Pikeville, Tenn. – The Whitwell Tigers notched a road victory on the baseball diamond this week with an 18-5 win over the Bledsoe County Warriors. With Talan Beason taking the mound for the majority of the game for the Tigers with five hits for five innings and the team hitting 22-for-38 on the night, it’s not hard to imagine a […]


State and local banking officials say overall banking industry is solid
FDIC says industry stable, but cautions banks to maintain awarenessStatewide, Tenn. – With the high-publicity banking mergers and specialty funding initiative prominently aired in the news cycle, questions have arisen as to whether the country is headed to a season reminiscent of 2008, where systemic errors caused a collapse of many staples of the financial industry. The simple answer is, no, that’s not what’s happening. State and local banking […]


22nd Annual Catfish Festival
The 22nd ANNUAL CATFISH FESTIVAL will be Saturday, May 20, 2023, starting at 8 am at Jackson County Park in Scottsboro, AL. There will be a car show, arts & crafts vendors, food vendors, a free kid’s area, inflatables, train rides, and musical entertainment by The Bowmans. Vendors are welcome. Please contact Vickie at 256-609-1409 and check out our Living Read more […]


Biblically Speaking: Out of context, scripture proves confusing
2 Thessalonians 2:10-12 says, ” And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in […]


WHS’s Grace White Wins Interact District Scholarship
Pigeon Forge, Tenn. – Grace White, a senior at Whitwell High School, was recently awarded the Bomar Foundation Scholarship. Each Interact Club can nominate one individual to compete for this scholarship. A four-panel interview is held at the annual district conference to determine the winner. This scholarship is awarded in honor of James Bomar, Jr., a Shelbyville Rotarian and a past […]