson County after an alleged abduction earlier this year has filed suit against an online video gaming company, claiming it failed to protect children from sexual predators. Martin Amaya Sandoval Jr., 38, of Flat Gap Road, New Market, is charged with....

10/09/2025

Highway 113 bridge to close Monday

Motorists traveling on State Route 113 in Jefferson County should be aware of upcoming road construction activities that will affect traffic. Beginning on Monday, October 13, State Route 113 will be closed in both directions near the Leadvale Road intersection as crews begin work on a bridge replace...

10/09/2025

White Pine Council discusses food truck ordinance

White Pine Council is reexamining its 2022 food truck ordinance to see if it could provide more options for permits. Meeting in both work session and voting session Tuesday evening, the group also initiated a long-term planning process for capital expenditures and clarified plans for $10,000 in addi...

10/09/2025

New Market votes to purchase snowplow

With an eye on the calendar and minds influenced by Appalachian folk wisdom, New Market will purchase a snowplow for the Public Works Department’s Dodge dump truck. After Mayor Danny Whillock noted the need for one during the September 8 meeting, Alder Frank Solomon said, “Let’s bring it up at...

10/09/2025

Officials watch the ‘Terminator’ attack trash

County officials met the “Terminator” Saturday afternoon. The Komptech Terminator 6000s is one of two heavy mechanical grinders being demonstrated at the Jefferson County Landfill. The powerful machines, which reduce Class III refuse such as old furniture and mattresses to palm-sized bits, have ...

10/09/2025

20 years of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library

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10/09/2025

School Board approves new ag center at JCHS

School Board approved a $644,000 plan last week for construction of an agricultural/livestock center on the Jefferson County High School campus. Meeting in regular session, the group also received an update on architectural work toward the Jefferson Elementary School renovation and updated the lease...

10/09/2025

JEFFERSON CITY COUNCIL: Grants yield $750K for Parks and Rec

Thanks to a $450,000 Project Diabetes grant, Jefferson City officials say, in three years, pedestrians will be able to walk some 5 miles through the municipality via a connected greenway. The no-match award, which is one of only two requests that were fully funded by the Tennessee Department of Heal...

10/09/2025

Homecoming provides bounce-back opportunity for Patriots

Homecoming week has arrived in Dumplin Valley. For the Jefferson County Patriots, the timing couldn’t have been much better, either. After a grueling last two weeks against their top region competitors, the Patriots will get a brief reprieve in the form of a non-region battle against Daniel Boone ...

10/09/2025

Lady Patriots look to reverse fortunes as postseason looms

With the postseason coming up, head coach Shawn Way is searching for answers. Although the Jefferson County Lady Patriots will finish the regular season as the District 2-AAA runner-up, challenges and adversity have mired them late in the year. The most pressing of which has become injuries that the...