Fentress Standalone ER Sets March 7th Opening Date
Fentress County has officially set a date to open its new standalone ER. County Executive Jimmy Johnson said though March 7th is later than they originally hoped, the county is happy for a light at the end of the tunnel. “They had to do some moving of some electrical boxes and such that they had […]
Fentress Approves $1.1M T-DOT Bid For Bridge Replacement
Fentress County Commission approved a $1.1 million bid to replace a bridge on Jonesville Road over Bridge Creek. Highway Superintendent Ryan Reed said the project would be 100 percent covered by T-DOT. He said the project is on T-DOT’s priority wish list. “In six months it’ll be completely done,” Reed said. “So with the five-ton […]
Fentress Commission To Hold Public Hearing About Off-Road Vehicles
Fentress County Commission will hold a public forum next month to discuss the potential for more opportunities for offroad vehicles. Representatives Kelly Kiesling and John Mark Windle presented the idea to the County Commission at its August meeting. County Executive Jimmy Johnson said after hearing from the public, there have been a lot of questions […]
Fentress Elections Hoping For New Voting Machines
Fentress County Election Office asking the county commission to approve the purchase of new voting machines. Election Administrator Joey Williams said the county’s 42 voting machines have been used since 2008. “This year the state legislature mandated that by the year of 2024 all counties in Tennessee have a verified paper trail,” Williams said. “So […]
Fentress Allocates TDEC Funds To Allardt, Jamestown, County Utility District
Fentress County has approved disbursements of TDEC funds to Allardt, Jamestown, and the Fentress County Utility District. County Executive Jimmy Johnson said Fentress County received some $4.3 million. Among the allocated funds, the commission approved some $700,000 to Allardt and $1.83 million to Jamestown. “I believe they’re going to do a lot of work on […]
Livingston Accepting Applications Monday For THDA’s Home Rehab Grant Funding
Livingston to host a public hearing Monday to accept applications for home rehab grant funding. The town was awarded some $500,000 from the Tennessee Housing Development Authority. Community Developer Amanda Mainord said the program will allow developers to go inspect homes and make repairs that bring them up to codes. “If the home is in […]
Fentress Sheriff’s Deputies Recover Drugs, Cash During Festival Patrols
Fentress County Sheriff’s Deputies recovered drugs, drug paraphernalia, and cash over the weekend in patrols around the Sound Haven Music Festival. Sheriff’s Deputies retrieved over 51 grams of marijuana and 32 grams of mushrooms. Deputies also confiscated 10 grams of Ketamine which is used to facilitate sexual assault crimes, due to it causing people to […]
Fentress Health Department To Get New Canopy
Fentress County has taken the next step to get a new canopy at its Health Department. County Executive Jimmy Johnson said that the plans for this replacement were actually set for last year, but the county ran out of time. He said that the current canopy is several years old. “We actually are going to […]
Fentress Seeing Healthy Budget In Preliminary Budget Discussions
Fentress County looking at a “healthy budget” for the next fiscal year. That’s according to County Finance Director Tyler Arms. He said that this is one of the better budgets he’s seen in his years as director. “The biggest thing that I’ve seen throughout all of our budgets is the increase in the local option […]
General Assembly Approves $25M For Roane State-TCAT Oneida Joint Facility
The Tennessee General Assembly has approved some $25 million for a high learning facility in Fentress County. Senator Ken Yager said that a new joint facility between Roane State Community College and TCAT Oneida/Hartsville has been in the works since at least 2019. He said that after reading a statistic that only 16 percent of […]
